Soy Lecithin
Soy Lecithin appears in 52,294 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Soy Lecithin appears in 52,294 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 52,294
- catalogued products
- #10
- usage rank of 247,206
- 5,508
- named brands represented
- 63%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 20439 of 52294 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 0875754000640; 1 donut; 1/2 Cheese Pizza & 1/2 Pepperoni Pizza to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Soy Lecithin itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
20439 of 52,294 linked records have some flagged component
All 52280 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Soy Lecithin - usage rank #10
- Usage rank
- #10
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Mean relative depth 63% across 52,556 parsed labels, slot 17.5 on average. Soy Lecithin tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Soy Lecithin
Across the 52,294 products on this site that list Soy Lecithin, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Red 40 shows up about 2.1x more often with Soy Lecithin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Soy Lecithin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 5,892 | 11.3% | 5.4% |
| Carrageenan | 5,755 | 11% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 5,427 | 10.4% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 5,318 | 10.2% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 4,943 | 9.5% | 4.2% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Soy Lecithin
Products Containing Soy Lecithin
16 busy labels from the 52,294 indexed products that list Soy Lecithin:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Wheat Flour”)
High-volume peers for Soy Lecithin: 52,294 products, mean screening score 85.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Wheat Flour; Niacin; Corn Syrup. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Soy Lecithin record
Start from Soy Lecithin's 52,294 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Soy Lecithin and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Soy Lecithin — common follow-ups
Does Soy Lecithin carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Soy Lecithin. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Soy Lecithin? ▼
Soy Lecithin ranks in the top decile by product count (#10 of 247,206), appearing in 52,294 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Soy Lecithin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Soy Lecithin appears in 52,294 products (#10 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Soy Lecithin). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.