Soya Lecithin
Soya Lecithin appears in 1,811 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
Soya Lecithin appears in 1,811 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.
- 1,811
- catalogued products
- #437
- usage rank of 247,206
- 511
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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: 362 of 1811 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 2 King Size Rolls; 22 days nutrition, organic protein bar, daily, mocha mantra; 3" lemon drop to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Soya 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.
362 of 1,811 linked records have some flagged component
All 1809 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.
Soya Lecithin sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#437 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #437
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 1,811 products, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Averaged label depth puts Soya Lecithin in the lower half of the list (59% of list length, mean slot 13.8). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Soya Lecithin
Across the 1,811 products on this site that list Soya 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Soya Lecithin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 99 | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 89 | 4.9% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 87 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 82 | 4.5% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 66 | 3.6% | 5.7% |
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 Soya Lecithin
Products Containing Soya Lecithin
16 busy labels from the 1,811 indexed products that list Soya Lecithin:
Soya Lecithin vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Soya Lecithin: 1,811 listings averaging 93.3/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: L. Acidophilus · Thiamin Hydrochloride · Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Soya Lecithin evidence
Use the 1,811-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Soya Lecithin and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Soya Lecithin next to “Thiamin Hydrochloride” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Soya 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 Soya Lecithin. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Soya Lecithin? ▼
Soya Lecithin ranks in the top decile by product count (#437 of 247,206), appearing in 1,811 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Soya Lecithin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Soya Lecithin appears in 1,811 products (#437 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Soya 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.