Ssl
Ssl appears in 60 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
Ssl appears in 60 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.
- 60
- catalogued products
- #4,389
- usage rank of 247,206
- 19
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Ssl as the trigger. Open records such as 6 Submarine Rolls; Buffalo chicken toasted ravioli; Deli Roast Beef Hoagie and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 90.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 58% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 60 of 60 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Ssl sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,389 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,389
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 46 others that also appear in exactly 60 products, listed in more products than 98.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 60 products listing it (mean slot 27.4). Ssl usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Ssl
Across the 60 products on this site that list Ssl, 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. Azodicarbonamide shows up about 108.5x more often with Ssl than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Ssl products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azodicarbonamide | 13 | 21.7% | 0.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 9 | 15% | 5.7% |
| Potassium Iodate | 5 | 8.3% | 0.2% |
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 Ssl
Products Containing Ssl
16 busy labels from the 60 indexed products that list Ssl:
High-volume peers for Ssl beside “Acesulfame Potassium And Sucralose”
Ssl sits among other busy catalog rows (60 products, mean score 90.2/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Acesulfame Potassium And Sucralose · And Active Cultures With L. Acidophilus And B. Bifidum · Active Dry Yeast. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Next steps from the Ssl page
Start from Ssl's 60 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Ssl and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Ssl next to “And Active Cultures With L. Acidophilus And B. Bifidum” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Ssl
How should I read safety signals when Ssl sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Ssl is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Ssl? ▼
Ssl ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,389 of 247,206), appearing in 60 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Ssl so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Ssl appears in 60 products (#4,389 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ssl). 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.