Stabilizer
Stabilizer appears in 1,841 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
Stabilizer appears in 1,841 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.
- 1,841
- catalogued products
- #431
- usage rank of 247,206
- 487
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
55.6% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Stabilizer as the trigger. Open records such as 1-2-3 gluten free, divinely decadent, silky & rich brownies baking mix; 1-2-3 gluten free, southern glory, biscuits baking mix; 1-2-3 gluten free, sugar cookies mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 91.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1812 of 1834 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.
Stabilizer sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#431 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #431
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Mean relative depth 59% across 1,844 parsed labels, slot 14.7 on average. Stabilizer tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Stabilizer
Across the 1,841 products on this site that list Stabilizer, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 9.8x more often with Stabilizer than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Stabilizer products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 814 | 44.2% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 257 | 14% | 1.3% |
| Caramel Coloring | 133 | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 101 | 5.5% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 79 | 4.3% | 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 Stabilizer
Products Containing Stabilizer
16 busy labels from the 1,841 indexed products that list Stabilizer:
High-volume peers for Stabilizer beside “Mozzarella Cheese”
High-volume peers for Stabilizer: 1,841 products, mean screening score 91.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Mozzarella Cheese · Quinoa · Oleoresin Of Paprika. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Stabilizer record
Start from Stabilizer's 1,841 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Stabilizer before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Stabilizer with a peer such as “Mozzarella Cheese” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Stabilizer
How should I read safety signals when Stabilizer sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.6% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Stabilizer is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Stabilizer? ▼
Stabilizer ranks in the top decile by product count (#431 of 247,206), appearing in 1,841 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Stabilizer so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Stabilizer appears in 1,841 products (#431 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Stabilizer). 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.