Succinic Acid
Succinic Acid carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 308 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Succinic Acid appears in 308 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 308
- catalogued products
- #1,467
- usage rank of 247,206
- 104
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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.
Succinic Acid: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,467 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,467
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 308 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Mean relative depth 73% across 308 parsed labels, slot 26.4 on average. Succinic Acid 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 this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
59.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Succinic Acid as the trigger. Open records such as Ajipon, Ponzu, Citrus Seasoned Soy Sauce; Assi, Tempura Dipping Sauce; Bacon, egg & cheese smoke flavored bacon with scrambled eggs & cheddar cheese in a crispy golden crust breakfast stuffed sandwiches, bacon, egg & cheese and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 92.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 73% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
59.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 284 of 307 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Succinic Acid
Across the 308 products on this site that list Succinic Acid, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 6.9x more often with Succinic Acid than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Succinic Acid products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 121 | 39.3% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 44 | 14.3% | 2.4% |
| TBHQ | 34 | 11% | 0.5% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 17 | 5.5% | 2.1% |
| Carrageenan | 8 | 2.6% | 4.5% |
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.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, PH CONTROL AGENT
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 Succinic Acid
Products Containing Succinic Acid
16 busy labels from the 308 indexed products that list Succinic Acid:
Succinic Acid vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Succinic Acid: 308 listings averaging 92.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cashew; Ground Sesame; Lemon Pulp.
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 Succinic Acid record
308 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Succinic Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Succinic Acid to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Succinic Acid with a peer such as “Cashew” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Succinic Acid — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Succinic Acid sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
59.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Succinic Acid is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Succinic Acid scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Succinic Acid? ▼
Succinic Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,467 of 247,206), appearing in 308 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Succinic Acid serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Succinic Acid is recorded as a flavor enhancer, ph control agent in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Succinic Acid). 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.