Sulfate
Sulfate appears in 105 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
Sulfate appears in 105 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.
- 105
- catalogued products
- #3,033
- usage rank of 247,206
- 57
- named brands represented
- 52%
- 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: 30 of 105 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% Natural Wheat Hot Dog Roll; 100% whole wheat; 12 grain bread to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Sulfate 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.
30 of 105 linked records have some flagged component
All 102 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 Sulfate - usage rank #3,033
- Usage rank
- #3,033
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 18 others that also appear in exactly 105 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 52%
- Mean relative depth 52% across 105 parsed labels, slot 20.5 on average. Sulfate tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Sulfate
Across the 105 products on this site that list Sulfate, 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 2.5x more often with Sulfate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sulfate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 14 | 13.3% | 5.4% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 13 | 12.4% | 1.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 12 | 11.4% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 11 | 10.5% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 6 | 10 | 9.5% | 3.4% |
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 Sulfate
Products Containing Sulfate
16 busy labels from the 105 indexed products that list Sulfate:
Sulfate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Sulfate: 105 listings averaging 85.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Active Yogurt Cultures · Alpha Tocopherol · As Cholecalciferol.
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 Sulfate record
Use the 105-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Sulfate and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Sulfate 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 Sulfate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sulfate? ▼
Sulfate ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,033 of 247,206), appearing in 105 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sulfate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sulfate appears in 105 products (#3,033 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sulfate). 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.