Sweeteners
Sweeteners appears in 424 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
Sweeteners appears in 424 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.
- 424
- catalogued products
- #1,153
- usage rank of 247,206
- 123
- named brands represented
- 49%
- 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
75.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Sweeteners as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Pure Whey With Grass Fed Whey Isolates Vanilla Cream Slice Flavour; 100% Whey Protein Powder Drink Mix Vanilla Ice Cream Flavor; 7up, free, flavoured soft drink with sweeteners, lemon and lime and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 70.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 49% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
75.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 424 of 424 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.
Sweeteners: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,153 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,153
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 424 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 49%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 424 products listing it (mean slot 9.3). Sweeteners usually falls in the upper 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 Sweeteners
Across the 424 products on this site that list Sweeteners, 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 7.9x more often with Sweeteners than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sweeteners products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 180 | 42.5% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 106 | 25% | 4.2% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 65 | 15.3% | 1.8% |
| Yellow 5 | 64 | 15.1% | 4.8% |
| Sucralose | 49 | 11.6% | 2.7% |
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 Sweeteners
Products Containing Sweeteners
High-volume slice (16 of 424) for products naming Sweeteners:
Sweeteners vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Sweeteners sits among other busy catalog rows (424 products, mean score 70.7/100). Nearest count peers include “Magnesium Sulfate”, “Dried Onion And Garlic Powder”, “Acid”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Sweeteners evidence
Start from Sweeteners's 424 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Sweeteners before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Sweeteners next to “Dried Onion And Garlic Powder” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Sweeteners — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Sweeteners sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
75.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Sweeteners is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sweeteners? ▼
Sweeteners ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,153 of 247,206), appearing in 424 indexed products led by Beverages and beverages preparations. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sweeteners so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sweeteners appears in 424 products (#1,153 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sweeteners). 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.