Tannic Acid
Tannic Acid carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 23 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Tannic Acid appears in 23 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.
- 23
- catalogued products
- #8,512
- usage rank of 247,206
- 16
- named brands represented
- 84%
- 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.
Tannic Acid sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#8,512 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #8,512
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 274 others that also appear in exactly 23 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 84%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 23 products listing it (mean slot 15.0). Tannic Acid usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
56.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Tannic Acid as the trigger. Open records such as Apple Bear Claws; Blend Of 3 Juices From Concentrate, Cranberry; Caffeine Free Soda, Apple and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 84% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
56.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 22 of 23 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.
Function
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
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 Tannic Acid
Products Containing Tannic Acid
16 busy labels from the 23 indexed products that list Tannic Acid:
High-volume peers for Tannic Acid
Top-decile company for Tannic Acid: 23 listings averaging 81.1/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Tannic Acid evidence
Start from Tannic Acid's 23 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Tannic Acid before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. 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
How should I read safety signals when Tannic Acid sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
56.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Tannic Acid is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Tannic 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 Tannic Acid? ▼
Tannic Acid ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,512 of 247,206), appearing in 23 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Tannic Acid serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Tannic Acid is recorded as a color or coloring adjunct, flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, ph control agent, processing aid 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 (Tannic 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.