Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate
Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate appears in 47 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
Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate appears in 47 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.
- 47
- catalogued products
- #5,176
- usage rank of 247,206
- 22
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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
55.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate as the trigger. Open records such as Chocolate creme cakes; Chocolate filled vanilla marshmallows; Chocolate frosted creme cakes and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 85.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 63% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 47 of 47 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.
Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#5,176 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,176
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 83 others that also appear in exactly 47 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Mean relative depth 63% across 47 parsed labels, slot 21.2 on average. Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate 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 Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate
Across the 47 products on this site that list Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate, 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 8x more often with Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 17 | 36.2% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 7 | 14.9% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 6 | 12.8% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 6 | 12.8% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | 10.6% | 5.7% |
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 Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate
Products Containing Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 47 indexed products containing Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate: 47 products, mean screening score 85.6/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate page
47 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
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 Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate? ▼
Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,176 of 247,206), appearing in 47 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate appears in 47 products (#5,176 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate). 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.