Tricalcium Phosphate
Tricalcium Phosphate appears in 4,030 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
Tricalcium Phosphate appears in 4,030 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.
- 4,030
- catalogued products
- #253
- usage rank of 247,206
- 836
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 1744 of 4030 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100 calories protein nutrition shake; 100% Angus Beef Cheeseburger; 100% juice to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Tricalcium Phosphate itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
1744 of 4,030 linked records have some flagged component
All 3996 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.
Tricalcium Phosphate: top-decile catalog footprint (#253 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #253
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Mean relative depth 59% across 4,030 parsed labels, slot 18.7 on average. Tricalcium Phosphate 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 else is usually in the same product as Tricalcium Phosphate
Across the 4,030 products on this site that list Tricalcium Phosphate, 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 2.2x more often with Tricalcium Phosphate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tricalcium Phosphate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 494 | 12.3% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 491 | 12.2% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 358 | 8.9% | 5.4% |
| Sucralose | 346 | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 298 | 7.4% | 1.8% |
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 Tricalcium Phosphate
Products Containing Tricalcium Phosphate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 4,030 indexed products containing Tricalcium Phosphate:
Tricalcium Phosphate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Tricalcium Phosphate: 4,030 products, mean screening score 87.6/100. Nearest count peers include “Natamycin”, “Tapioca Syrup”, “Color Added”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Tricalcium Phosphate evidence
4,030 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Tricalcium Phosphate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Tricalcium Phosphate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Tricalcium Phosphate next to “Tapioca Syrup” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Tricalcium Phosphate
Does Tricalcium Phosphate 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 Tricalcium Phosphate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tricalcium Phosphate? ▼
Tricalcium Phosphate ranks in the top decile by product count (#253 of 247,206), appearing in 4,030 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tricalcium Phosphate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tricalcium Phosphate appears in 4,030 products (#253 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tricalcium Phosphate). 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.