Used To Retain Moisture
Used To Retain Moisture appears in 9 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
Used To Retain Moisture appears in 9 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.
- 9
- catalogued products
- #16,390
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 103%
- 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.
Used To Retain Moisture: top-decile catalog footprint (#16,390 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #16,390
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,423 others that also appear in exactly 9 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 103%
- Averaged label depth puts Used To Retain Moisture near the end of the captured list (103% of list length, mean slot 5.9). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Used To Retain Moisture reaches 3 named brands, most often appears under Seafood, and typically sits near the end of the captured list. Product examples include Icy Ocean, Premium Raw Ez Peel Shrimp; Icy Ocean, Raw Ez Peel Pink Shrimp Wild Caught; Icy Ocean, Wild Caught Pink Shrimp. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (2 of 2), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 9 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 Used To Retain Moisture
Products Containing Used To Retain Moisture
9 busy labels from the 9 indexed products that list Used To Retain Moisture:
Used To Retain Moisture vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Used To Retain Moisture sits among other busy catalog rows (9 products, mean score 100/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Used To Retain Moisture page
Start from Used To Retain Moisture's 9 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Used To Retain Moisture to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Used To Retain Moisture? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Used To Retain Moisture, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#16,390 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Used To Retain Moisture? ▼
Used To Retain Moisture ranks in the top decile by product count (#16,390 of 247,206), appearing in 9 indexed products led by Seafood. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Used To Retain Moisture so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Used To Retain Moisture appears in 9 products (#16,390 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Used To Retain Moisture). 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.