Vitamin B 12
Vitamin B 12 appears in 13 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
Vitamin B 12 appears in 13 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.
- 13
- catalogued products
- #12,640
- usage rank of 247,206
- 11
- named brands represented
- 87%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Vitamin B 12 as the trigger. Open records such as Coffee; Crunchy corn toasted corn cereal, crunchy corn; Energy water and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 87% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 11 of 13 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.
Vitamin B 12: top-decile catalog footprint (#12,640 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #12,640
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 716 others that also appear in exactly 13 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 87%
- Averaged label depth puts Vitamin B 12 near the end of the captured list (87% of list length, mean slot 27.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 13 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 Vitamin B 12
Products Containing Vitamin B 12
13 busy labels from the 13 indexed products that list Vitamin B 12:
High-volume peers for Vitamin B 12
Vitamin B 12 sits among other busy catalog rows (13 products, mean score 80.8/100). 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 Vitamin B 12 page
Use the 13-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Vitamin B 12 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Vitamin B 12
How should I read safety signals when Vitamin B 12 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Vitamin B 12 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vitamin B 12? ▼
Vitamin B 12 ranks in the top decile by product count (#12,640 of 247,206), appearing in 13 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Vitamin B 12 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vitamin B 12 appears in 13 products (#12,640 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vitamin B 12). 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.