Vitamin B9
Vitamin B9 appears in 465 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 B9 appears in 465 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.
- 465
- catalogued products
- #1,083
- usage rank of 247,206
- 85
- named brands represented
- 62%
- 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: 110 of 465 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1-2-3 gluten free, southern glory, biscuits baking mix; 1.2.3 Gluten Free, Aaron's Favorite Rolls; 1/2 Loaf to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 40–100 score range to Vitamin B9 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.
110 of 465 linked records have some flagged component
All 456 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 40–100 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.
Vitamin B9: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,083 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,083
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 465 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 465 products listing it (mean slot 23.4). Vitamin B9 usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Vitamin B9
Across the 465 products on this site that list Vitamin B9, 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 3.4x more often with Vitamin B9 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Vitamin B9 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 71 | 15.3% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 37 | 8% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 27 | 5.8% | 1.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 22 | 4.7% | 5.7% |
| BHT | 5 | 1.1% | 1.1% |
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 Vitamin B9
Products Containing Vitamin B9
16 busy labels from the 465 indexed products that list Vitamin B9:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Cranberry”)
Top-decile company for Vitamin B9: 465 listings averaging 96.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cranberry; Cassava Flour; Fresh Cucumbers.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 B9 page
465 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Vitamin B9 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Vitamin B9 and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Place Vitamin B9 next to “Cassava Flour” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Vitamin B9 — common follow-ups
Does Vitamin B9 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 Vitamin B9. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vitamin B9? ▼
Vitamin B9 ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,083 of 247,206), appearing in 465 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 Vitamin B9 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vitamin B9 appears in 465 products (#1,083 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vitamin B9). 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.