Vitamins B12
Vitamins B12 appears in 5 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
Vitamins B12 appears in 5 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.
- 5
- catalogued products
- #24,708
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 48%
- 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
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Vitamins B12 as the trigger. Open records such as Mixed Berry; Mountain Berry Blast; Powerade Xtra Sour Grape Shocker and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 47.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 48% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 5 of 5 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.
High-volume listing for Vitamins B12 - usage rank #24,708
- Usage rank
- #24,708
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4,103 others that also appear in exactly 5 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 48%
- Averaged label depth puts Vitamins B12 in the upper half of the list (48% of list length, mean slot 9.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 5 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 Vitamins B12
Products Containing Vitamins B12
5 busy labels from the 5 indexed products that list Vitamins B12:
High-volume peers for Vitamins B12
High-volume peers for Vitamins B12: 5 products, mean screening score 47/100. 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.
Using the Vitamins B12 evidence
Start from Vitamins B12's 5 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Vitamins B12 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. 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. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Vitamins B12 — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Vitamins B12 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Vitamins B12 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vitamins B12? ▼
Vitamins B12 ranks in the top decile by product count (#24,708 of 247,206), appearing in 5 indexed products led by Beverages and beverages preparations. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Vitamins B12 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vitamins B12 appears in 5 products (#24,708 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vitamins B12). 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.