Water
Water appears in 149,028 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
Water appears in 149,028 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.
- 149,028
- catalogued products
- #3
- usage rank of 247,206
- 16,193
- named brands represented
- 23%
- 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: 44896 of 149028 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 0% Milkfat Fat Free Small Curd Cottage Cheese; 0% Nonfat Greek Yogurt With Fruit; 049800218017 to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Water itself. The ingredient most often sits near the top of the captured list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
44896 of 149,028 linked records have some flagged component
All 144609 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.
Water sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 23%
- Mean relative depth 23% across 149,144 parsed labels, slot 5.2 on average. Water tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Water
Across the 149,028 products on this site that list Water, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Water products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 12,754 | 8.6% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 10,101 | 6.8% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 7,614 | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 7,565 | 5.1% | 2.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 7,206 | 4.8% | 4.8% |
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 Water
Products Containing Water
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 149,028 indexed products containing Water:
Water vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Water: 149,028 listings averaging 92.1/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Sugar; Salt; Citric Acid.
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 Water evidence
149,028 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Water are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Water and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Water next to “Salt” (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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Water 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 Water. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Water? ▼
Water ranks in the top decile by product count (#3 of 247,206), appearing in 149,028 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 Water so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Water appears in 149,028 products (#3 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Water). 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.