White
White appears in 113 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
White appears in 113 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.
- 113
- catalogued products
- #2,880
- usage rank of 247,206
- 71
- named brands represented
- 42%
- 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.
White: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,880 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,880
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 22 others that also appear in exactly 113 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 42%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 113 products listing it (mean slot 11.2). White usually falls in the upper 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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: White spans 71 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Aji Amarillo & Quinoa Spicy Chilies, Garlic & Red Peppers Peruvian Inspired Dip, Aji Amarillo & Quinoa; All Natural & Vegetarian Orzo Salad; Apple Oat Muffin Mix when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 92.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
71 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 67 of 95 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as White
Across the 113 products on this site that list White, 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 White products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue 1 | 7 | 6.2% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 6 | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 5.3% | 4.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
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 White
Products Containing White
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 113 indexed products containing White:
High-volume peers for White beside “Aceite Vegetal”
Top-decile company for White: 113 listings averaging 92.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Aceite Vegetal · Capsicum · Cellulose Gel And Gum.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the White page
113 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on White are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing White before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare White with a peer such as “Aceite Vegetal” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on White? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to White, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,880 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with White? ▼
White ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,880 of 247,206), appearing in 113 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 White so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet White appears in 113 products (#2,880 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (White). 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.