Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate

Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate appears in 6 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

Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate appears in 6 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.

6
catalogued products
#21,732
usage rank of 247,206
5
named brands represented
93%
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.

Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#21,732 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#21,732
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
93%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 6 products listing it (mean slot 9.5). Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate usually falls near the end of the captured 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.

Reading this ingredient record

Use prevalence before concern

Only 16.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate spans 5 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with Dang! That's Good, Red Cream Soda; De La Rosa, Pulparindo Push Tamarind Pulp Candy, Tamarind; Frank's redhot, rajili hot sauce, sweet ginger when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 95.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

5 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 6 of 6 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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 6 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 Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 6 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 708090100110 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate Dang! That's Good, Red Cream SodaDe La Rosa, Pulparindo Push Tamarind Pulp Candy, TamarindFrank's redhot, rajili hot sauce, sweet gingerHot SauceHot sauce ounceRajili sweet ginger hot sauce
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate

Top-decile company for Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate: 6 listings averaging 95.8/100.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate evidence

6 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

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This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#21,732 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate?

Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Xanthan Gum And Sodium Benzoate). 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.