Zinc Amino Acid Chelate
Zinc Amino Acid Chelate appears in 54 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
Zinc Amino Acid Chelate appears in 54 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.
- 54
- catalogued products
- #4,732
- usage rank of 247,206
- 16
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Zinc Amino Acid Chelate as the trigger. Open records such as Beef & Bison Recipe; Brio, Frozen Dairy Dessert, Spring Strawberry; Brio, Frozen Dairy Dessert, Tropical Mango and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.1/100 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.
61.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 49 of 50 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 Zinc Amino Acid Chelate - usage rank #4,732
- Usage rank
- #4,732
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 46 others that also appear in exactly 54 products, listed in more products than 98.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 48%
- Averaged label depth puts Zinc Amino Acid Chelate in the upper half of the list (48% of list length, mean slot 20.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Zinc Amino Acid Chelate
Across the 54 products on this site that list Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, 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. Sucralose shows up about 21.3x more often with Zinc Amino Acid Chelate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Zinc Amino Acid Chelate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 31 | 57.4% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 26 | 48.1% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 22 | 40.7% | 4.5% |
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 Zinc Amino Acid Chelate
Products Containing Zinc Amino Acid Chelate
16 busy labels from the 54 indexed products that list Zinc Amino Acid Chelate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate”)
High-volume peers for Zinc Amino Acid Chelate: 54 products, mean screening score 82.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate · Annatto And Paprika Extract · Blueberry Bits. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
What to do with this Zinc Amino Acid Chelate record
Start from Zinc Amino Acid Chelate's 54 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Zinc Amino Acid Chelate and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Zinc Amino Acid Chelate with a peer such as “1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Zinc Amino Acid Chelate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Zinc Amino Acid Chelate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Zinc Amino Acid Chelate? ▼
Zinc Amino Acid Chelate ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,732 of 247,206), appearing in 54 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Zinc Amino Acid Chelate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Zinc Amino Acid Chelate appears in 54 products (#4,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Zinc Amino Acid Chelate). 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.