Acidity Regulator
According to the FDA SAFFA-derived category taxonomy PlainIngredients uses, Acidity Regulator ranks #14 of 24 by ingredient count (8 additives), with an average composite safety score of 4.5 out of 5 across the category.
- #14 of 24 by ingredient count
- Category average safety: 4.5/5
8 ingredients in this category.
Where Acidity Regulator sits by ingredient count
Acidity Regulator holds 8 additives among 24 SAFFA-derived categories (inventory size, not a safety ranking).
Acidity Regulator vs all categories by ingredient count
Where this category's ingredient COUNT sits among every non-empty PlainIngredients category
8 15th of 24 higher than 9 of 24 categories
Categories, banded by ingredient count
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more categories. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory · 2026-09-07
Reach vs. safety score within Acidity Regulator
Each dot is one acidity regulator ingredient. In this category, higher-reach ingredients also tend to carry higher (safer) scores; no flagged additive here is unusually common.
How to read this chart
- Each dot is one ingredient tracked in this category.
- The crosshair marks the MEDIAN across this category's own ingredients on each axis.
- Citric Acid carries this category's highest safety score (5/5).
Product-label reach and safety scores from the PlainIngredients database, current as of 2026-09-07.
Source: FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory, EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Compare beyond this category
Nationwide categories with similar additive profiles
Two PlainIngredients-derived peer sets for Acidity Regulator: closest on tracked ingredient count (8 here) and closest on mean composite safety score (4.5/5 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-category strip.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest other categories by average mapped safety score (floored at ≥10 scored additives), distinct from the count row.
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