Enzyme
According to the FDA SAFFA-derived category taxonomy PlainIngredients uses, Enzyme ranks #11 of 24 by ingredient count (43 additives), with an average composite safety score of 4 out of 5 across the category.
- #11 of 24 by ingredient count
- Category average safety: 4/5
43 ingredients in this category.
Where Enzyme sits by ingredient count
Enzyme holds 43 additives among 24 SAFFA-derived categories (inventory size, not a safety ranking).
Enzyme vs all categories by ingredient count
Where this category's ingredient COUNT sits among every non-empty PlainIngredients category
43 11th of 24 higher than 13 of 24 categories
Categories, banded by ingredient count
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Source FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory · 2026-09-05
Source: FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory, EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
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Nationwide categories with similar additive profiles
Two PlainIngredients-derived peer sets for Enzyme: closest on tracked ingredient count (43 here) and closest on mean composite safety score (4/5 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-category strip.
Similar ingredient count
Nearest other SAFFA categories by mapped additive count (floored at ≥10).
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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