Top 10 Food Additives by FDA Enforcement-Action Volume
PlainIngredients ranks food additives by the number of FDA enforcement actions recorded against products containing each substance.
Research
Original data research from the PlainIngredients, built on the FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) inventory, EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, and US state food-safety legislation. Every number here is pulled directly from our live database; nothing is hardcoded. See our methodology.
Download the registry extract cited on this page: ingredient-registry-statistics.csv (CC0).
Top 10 Food Additives by International Restriction Coverage
PlainIngredients ranks additives by the count of distinct countries that record a restriction, ban, or non-approval status.
Top 10 Substances by FDA GRAS Notice Volume
PlainIngredients ranks substances by the number of FDA Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) notice filings recorded against each substance name.