{
 "generated": "2026-09-27",
 "open_food_facts_file": {
  "downloaded": "2026-08-26",
  "rows": null,
  "source": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/openfoodfacts/product-database/resolve/main/food.parquet"
 },
 "method": {
  "sample": "the 3000 products sold in the United States (Open Food Facts countries_tags) with the most Open Food Facts scans (unique_scans_n)",
  "catalogue": "every product sold in the United States in the same file that lists at least one additive",
  "denominator": "products whose record lists at least one additive; the rest carry no additive list and would measure a data gap",
  "table": "253 additives, 597 citations, version v1.3",
  "conservative": "additive tags the table does not rate (sub-variants such as en:e322i) count as unrated, so every flagged share is a floor",
  "computed": "on a Mac from the Open Food Facts database file, not on the Sito production database",
  "excluded": "no child, meal, scan log or user data of any kind"
 },
 "sample": {
  "products": 3000,
  "with_additive_list": {
   "products": 1532,
   "share_of_products": 51.1
  },
  "carrying": {
   "any_rated": {
    "products": 1528,
    "share": 99.7
   },
   "child_flagged": {
    "products": 702,
    "share": 45.8
   },
   "high_or_mid": {
    "products": 569,
    "share": 37.1
   },
   "high": {
    "products": 484,
    "share": 31.6
   }
  },
  "per_product": {
   "median": 2,
   "mean": 2.9,
   "max": 17
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  "most_common": [
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    "e_number": "E322",
    "name": "Lecithins",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 414,
    "share": 27
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E330",
    "name": "Citric acid",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 374,
    "share": 24.4
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E500",
    "name": "Sodium carbonates",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 256,
    "share": 16.7
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E440",
    "name": "Pectins",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 116,
    "share": 7.6
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E415",
    "name": "Xanthan gum",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 109,
    "share": 7.1
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E341",
    "name": "Calcium phosphates",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 108,
    "share": 7
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E955",
    "name": "Sucralose",
    "risk_class": "low",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 106,
    "share": 6.9
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E306",
    "name": "Tocopherol-rich extract",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 101,
    "share": 6.6
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E412",
    "name": "Guar gum",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 93,
    "share": 6.1
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E270",
    "name": "Lactic acid",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 93,
    "share": 6.1
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E422",
    "name": "Glycerol",
    "risk_class": "low",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 92,
    "share": 6
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E471",
    "name": "Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 86,
    "share": 5.6
   }
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    "e_number": "E341",
    "name": "Calcium phosphates",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 108,
    "share": 7
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E422",
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    "risk_class": "low",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 92,
    "share": 6
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E150c",
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    "risk_class": "mid",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 77,
    "share": 5
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E340",
    "name": "Potassium phosphates",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 75,
    "share": 4.9
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E450",
    "name": "Diphosphates",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 65,
    "share": 4.2
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E466",
    "name": "Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)",
    "risk_class": "low",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 65,
    "share": 4.2
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E960",
    "name": "Steviol glycosides",
    "risk_class": "low",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 59,
    "share": 3.9
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E621",
    "name": "Monosodium glutamate",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 55,
    "share": 3.6
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E407",
    "name": "Carrageenan",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 50,
    "share": 3.3
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E338",
    "name": "Phosphoric acid",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 43,
    "share": 2.8
   }
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   "products": 267685,
   "share_of_products": 100
  },
  "carrying": {
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    "products": 266817,
    "share": 99.7
   },
   "child_flagged": {
    "products": 154554,
    "share": 57.7
   },
   "high_or_mid": {
    "products": 139434,
    "share": 52.1
   },
   "high": {
    "products": 107995,
    "share": 40.3
   }
  },
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    "share": 37.4
   },
   {
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    "name": "Lecithins",
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    "share": 25.3
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E500",
    "name": "Sodium carbonates",
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    "child_flag": false,
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    "share": 14.7
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E415",
    "name": "Xanthan gum",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 39142,
    "share": 14.6
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E412",
    "name": "Guar gum",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 27861,
    "share": 10.4
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E129",
    "name": "Allura Red AC (Red 40)",
    "risk_class": "mid",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 27442,
    "share": 10.3
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E471",
    "name": "Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 27432,
    "share": 10.2
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E202",
    "name": "Potassium sorbate",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 24612,
    "share": 9.2
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E150c",
    "name": "Ammonia caramel",
    "risk_class": "mid",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 24517,
    "share": 9.2
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E102",
    "name": "Tartrazine (Yellow 5)",
    "risk_class": "mid",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 23794,
    "share": 8.9
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E133",
    "name": "Brilliant Blue FCF (Blue 1)",
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    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 21211,
    "share": 7.9
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E270",
    "name": "Lactic acid",
    "risk_class": "none",
    "child_flag": false,
    "products": 19678,
    "share": 7.4
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   {
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    "share": 7.9
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    "child_flag": true,
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    "share": 7.3
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    "products": 18272,
    "share": 6.8
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   {
    "e_number": "E110",
    "name": "Sunset Yellow FCF (Yellow 6)",
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    "products": 17076,
    "share": 6.4
   },
   {
    "e_number": "E211",
    "name": "Sodium benzoate",
    "risk_class": "high",
    "child_flag": true,
    "products": 16866,
    "share": 6.3
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   {
    "e_number": "E450",
    "name": "Diphosphates",
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    "child_flag": true,
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    "share": 6.1
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    "e_number": "E422",
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    "products": 13729,
    "share": 5.1
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}