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Baking Additives and Extracts

USDA's branded food database lists 686 baking additives and extracts products; the median has 290 calories, 6.7 g of sugars, 1.7 g of protein and 33 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Products as manufacturers categorize them when they submit to USDA.

How baking additives and extracts products are spread

Half of all baking additives and extracts products have between 0 g and 33.3 g of sugars per 100 g

Sugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 gSugar per 100 g across baking additives and extracts products0 g69 gmedian 7 g
Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories0290410
Sugars0 g6.7 g33.3 g
Protein0 g1.7 g10.0 g
Sodium0 mg33 mg200 mg
Fiber0 g10.0 g19.2 g
Saturated fat0 g3.9 g23.3 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*189 of 68628%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving30 of 5216%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving7 of 6821%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*528 of 68577%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving179 of 50835%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most baking additives and extracts products

BrandProducts
Mi Costenita16
First Street12
Bob's Red Mill12
Wegmans8
Terra Dolce8
Shurfine8
Raley's8
Kroger8

Every baking additives and extracts product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov