Food ingredient · Vitamin / mineral
Folic acid (vitamin B9)
A B vitamin added to enriched flour and cereals.
- Vitamin or mineral (fortification)
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A whole food or a benign function, with no credible concern. It never costs points. The concern level sets how many points Folic acid (vitamin B9) costs on a product’s receipt.
Popular products that list Folic acid (vitamin B9)
2,205 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list Folic acid (vitamin B9). The 12 most scanned:
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Grape-Nuts Cereal Post · 20.5 oz (1 lb 4.5 oz) 581 g Score 93 out of 100 Excellent -
Peanut Butter Pretzels Kirkland Signature · 55 oz Score 21 out of 100 Poor -
Honey Wheat Bread Nature's Own · 20 oz Score 30 out of 100 Poor -
English Muffins Thomas' · 13 oz, 6 muffins Score 47 out of 100 Okay -
Crunchy Breakfast Biscuits Belvita · 1.76 oz Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
belVita Crunchy Blueberry Breakfast Biscuits Belvita · 1.76 oz Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Honey Maid Graham Crackers Honey Maid · 14.4 oz (408 g) Score 19 out of 100 Bad -
Mac & Cheese Kraft · 7.25 oz Score 59 out of 100 Okay -
Honey Nut Cheerios General Mills · 10.8 oz Score 17 out of 100 Bad -
Carb Balance Flour Tortilla Wraps Mission · 340 g Score 46 out of 100 Okay -
Ritz Crackers the original Ritz · 13.7 oz (388 g) Score 12 out of 100 Bad -
Crunchy Cheetos · 1 oz (28.3 g) Score 52 out of 100 Okay
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (12)
- b9
- folate
- folacin
- folsaure
- folic acid
- vitamin b9
- methylfolate
- acide folique
- l methylfolate
- folic acid vitamin b9
- calcium l methylfolate
- 5 methyltetrahydrofolate
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