Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid
Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid appears in 4 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid appears in 4 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 55%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid: above-median product count (beats 88.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #28,812
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 55%
- Mean relative depth 55% across 4 parsed labels, slot 10.0 on average. Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What this page can and cannot answer
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid reaches 1 named brands, most often appears under Dietary supplements, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include BCAA Natural Lemon Lime; BCAA Natural Mango Coconut; BCAA Natural Pineapple. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (4 of 4), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 4 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid
Products Containing Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid
Every indexed product currently listing Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid (4 total):
Ingredients with similar product-count or score profiles
Peer axes for Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid: 4 products · mean score 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid record
4 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#28,812 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Where does Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid show up across the catalog? ▼
Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid. Its in the lower half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Alfa-hydroxy Isocaproic Acid). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.