Alpha Tocopherol Acetate
Alpha Tocopherol Acetate appears in 606 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
Alpha Tocopherol Acetate appears in 606 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.
- 606
- catalogued products
- #933
- usage rank of 247,206
- 97
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 233 of 606 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% Vegetable & Fruit Juice, Strawberry Banana; 12g protein meal bar, double chocolate; 99% egg product to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Alpha Tocopherol Acetate itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
233 of 606 linked records have some flagged component
All 602 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Alpha Tocopherol Acetate - usage rank #933
- Usage rank
- #933
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 606 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 606 products listing it (mean slot 19.4). Alpha Tocopherol Acetate usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Alpha Tocopherol Acetate
Across the 606 products on this site that list Alpha Tocopherol Acetate, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Red 40 shows up about 3x more often with Alpha Tocopherol Acetate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Alpha Tocopherol Acetate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 99 | 16.3% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 85 | 14% | 4.2% |
| BHT | 70 | 11.6% | 1.1% |
| Sucralose | 43 | 7.1% | 2.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 30 | 5% | 4.8% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 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 Alpha Tocopherol Acetate
Products Containing Alpha Tocopherol Acetate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 606 indexed products containing Alpha Tocopherol Acetate:
High-volume peers for Alpha Tocopherol Acetate beside “As Preservative”
High-volume peers for Alpha Tocopherol Acetate: 606 products, mean screening score 86/100. Nearest count peers include “As Preservative”, “Tara Gum”, “Cottonseed Oils”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Alpha Tocopherol Acetate record
606 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Alpha Tocopherol Acetate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Alpha Tocopherol Acetate and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Alpha Tocopherol Acetate with a peer such as “As Preservative” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Alpha Tocopherol Acetate
Does Alpha Tocopherol Acetate carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Alpha Tocopherol Acetate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Alpha Tocopherol Acetate? ▼
Alpha Tocopherol Acetate ranks in the top decile by product count (#933 of 247,206), appearing in 606 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Alpha Tocopherol Acetate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Alpha Tocopherol Acetate appears in 606 products (#933 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Alpha Tocopherol Acetate). 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.