Alpha-tocopherol Preservative
Alpha-tocopherol Preservative appears in 8 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 Preservative appears in 8 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.
- 8
- catalogued products
- #17,814
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Alpha-tocopherol Preservative as the trigger. Open records such as Daily chef, pumpkin tea cakes, pumpkin spice; Daily chef, tea cakes, red velvet; Member's Mark, Assorted Donut Holes and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 73.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 73% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 8 of 8 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
High-volume listing for Alpha-tocopherol Preservative - usage rank #17,814
- Usage rank
- #17,814
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,731 others that also appear in exactly 8 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 8 products listing it (mean slot 35.0). Alpha-tocopherol Preservative 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.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 8 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 Preservative
Products Containing Alpha-tocopherol Preservative
High-volume slice (8 of 8) for products naming Alpha-tocopherol Preservative:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Alpha-tocopherol Preservative: 8 listings averaging 73.1/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Alpha-tocopherol Preservative record
Start from Alpha-tocopherol Preservative's 8 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Alpha-tocopherol Preservative and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Alpha-tocopherol Preservative
How should I read safety signals when Alpha-tocopherol Preservative sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Alpha-tocopherol Preservative is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Alpha-tocopherol Preservative? ▼
Alpha-tocopherol Preservative ranks in the top decile by product count (#17,814 of 247,206), appearing in 8 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Alpha-tocopherol Preservative so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Alpha-tocopherol Preservative appears in 8 products (#17,814 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Alpha-tocopherol Preservative). 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.