Aluminum Stearate
Aluminum Stearate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 6 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Aluminum Stearate appears in 6 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Prior Sanctioned.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 6
- catalogued products
- #21,732
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 13%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Aluminum Stearate - usage rank #21,732
- Usage rank
- #21,732
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 13%
- Mean relative depth 13% across 6 parsed labels, slot 5.0 on average. Aluminum Stearate tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
How to use this page
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: Aluminum Stearate reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Sunscreen, and typically sits near the top of the captured list. Product examples include 50 Baby Mineral Sunscreen; Kids 50; Kids Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50. 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 (6 of 6), 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.
Function
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 6 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 Aluminum Stearate
Products Containing Aluminum Stearate
High-volume slice (6 of 6) for products naming Aluminum Stearate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Aluminum Stearate: 6 listings averaging 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Aluminum Stearate page
Use the 6-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Aluminum Stearate 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. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the source ratings say about Aluminum Stearate? ▼
Aluminum Stearate has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Prior Sanctioned. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Which product shelves show up most often with Aluminum Stearate? ▼
Aluminum Stearate ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 indexed products led by Sunscreen. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Aluminum Stearate do in food? ▼
Aluminum Stearate is recorded as a anticaking agent or free-flow agent, emulsifier or emulsifier salt, formulation aid in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Aluminum Stearate). 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.