Bentonite
Bentonite carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 6 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Bentonite appears in 6 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 6
- catalogued products
- #21,757
- usage rank of 248,027
- 4
- named brands represented
- 47%
- 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.
3/5 from FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine
Where Bentonite sits among catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #21,757
- of 248,027 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,982 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 47%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 6 products listing it (mean slot 10.3). Bentonite usually falls in the upper 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. 248,027 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Bentonite spans 4 named brands and is led by the Sunscreen group. Start with Baby Mineral Zinc Oxide Sunscreen Lotion; Crème Relipidante; Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.2/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 4 of 4 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
Function
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Source | Classification | Year |
|---|---|---|
| FDA SAFFA | GRAS | 2024 |
| CSPI Chemical Cuisine | Not rated | 2024 |
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 3/5 | 2026 |
| Product footprint | 6 products | OpenFoodFacts |
FDA SAFFA database, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings, OpenFoodFacts product index. See methodology.
Products Containing Bentonite
A sample of 6 of the 6 indexed products containing Bentonite, with each product's overall safety score.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bentonite safe to eat? ▼
Bentonite has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: GRAS. These labels are not a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific safety determination.
What products contain Bentonite? ▼
Bentonite is found in 6 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.
What does Bentonite do in food? ▼
Bentonite is used as a dough strengthener, flour treating agent, oxidizing or reducing agent, processing aid, stabilizer or thickener in food products.
Citation notes
Regulatory status from FDA SAFFA; safety ratings from CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence from Open Food Facts. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Ingredient figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
