Calcium Palmitate
Calcium Palmitate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Calcium Palmitate appears in 2 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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.
Upper-half catalog placement for Calcium Palmitate (#46,185)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Averaged label depth puts Calcium Palmitate in the lower half of the list (75% of list length, mean slot 4.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
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: Calcium Palmitate reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under uncategorized products, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Advanced Keratin For Hair, Skin And Nails; Zinc Picolinate. 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 (2 of 2), 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, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Products Containing Calcium Palmitate
Every indexed product currently listing Calcium Palmitate (2 total):
Parallel catalog profiles to Calcium Palmitate
Peer axes for Calcium Palmitate: 2 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 Calcium Palmitate record
2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Calcium Palmitate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Calcium Palmitate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Calcium Palmitate — common follow-ups
What do the source ratings say about Calcium Palmitate? ▼
Calcium Palmitate has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Approved. 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.
Where does Calcium Palmitate show up across the catalog? ▼
Calcium Palmitate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Calcium Palmitate do in food? ▼
Calcium Palmitate is recorded as a anticaking agent or free-flow agent, emulsifier or emulsifier salt, lubricant or release agent in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium Palmitate). 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.