Candelilla Wax
Candelilla Wax appears in 111 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
Candelilla Wax appears in 111 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.
- 111
- catalogued products
- #2,917
- usage rank of 247,206
- 15
- named brands represented
- 60%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
72.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Candelilla Wax as the trigger. Open records such as Arctic Chill Sugar Free Gum, Arctic Chill; Black Seed Oil; Bubble Gum and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 47.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 60% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
72.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 111 of 111 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.
Candelilla Wax: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,917 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,917
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 16 others that also appear in exactly 111 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 60%
- Averaged label depth puts Candelilla Wax in the lower half of the list (60% of list length, mean slot 9.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Candelilla Wax
Across the 111 products on this site that list Candelilla Wax, 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. BHT shows up about 59x more often with Candelilla Wax than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Candelilla Wax products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHT | 72 | 64.9% | 1.1% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 70 | 63.1% | 1.8% |
| Aspartame | 70 | 63.1% | 0.9% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 53 | 47.7% | 2.1% |
| Sucralose | 49 | 44.1% | 2.7% |
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 Candelilla Wax
Products Containing Candelilla Wax
16 busy labels from the 111 indexed products that list Candelilla Wax:
High-volume peers for Candelilla Wax beside “Aloe Vera Gel”
Candelilla Wax sits among other busy catalog rows (111 products, mean score 47.1/100). Nearest count peers include “Aloe Vera Gel”, “Carrot Extract”, “Certified Gluten-free Oats”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Next steps from the Candelilla Wax page
111 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Candelilla Wax are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Candelilla Wax to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Candelilla Wax next to “Carrot Extract” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Candelilla Wax
How should I read safety signals when Candelilla Wax sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
72.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Candelilla Wax is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Candelilla Wax? ▼
Candelilla Wax ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,917 of 247,206), appearing in 111 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Candelilla Wax so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Candelilla Wax appears in 111 products (#2,917 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Candelilla Wax). 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.