Carbomer
Carbomer appears in 62 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
Carbomer appears in 62 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.
- 62
- catalogued products
- #4,302
- usage rank of 247,206
- 28
- named brands represented
- 54%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 20 of 62 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Acne Control Cleanser; Aloe Vera Gel; Aloha Hawaiian Water to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 25–100 score range to Carbomer itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Body-lotion supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
20 of 62 linked records have some flagged component
All 59 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 25–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Carbomer sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,302 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,302
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 46 others that also appear in exactly 62 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 54%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 62 products listing it (mean slot 17.3). Carbomer 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.
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 Carbomer
Across the 62 products on this site that list Carbomer, 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 6.1x more often with Carbomer than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Carbomer products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 8 | 12.9% | 2.1% |
| Blue 1 | 6 | 9.7% | 4.2% |
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 Carbomer
Products Containing Carbomer
16 busy labels from the 62 indexed products that list Carbomer:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “With Added Calcium”)
Top-decile company for Carbomer: 62 listings averaging 91.3/100. Nearest count peers include “With Added Calcium”, “Almond Paste”, “Natural Applewood Smoke Flavor”.
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.
Using the Carbomer evidence
Start from Carbomer's 62 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Carbomer before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Carbomer next to “Almond Paste” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Carbomer carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Carbomer. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Carbomer? ▼
Carbomer ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,302 of 247,206), appearing in 62 indexed products led by Body-lotion. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Carbomer so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Carbomer appears in 62 products (#4,302 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carbomer). 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.