Cholesterol
Cholesterol appears in 144 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
Cholesterol appears in 144 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.
- 144
- catalogued products
- #2,417
- usage rank of 247,206
- 80
- named brands represented
- 33%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
74.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cholesterol as the trigger. Open records such as 4F Gummy Dinosaur; Acne Control Cleanser; AlphaRet Overnight Cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 72.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 33% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
74.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 96 of 104 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.
High-volume listing for Cholesterol - usage rank #2,417
- Usage rank
- #2,417
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 144 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 33%
- Mean relative depth 33% across 144 parsed labels, slot 7.3 on average. Cholesterol tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Cholesterol
Across the 144 products on this site that list Cholesterol, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cholesterol products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trans Fat | 94 | 65.3% | 0% |
| Sucralose | 17 | 11.8% | 2.7% |
| Red 40 | 17 | 11.8% | 5.4% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 13 | 9% | 1.8% |
| Yellow 5 | 9 | 6.3% | 4.8% |
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 Cholesterol
Products Containing Cholesterol
16 busy labels from the 144 indexed products that list Cholesterol:
Cholesterol vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Cholesterol sits among other busy catalog rows (144 products, mean score 72.4/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cajun Seasoning; From Chicory Root; Fruit Extract. 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 Cholesterol page
Use the 144-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Cholesterol and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Cholesterol with a peer such as “Cajun Seasoning” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Cholesterol — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Cholesterol sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
74.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cholesterol is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cholesterol? ▼
Cholesterol ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,417 of 247,206), appearing in 144 indexed products led by Beverages and beverages preparations. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cholesterol so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cholesterol appears in 144 products (#2,417 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cholesterol). 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.