Chromium Picolinate
Chromium Picolinate appears in 150 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
Chromium Picolinate appears in 150 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.
- 150
- catalogued products
- #2,365
- usage rank of 247,206
- 50
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
55.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Chromium Picolinate as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Pure Whey With Grass Fed Whey Isolates Vanilla Cream Slice Flavour; Adult Gummies Calcium 500 Mg With D3 & Zinc; Banana Pudding Flavored Protein Powder and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 78% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 148 of 148 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 Chromium Picolinate - usage rank #2,365
- Usage rank
- #2,365
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 150 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 150 products listing it (mean slot 29.7). Chromium Picolinate usually falls near the end of the captured 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. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Chromium Picolinate
Across the 150 products on this site that list Chromium Picolinate, 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. Sucralose shows up about 14.8x more often with Chromium Picolinate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Chromium Picolinate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 60 | 40% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 39 | 26% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 19 | 12.7% | 4.5% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 15 | 10% | 2.1% |
| Monk fruit extract | 14 | 9.3% | 0.5% |
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 Chromium Picolinate
Products Containing Chromium Picolinate
High-volume slice (16 of 150) for products naming Chromium Picolinate:
Chromium Picolinate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Chromium Picolinate sits among other busy catalog rows (150 products, mean score 82.5/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: 1 Grade Mustard Seed · Blueberry Juice · Greek Yogurt Powder. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Chromium Picolinate evidence
Use the 150-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Chromium Picolinate and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare Chromium Picolinate with a peer such as “1 Grade Mustard Seed” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Chromium Picolinate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Chromium Picolinate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Chromium Picolinate? ▼
Chromium Picolinate ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,365 of 247,206), appearing in 150 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Chromium Picolinate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Chromium Picolinate appears in 150 products (#2,365 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Chromium Picolinate). 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.