Chromium Polynicotinate
Chromium Polynicotinate appears in 92 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 Polynicotinate appears in 92 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.
- 92
- catalogued products
- #3,310
- usage rank of 247,206
- 17
- named brands represented
- 89%
- 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
85.9% 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 Polynicotinate as the trigger. Open records such as Bake Shop Cookie Dough; Bananas & Cream; BANANAS & CREAM and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 71.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 89% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
85.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 91 of 91 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 Polynicotinate - usage rank #3,310
- Usage rank
- #3,310
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 41 others that also appear in exactly 92 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 89%
- Mean relative depth 89% across 92 parsed labels, slot 36.7 on average. Chromium Polynicotinate tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Chromium Polynicotinate
Across the 92 products on this site that list Chromium Polynicotinate, 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 31.8x more often with Chromium Polynicotinate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Chromium Polynicotinate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 79 | 85.9% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 74 | 80.4% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 63 | 68.5% | 4.5% |
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 Polynicotinate
Products Containing Chromium Polynicotinate
16 busy labels from the 92 indexed products that list Chromium Polynicotinate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour”)
Chromium Polynicotinate sits among other busy catalog rows (92 products, mean score 71.6/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour; Added To Maintain Color; With Alkali. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Chromium Polynicotinate page
92 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Chromium Polynicotinate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Chromium Polynicotinate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Chromium Polynicotinate
How should I read safety signals when Chromium Polynicotinate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
85.9% 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 Polynicotinate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Chromium Polynicotinate? ▼
Chromium Polynicotinate ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,310 of 247,206), appearing in 92 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Chromium Polynicotinate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Chromium Polynicotinate appears in 92 products (#3,310 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Chromium Polynicotinate). 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.