Cinnamyl Alcohol

Cinnamyl Alcohol carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 3 indexed US food products.

Source-backed answer

Cinnamyl Alcohol appears in 3 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.

3
catalogued products
#35,091
usage rank of 247,206
2
named brands represented
70%
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.

Cinnamyl Alcohol: above-median product count (beats 85.8% of ranked ingredients)

Usage rank
#35,091
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
70%
Mean relative depth 70% across 3 parsed labels, slot 34.0 on average. Cinnamyl Alcohol tends to sit in the lower half of the 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.

How to use this page

A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance

No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Cinnamyl Alcohol reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Dishwashing-detergent, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Curl Peace Smoothing Ponytail & Edge Control; Dish Soap; natura bisse. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.

0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient

Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (3 of 3), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.

Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.

Function

FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT

Products Containing Cinnamyl Alcohol

Full indexed set for Cinnamyl Alcohol — 3 products:

Download these 3 product rows (CSV) 3 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Count-or-score neighbours for Cinnamyl Alcohol

Use the lists below to place Cinnamyl Alcohol against similar footprints (3 products).

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Cinnamyl Alcohol page

Use the 3-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Check the listed products containing Cinnamyl Alcohol before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
  • 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 Cinnamyl Alcohol

What do the source ratings say about Cinnamyl Alcohol?

Cinnamyl Alcohol has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Approved. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.

Where does Cinnamyl Alcohol show up across the catalog?

Cinnamyl Alcohol sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

What does Cinnamyl Alcohol do in food?

Cinnamyl Alcohol is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant in source technical-effect fields.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cinnamyl Alcohol). 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.