Corn Dextrin
Corn Dextrin appears in 135 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
Corn Dextrin appears in 135 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.
- 135
- catalogued products
- #2,527
- usage rank of 247,206
- 36
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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
51.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Corn Dextrin as the trigger. Open records such as Active Probiotic Drink; Almondmilk Protein+Fiber; Biscuit mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 84.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 65% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 135 of 135 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.
Corn Dextrin sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,527 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,527
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 19 others that also appear in exactly 135 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Averaged label depth puts Corn Dextrin in the lower half of the list (65% of list length, mean slot 29.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Corn Dextrin
Across the 135 products on this site that list Corn Dextrin, 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 15.5x more often with Corn Dextrin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Corn Dextrin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 44 | 32.6% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 23 | 17% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 16 | 11.9% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 13 | 9.6% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | 7.4% | 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 Corn Dextrin
Products Containing Corn Dextrin
16 busy labels from the 135 indexed products that list Corn Dextrin:
High-volume peers for Corn Dextrin beside “Added To Stabilize Color”
Corn Dextrin sits among other busy catalog rows (135 products, mean score 84.4/100). Nearest count peers include “Added To Stabilize Color”, “As A Processing Aid”, “Organic Baby Lettuces”. 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 Corn Dextrin page
Use the 135-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Corn Dextrin 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. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Corn Dextrin
How should I read safety signals when Corn Dextrin sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Corn Dextrin is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Corn Dextrin? ▼
Corn Dextrin ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,527 of 247,206), appearing in 135 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Corn Dextrin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Corn Dextrin appears in 135 products (#2,527 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Corn Dextrin). 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.