Corn Maltodextrin
Corn Maltodextrin appears in 1,932 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 Maltodextrin appears in 1,932 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.
- 1,932
- catalogued products
- #415
- usage rank of 247,206
- 368
- named brands represented
- 41%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 699 of 1932 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Abbott, Glucerna, Nutrition Bars, Peanut Chocolate Chip, Peanut Chocolate Chip; Aged Cheddar; Aged Cheddar to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Corn Maltodextrin itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
699 of 1,932 linked records have some flagged component
All 1932 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Corn Maltodextrin sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#415 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #415
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 41%
- Mean relative depth 41% across 1,933 parsed labels, slot 11.7 on average. Corn Maltodextrin tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Corn Maltodextrin
Across the 1,932 products on this site that list Corn Maltodextrin, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.3x more often with Corn Maltodextrin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Corn Maltodextrin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 257 | 13.3% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 200 | 10.4% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 6 | 145 | 7.5% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 117 | 6.1% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 114 | 5.9% | 5.4% |
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 Maltodextrin
Products Containing Corn Maltodextrin
High-volume slice (16 of 1,932) for products naming Corn Maltodextrin:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Pepper”)
Corn Maltodextrin sits among other busy catalog rows (1,932 products, mean score 89.3/100). Nearest count peers include “Pepper”, “Lime Juice Concentrate”, “Blue #1”. 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.
Using the Corn Maltodextrin evidence
Use the 1,932-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Corn Maltodextrin and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Corn Maltodextrin carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Corn Maltodextrin. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Corn Maltodextrin? ▼
Corn Maltodextrin ranks in the top decile by product count (#415 of 247,206), appearing in 1,932 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Corn Maltodextrin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Corn Maltodextrin appears in 1,932 products (#415 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Corn Maltodextrin). 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.