Cultured Dextrose
Cultured Dextrose appears in 1,889 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
Cultured Dextrose appears in 1,889 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.
- 1,889
- catalogued products
- #420
- usage rank of 247,206
- 395
- named brands represented
- 67%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 523 of 1889 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% Whole Wheat Bagels; 100% Whole Wheat Bagels; 12Pc Shrimp Temp Kabuki Roll, Shrimp Temp Kabuki to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 5–100 score range to Cultured Dextrose itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
523 of 1,889 linked records have some flagged component
All 1871 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 5–100 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.
High-volume listing for Cultured Dextrose - usage rank #420
- Usage rank
- #420
- 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
- 67%
- Mean relative depth 67% across 1,889 parsed labels, slot 21.0 on average. Cultured Dextrose tends to sit in the lower 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 Cultured Dextrose
Across the 1,889 products on this site that list Cultured Dextrose, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 2.3x more often with Cultured Dextrose than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cultured Dextrose products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 197 | 10.4% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 195 | 10.3% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 61 | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Sucralose | 45 | 2.4% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 42 | 2.2% | 1.8% |
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 Cultured Dextrose
Products Containing Cultured Dextrose
16 busy labels from the 1,889 indexed products that list Cultured Dextrose:
Cultured Dextrose vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Cultured Dextrose: 1,889 listings averaging 95.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Or Less Of Salt; Chia Seeds; Yellow #5.
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 Cultured Dextrose evidence
1,889 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cultured Dextrose are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Cultured Dextrose and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Cultured Dextrose with a peer such as “Or Less Of Salt” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Cultured Dextrose 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 Cultured Dextrose. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cultured Dextrose? ▼
Cultured Dextrose ranks in the top decile by product count (#420 of 247,206), appearing in 1,889 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cultured Dextrose so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cultured Dextrose appears in 1,889 products (#420 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cultured Dextrose). 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.