D-glucuronolactone
D-glucuronolactone appears in 116 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
D-glucuronolactone appears in 116 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.
- 116
- catalogued products
- #2,834
- usage rank of 247,206
- 31
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
87.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify D-glucuronolactone as the trigger. Open records such as Arizona; Bubba, Energy Drink; Cherry Limeade Energy Drink and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 72.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 61% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
87.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 116 of 116 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.
D-glucuronolactone sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,834 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,834
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 116 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Mean relative depth 61% across 116 parsed labels, slot 18.0 on average. D-glucuronolactone 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 D-glucuronolactone
Across the 116 products on this site that list D-glucuronolactone, 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 28.4x more often with D-glucuronolactone than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of D-glucuronolactone products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 89 | 76.7% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 52 | 44.8% | 1.8% |
| Red 40 | 20 | 17.2% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 14 | 12.1% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 13 | 11.2% | 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 D-glucuronolactone
Products Containing D-glucuronolactone
High-volume slice (16 of 116) for products naming D-glucuronolactone:
High-volume peers for D-glucuronolactone beside “Black Cherries”
Top-decile company for D-glucuronolactone: 116 listings averaging 72.6/100. Nearest count peers include “Black Cherries”, “Carmel Color”, “Crab Flavor”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the D-glucuronolactone page
Use the 116-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 D-glucuronolactone to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when D-glucuronolactone sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
87.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming D-glucuronolactone is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with D-glucuronolactone? ▼
D-glucuronolactone ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,834 of 247,206), appearing in 116 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is D-glucuronolactone so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet D-glucuronolactone appears in 116 products (#2,834 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (D-glucuronolactone). 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.