Degermed Yellow Cornmeal

Degermed Yellow Cornmeal appears in 115 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

Degermed Yellow Cornmeal appears in 115 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.

115
catalogued products
#2,845
usage rank of 247,206
24
named brands represented
29%
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: 53 of 115 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% whole wheat english muffins; 100% whole wheat english muffins, whole wheat; Andy Capp's BBQ Fries to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Degermed Yellow Cornmeal 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.

53 of 115 linked records have some flagged component

All 113 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.

Degermed Yellow Cornmeal sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,845 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#2,845
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 115 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
29%
Mean relative depth 29% across 115 parsed labels, slot 11.1 on average. Degermed Yellow Cornmeal tends to sit in the upper 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.

What else is usually in the same product as Degermed Yellow Cornmeal

Across the 115 products on this site that list Degermed Yellow Cornmeal, 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. Yellow 6 shows up about 4.1x more often with Degermed Yellow Cornmeal than in the catalogue at large.

Yellow 6: +10.5ppYellow 6+10.5ppTBHQ: +11.7ppTBHQ+11.7ppCaramel Coloring: +6.5ppCaramel Coloring+6.5ppSodium Nitrite: +7.2ppSodium Nitrite+7.2ppBHT: +7.6ppBHT+7.6pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Degermed Yellow Cornmeal products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Yellow 6
10.5pp
TBHQ
11.7pp
Caramel Coloring
6.5pp
Sodium Nitrite
7.2pp
BHT
7.6pp
Additive Shared products Share of Degermed Yellow Cornmeal products Share of all products
Yellow 6 16 13.9% 3.4%
TBHQ 14 12.2% 0.5%
Caramel Coloring 14 12.2% 5.7%
Sodium Nitrite 11 9.6% 2.4%
BHT 10 8.7% 1.1%

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 Degermed Yellow Cornmeal

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 0246 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Degermed Yellow Cornmeal
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Degermed Yellow Cornmeal beside “Natural And Artificial Flavorings”

Top-decile company for Degermed Yellow Cornmeal: 115 listings averaging 82.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural And Artificial Flavorings; Bamboo Fiber; Beef Hearts.

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.

What to do with this Degermed Yellow Cornmeal record

Use the 115-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 Degermed Yellow Cornmeal to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Place Degermed Yellow Cornmeal next to “Bamboo Fiber” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Degermed Yellow Cornmeal

Does Degermed Yellow Cornmeal 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 Degermed Yellow Cornmeal. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Degermed Yellow Cornmeal?

Degermed Yellow Cornmeal ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,845 of 247,206), appearing in 115 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Degermed Yellow Cornmeal so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Degermed Yellow Cornmeal appears in 115 products (#2,845 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Degermed Yellow Cornmeal). 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.