Dextrosa
Dextrosa appears in 68 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
Dextrosa appears in 68 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.
- 68
- catalogued products
- #4,047
- usage rank of 247,206
- 38
- named brands represented
- 56%
- 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: 20 of 68 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare after+; Caramel coconut & fudge cookies; Caramelo de goma besos to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Dextrosa itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
20 of 68 linked records have some flagged component
All 63 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.
Dextrosa: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,047 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,047
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 49 others that also appear in exactly 68 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 56%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 68 products listing it (mean slot 25.5). Dextrosa usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Dextrosa
Across the 68 products on this site that list Dextrosa, 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 3.4x more often with Dextrosa than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Dextrosa products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 13 | 19.1% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 6 | 8.8% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 6 | 8.8% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 5 | 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 Dextrosa
Products Containing Dextrosa
High-volume slice (16 of 68) for products naming Dextrosa:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “100% Whole Grain Oat Flour”)
High-volume peers for Dextrosa: 68 products, mean screening score 89.9/100. Nearest count peers include “100% Whole Grain Oat Flour”, “2% Or Less Of Modified Cornstarch”, “Anchovy Puree”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Dextrosa page
68 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Dextrosa are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Dextrosa to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Dextrosa next to “2% Or Less Of Modified Cornstarch” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Dextrosa
Does Dextrosa 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 Dextrosa. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Dextrosa? ▼
Dextrosa ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,047 of 247,206), appearing in 68 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Dextrosa so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Dextrosa appears in 68 products (#4,047 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Dextrosa). 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.