Dextrose Sugar

Dextrose Sugar appears in 6 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

Dextrose Sugar appears in 6 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.

6
catalogued products
#21,732
usage rank of 247,206
3
named brands represented
34%
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: 2 of 6 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Ahold, creamy tomato soup; Smoked Ham & Swiss; Sweet Tarts Chewy Fusions to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Dextrose Sugar itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

2 of 6 linked records have some flagged component

All 6 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.

High-volume listing for Dextrose Sugar - usage rank #21,732

Usage rank
#21,732
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
34%
Mean relative depth 34% across 6 parsed labels, slot 15.0 on average. Dextrose Sugar 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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 6 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 Dextrose Sugar

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 6 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 02468 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Dextrose Sugar Ahold, creamy tomato soupSmoked Ham & SwissSweet Tarts Chewy FusionsCaramel creamsChunky Grilled Chicken Sausage GumboJust darn good turkey
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.

Products Containing Dextrose Sugar

A sample of 6 high-volume listings among the 6 indexed products containing Dextrose Sugar:

Download these 6 product rows (CSV) 6 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Dextrose Sugar vs other top-decile catalog footprints

High-volume peers for Dextrose Sugar: 6 products, mean screening score 80.8/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

What to do with this Dextrose Sugar record

6 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Dextrose Sugar are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

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

Dextrose Sugar — common follow-ups

Does Dextrose Sugar 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 Dextrose Sugar. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Dextrose Sugar?

Dextrose Sugar ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Dextrose Sugar so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Dextrose Sugar appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Dextrose Sugar). 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.