Diatomaceous Earth
Diatomaceous Earth carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 4 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Diatomaceous Earth appears in 4 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 51%
- 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.
Upper-half catalog placement for Diatomaceous Earth (#28,812)
- Usage rank
- #28,812
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 51%
- Averaged label depth puts Diatomaceous Earth in the lower half of the list (51% of list length, mean slot 15.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 1 of 4 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Binder+; copper eyeshadow; Golden Vanilla to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 60–100 score range to Diatomaceous Earth itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Deodorant supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
1 of 4 linked records have some flagged component
All 4 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 60–100 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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 4 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 Diatomaceous Earth
Products Containing Diatomaceous Earth
Every indexed product currently listing Diatomaceous Earth (4 total):
Count-or-score neighbours for Diatomaceous Earth
Peer axes for Diatomaceous Earth: 4 products · mean score 90/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Diatomaceous Earth evidence
Use the 4-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 Diatomaceous Earth to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- 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. 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 Diatomaceous Earth carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Diatomaceous Earth itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "GRAS" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Where does Diatomaceous Earth show up across the catalog? ▼
Diatomaceous Earth sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 4 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Diatomaceous Earth so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Diatomaceous Earth. Its in the lower half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Diatomaceous Earth). 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.