Dimethylpolysiloxane
Dimethylpolysiloxane carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 350 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Dimethylpolysiloxane appears in 350 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Prior Sanctioned.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 350
- catalogued products
- #1,328
- usage rank of 247,206
- 78
- named brands represented
- 80%
- 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.
Dimethylpolysiloxane: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,328 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,328
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 350 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 80%
- Mean relative depth 80% across 350 parsed labels, slot 18.2 on average. Dimethylpolysiloxane tends to sit near the end of the captured 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
76% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Dimethylpolysiloxane as the trigger. Open records such as 1oz Flour Tortilla Medium; 6 Piece Chicken Nuggets; Apple, Cherry And Cheese Roll and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 64.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 80% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
76% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 350 of 350 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Dimethylpolysiloxane
Across the 350 products on this site that list Dimethylpolysiloxane, 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. Red 40 shows up about 5.9x more often with Dimethylpolysiloxane than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Dimethylpolysiloxane products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 112 | 32% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 101 | 28.9% | 4.2% |
| BHA | 78 | 22.3% | 0.7% |
| Yellow 6 | 67 | 19.1% | 3.4% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 56 | 16% | 1.8% |
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.
Function
LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
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 Dimethylpolysiloxane
Products Containing Dimethylpolysiloxane
16 busy labels from the 350 indexed products that list Dimethylpolysiloxane:
Dimethylpolysiloxane vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Dimethylpolysiloxane: 350 listings averaging 64.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Alaska Pollock; Cultured Grade A Non Fat Milk; Cane Molasses.
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.
Using the Dimethylpolysiloxane evidence
350 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Dimethylpolysiloxane are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Dimethylpolysiloxane 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. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
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 Dimethylpolysiloxane sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
76% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Dimethylpolysiloxane is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Dimethylpolysiloxane scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Prior Sanctioned". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Dimethylpolysiloxane? ▼
Dimethylpolysiloxane ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,328 of 247,206), appearing in 350 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Dimethylpolysiloxane serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Dimethylpolysiloxane is recorded as a lubricant or release agent, surface-active agent in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Dimethylpolysiloxane). 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.