Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 13 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate appears in 13 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 13
- catalogued products
- #12,640
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 96%
- 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.
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate: top-decile catalog footprint (#12,640 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #12,640
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 716 others that also appear in exactly 13 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 96%
- Averaged label depth puts Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate near the end of the captured list (96% of list length, mean slot 12.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate as the trigger. Open records such as Assorted flavors drink mix; Brioche Specialty Breads; Drink mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 50.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 96% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 13 of 13 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.
Function
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 13 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 Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
Products Containing Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
High-volume slice (13 of 13) for products naming Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate:
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate sits among other busy catalog rows (13 products, mean score 50.4/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate page
Start from Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate's 13 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
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 Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Approved". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate? ▼
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate ranks in the top decile by product count (#12,640 of 247,206), appearing in 13 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate is recorded as a emulsifier or emulsifier salt, processing aid, stabilizer or thickener, 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 (Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate). 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.