Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters
Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters appears in 4 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
Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters appears in 4 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.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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: 1 of 4 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts; Au gratin 100% real idaho and cheddar cheese sauce sliced potatoes, cheddar cheese; Cake donut holes powdered to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 85–100 score range to Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks 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 85–100 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.
Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters ranks above 88.3% of catalogued ingredients
- 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
- 78%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 4 products listing it (mean slot 29.3). Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
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 Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters
Products Containing Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters
Full indexed set for Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters — 4 products:
Count-or-score neighbours for Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters
Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters comparison set — 4 products, mean 96.3/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters page
Start from Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters's 4 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters 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 Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Where does Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters show up across the catalog? ▼
Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters). 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.