Ethyl Oleate
Ethyl Oleate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 1 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Ethyl Oleate appears in 1 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.
- 1
- catalogued products
- #71,300
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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.
Ethyl Oleate: above-median product count (beats 71.2% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #71,300
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 175,906 others that also appear in exactly 1 product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 1 parsed label, slot 85.0 on average. Ethyl Oleate tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 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 Ethyl Oleate as the trigger. Open records such as Recovery Conditioner and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 95.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 79% 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 1 of 1 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
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Products Containing Ethyl Oleate
Full indexed set for Ethyl Oleate — 1 product:
Nationwide peers near this flagged-ingredient footprint
With 100% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Ethyl Oleate spans 1 products at 95/100 average screening score.
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 Ethyl Oleate page
1 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ethyl Oleate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Ethyl Oleate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Ethyl Oleate
How should I read safety signals when Ethyl Oleate 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 Ethyl Oleate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Ethyl Oleate 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.
Where does Ethyl Oleate show up across the catalog? ▼
Ethyl Oleate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (1 products, #71,300 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What function does Ethyl Oleate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Ethyl Oleate is recorded as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant 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 (Ethyl Oleate). 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.