Geraniol

Geraniol carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 28 indexed US food products.

Source-backed answer

Geraniol appears in 28 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.

28
catalogued products
#7,422
usage rank of 247,206
15
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.

High-volume listing for Geraniol - usage rank #7,422

Usage rank
#7,422
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 182 others that also appear in exactly 28 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
79%
Mean relative depth 79% across 28 parsed labels, slot 27.3 on average. Geraniol 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.

How to use this page

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 8 of 28 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Carpet Miracle; daily cleanser; Dish Soap to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Geraniol itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Hair-spray supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

8 of 28 linked records have some flagged component

All 22 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.

Function

FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT

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 Geraniol

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 0246 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Geraniol
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Geraniol

Geraniol sits among other busy catalog rows (28 products, mean score 88.9/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

Similar mean product score

Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.

What to do with this Geraniol record

Start from Geraniol's 28 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Check the listed products containing Geraniol before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
  • 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.

Geraniol — common follow-ups

Does Geraniol carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Geraniol 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.

Which product shelves show up most often with Geraniol?

Geraniol ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,422 of 247,206), appearing in 28 indexed products led by Hair-spray. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

What does Geraniol do in food?

Geraniol is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant in source technical-effect fields.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Geraniol). 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.