Glazing Agent
Glazing Agent appears in 267 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
Glazing Agent appears in 267 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.
- 267
- catalogued products
- #1,606
- usage rank of 247,206
- 88
- named brands represented
- 77%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 110 of 267 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare All Natural Fruit Twists, Cherry; America's choice, licorice allsorts; Australian Black Licorice Candy, Australian Black Licorice to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Glazing Agent 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.
110 of 267 linked records have some flagged component
All 267 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.
Glazing Agent sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,606 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,606
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 267 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 77%
- Averaged label depth puts Glazing Agent near the end of the captured list (77% of list length, mean slot 16.1). 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Glazing Agent
Across the 267 products on this site that list Glazing Agent, 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 4.8x more often with Glazing Agent than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Glazing Agent products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 69 | 25.8% | 5.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 55 | 20.6% | 2.1% |
| Yellow 5 | 48 | 18% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 46 | 17.2% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 6 | 39 | 14.6% | 3.4% |
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.
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 Glazing Agent
Products Containing Glazing Agent
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 267 indexed products containing Glazing Agent:
Glazing Agent vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Glazing Agent sits among other busy catalog rows (267 products, mean score 77.3/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Artichoke Hearts; Enriched Durum Flour; Maple Flavor. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Next steps from the Glazing Agent page
267 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Glazing Agent are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Glazing Agent before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Glazing Agent next to “Enriched Durum Flour” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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 Glazing Agent
Does Glazing Agent 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 Glazing Agent. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Glazing Agent? ▼
Glazing Agent ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,606 of 247,206), appearing in 267 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Glazing Agent so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Glazing Agent appears in 267 products (#1,606 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Glazing Agent). 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.