Glucose
Glucose appears in 2,324 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
Glucose appears in 2,324 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.
- 2,324
- catalogued products
- #366
- usage rank of 247,206
- 706
- named brands represented
- 44%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
52.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Glucose as the trigger. Open records such as 4 In 1 Candy Bag Mini Poster Stickers; 8 Gingerbread Cookies To Decorate; 90 g e x 2 and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 78.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 44% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2322 of 2323 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.
Glucose sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#366 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #366
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 44%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2,324 products listing it (mean slot 14.7). Glucose usually falls in the upper half of the 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Glucose
Across the 2,324 products on this site that list Glucose, 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 3.8x more often with Glucose than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Glucose products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 424 | 18.2% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 387 | 16.7% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 360 | 15.5% | 4.2% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 317 | 13.6% | 1.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 268 | 11.5% | 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 Glucose
Products Containing Glucose
16 busy labels from the 2,324 indexed products that list Glucose:
High-volume peers for Glucose beside “Whole Grain Oats”
Top-decile company for Glucose: 2,324 listings averaging 78.5/100. Nearest count peers include “Whole Grain Oats”, “Colors”, “Maple Syrup”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Glucose page
Use the 2,324-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Glucose and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Glucose next to “Colors” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Glucose — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Glucose sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Glucose is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Glucose? ▼
Glucose ranks in the top decile by product count (#366 of 247,206), appearing in 2,324 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Glucose so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Glucose appears in 2,324 products (#366 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Glucose). 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.