Glycerol Monostearate
Glycerol Monostearate appears in 184 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
Glycerol Monostearate appears in 184 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.
- 184
- catalogued products
- #2,053
- usage rank of 247,206
- 50
- named brands represented
- 36%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
54.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Glycerol Monostearate as the trigger. Open records such as Bakery Crafts, Handcrafted Icing Decorations; Bakery Crafts, Handcrafted Icing Decorations; Bars and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 79.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 36% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
54.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 182 of 183 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.
High-volume listing for Glycerol Monostearate - usage rank #2,053
- Usage rank
- #2,053
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6 others that also appear in exactly 184 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 36%
- Averaged label depth puts Glycerol Monostearate in the upper half of the list (36% of list length, mean slot 10.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Glycerol Monostearate
Across the 184 products on this site that list Glycerol Monostearate, 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 3.9x more often with Glycerol Monostearate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Glycerol Monostearate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 34 | 18.5% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 30 | 16.3% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 27 | 14.7% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 6 | 26 | 14.1% | 3.4% |
| Red 40 | 23 | 12.5% | 5.4% |
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 Glycerol Monostearate
Products Containing Glycerol Monostearate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 184 indexed products containing Glycerol Monostearate:
Glycerol Monostearate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Glycerol Monostearate: 184 products, mean screening score 79.8/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Chromium · Organic Fair Trade Cane Sugar · Glycine. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Glycerol Monostearate record
Start from Glycerol Monostearate's 184 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Glycerol Monostearate and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Glycerol Monostearate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
54.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Glycerol Monostearate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Glycerol Monostearate? ▼
Glycerol Monostearate ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,053 of 247,206), appearing in 184 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Glycerol Monostearate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Glycerol Monostearate appears in 184 products (#2,053 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Glycerol Monostearate). 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.