Glyceryl Tristearate
Glyceryl Tristearate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Glyceryl Tristearate appears in 2 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.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 100%
- 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.
Glyceryl Tristearate: above-median product count (beats 81.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 100%
- Averaged label depth puts Glyceryl Tristearate near the end of the captured list (100% of list length, mean slot 15.5). 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.
Reading this ingredient record
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 Glyceryl Tristearate as the trigger. Open records such as Ricolino, moritas sour gummies, blackberry, blueberry and strawberry; floradix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 72.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 100% 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 2 of 2 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
FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Products Containing Glyceryl Tristearate
Full indexed set for Glyceryl Tristearate — 2 products:
Count and score peers around flagged Glyceryl Tristearate
With 100% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Glyceryl Tristearate spans 2 products at 72.5/100 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 Glyceryl Tristearate page
Start from Glyceryl Tristearate's 2 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Glyceryl Tristearate and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Glyceryl Tristearate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Glyceryl Tristearate 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 Glyceryl Tristearate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Glyceryl Tristearate 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 Glyceryl Tristearate show up across the catalog? ▼
Glyceryl Tristearate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 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 Glyceryl Tristearate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Glyceryl Tristearate is recorded as a formulation aid, lubricant or release agent, surface-finishing agent 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 (Glyceryl Tristearate). 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.