Hexylene Glycol
Hexylene Glycol appears in 11 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
Hexylene Glycol appears in 11 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.
- 11
- catalogued products
- #14,190
- usage rank of 247,206
- 5
- named brands represented
- 46%
- 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 Hexylene Glycol - usage rank #14,190
- Usage rank
- #14,190
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 989 others that also appear in exactly 11 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 46%
- Averaged label depth puts Hexylene Glycol in the upper half of the list (46% of list length, mean slot 15.8). 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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 18.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Hexylene Glycol spans 5 named brands and is led by the Makeup-remover group. Start with Cold Processed Hair Cleanse; Micellar Cleansing Water; Micellar Cleansing Water when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 87.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
5 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 10 of 10 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 11 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 Hexylene Glycol
Products Containing Hexylene Glycol
A sample of 11 high-volume listings among the 11 indexed products containing Hexylene Glycol:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Hexylene Glycol sits among other busy catalog rows (11 products, mean score 87.3/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Hexylene Glycol evidence
11 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Hexylene Glycol are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Hexylene Glycol to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Hexylene Glycol — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Hexylene Glycol? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Hexylene Glycol, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#14,190 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hexylene Glycol? ▼
Hexylene Glycol ranks in the top decile by product count (#14,190 of 247,206), appearing in 11 indexed products led by Makeup-remover. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hexylene Glycol so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hexylene Glycol appears in 11 products (#14,190 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hexylene Glycol). 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.