Hydrolyzed Collagen
Hydrolyzed Collagen appears in 189 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
Hydrolyzed Collagen appears in 189 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.
- 189
- catalogued products
- #2,017
- usage rank of 247,206
- 49
- named brands represented
- 35%
- 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
60.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Hydrolyzed Collagen as the trigger. Open records such as alani nu protein bar rocky road; Almond Choklad Swedish-Style Protein Bar; Bar and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 35% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
60.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 184 of 184 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.
Hydrolyzed Collagen: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,017 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,017
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 13 others that also appear in exactly 189 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 35%
- Mean relative depth 35% across 189 parsed labels, slot 13.2 on average. Hydrolyzed Collagen tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Hydrolyzed Collagen
Across the 189 products on this site that list Hydrolyzed Collagen, 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. Sucralose shows up about 20x more often with Hydrolyzed Collagen than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Hydrolyzed Collagen products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 102 | 54% | 2.7% |
| Carrageenan | 22 | 11.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 11 | 5.8% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 8 | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| Monk fruit extract | 7 | 3.7% | 0.5% |
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 Hydrolyzed Collagen
Products Containing Hydrolyzed Collagen
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 189 indexed products containing Hydrolyzed Collagen:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Natural Almond Extract”)
High-volume peers for Hydrolyzed Collagen: 189 products, mean screening score 87.4/100. Nearest count peers include “Natural Almond Extract”, “Dark Chocolate Flavored Coating”, “Flaxseed Meal”. 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.
Next steps from the Hydrolyzed Collagen page
Start from Hydrolyzed Collagen's 189 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Hydrolyzed Collagen before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Hydrolyzed Collagen with a peer such as “Natural Almond Extract” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Hydrolyzed Collagen
How should I read safety signals when Hydrolyzed Collagen sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
60.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Hydrolyzed Collagen is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hydrolyzed Collagen? ▼
Hydrolyzed Collagen ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,017 of 247,206), appearing in 189 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hydrolyzed Collagen so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hydrolyzed Collagen appears in 189 products (#2,017 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hydrolyzed Collagen). 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.