Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten appears in 570 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 Corn Gluten appears in 570 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.
- 570
- catalogued products
- #975
- usage rank of 247,206
- 150
- named brands represented
- 55%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
55.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten as the trigger. Open records such as Alfredo Chicken; Alfredo Pasta & Sauce; All American Burger Seasoning Mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 91.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 55% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 567 of 569 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 Corn Gluten: top-decile catalog footprint (#975 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #975
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 55%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 570 products listing it (mean slot 21.5). Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
Across the 570 products on this site that list Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 6.9x more often with Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 223 | 39.1% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 43 | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 33 | 5.8% | 4.5% |
| TBHQ | 24 | 4.2% | 0.5% |
| Yellow 6 | 24 | 4.2% | 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 Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
Products Containing Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 570 indexed products containing Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten:
High-volume peers for Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten beside “Grapes”
Top-decile company for Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten: 570 listings averaging 91.9/100. Nearest count peers include “Grapes”, “Mannitol”, “Mineral Nutrients”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten evidence
Start from Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten's 570 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten next to “Mannitol” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten? ▼
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten ranks in the top decile by product count (#975 of 247,206), appearing in 570 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten appears in 570 products (#975 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten). 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.