Hydrolyzed Corn Protein

Hydrolyzed Corn Protein appears in 2,186 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 Protein appears in 2,186 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.

2,186
catalogued products
#380
usage rank of 247,206
502
named brands represented
56%
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

54.3% 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 Corn Protein as the trigger. Open records such as 1/4 Pound Beef Franks; 2 Higg's, Potato Chips, Chicken & Waffles; 4 Meat TombStone Pizza and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 56% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

54.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2168 of 2182 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 Protein: top-decile catalog footprint (#380 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#380
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
56%
Averaged label depth puts Hydrolyzed Corn Protein in the lower half of the list (56% of list length, mean slot 18.1). 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.

What else is usually in the same product as Hydrolyzed Corn Protein

Across the 2,186 products on this site that list Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, 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 4.8x more often with Hydrolyzed Corn Protein than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +21.7ppCaramel Coloring+21.7ppSodium Nitrite: +10.8ppSodium Nitrite+10.8ppYellow 6: +5ppYellow 6+5ppYellow 5: +2.2ppYellow 5+2.2ppTBHQ: +4.9ppTBHQ+4.9pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Caramel Coloring
21.7pp
Sodium Nitrite
10.8pp
Yellow 6
5pp
Yellow 5
2.2pp
TBHQ
4.9pp
Additive Shared products Share of Hydrolyzed Corn Protein products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 599 27.4% 5.7%
Sodium Nitrite 288 13.2% 2.4%
Yellow 6 184 8.4% 3.4%
Yellow 5 154 7% 4.8%
TBHQ 119 5.4% 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 Corn Protein

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 5060708090100110 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Agar”)

High-volume peers for Hydrolyzed Corn Protein: 2,186 products, mean screening score 87/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Agar; Cucumbers; Beta-carotene. 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

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

What to do with this Hydrolyzed Corn Protein record

Use the 2,186-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Check the listed products containing Hydrolyzed Corn Protein before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
  • Place Hydrolyzed Corn Protein next to “Cucumbers” (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. Open methodology

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 Hydrolyzed Corn Protein sits in heavily flagged products?

54.3% 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 Corn Protein 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 Protein?

Hydrolyzed Corn Protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#380 of 247,206), appearing in 2,186 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Hydrolyzed Corn Protein so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hydrolyzed Corn Protein appears in 2,186 products (#380 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hydrolyzed Corn Protein). 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.