Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten appears in 271 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 Wheat Gluten appears in 271 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.
- 271
- catalogued products
- #1,589
- usage rank of 247,206
- 70
- named brands represented
- 66%
- 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
55.7% 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 Wheat Gluten as the trigger. Open records such as 12 Hotdog Rolls; Albertsons, Plain New York Bagels; All white chicken salad and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 91.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 66% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 268 of 270 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 Wheat Gluten: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,589 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,589
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 271 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 66%
- Averaged label depth puts Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten in the lower half of the list (66% of list length, mean slot 24.7). 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 else is usually in the same product as Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
Across the 271 products on this site that list Hydrolyzed Wheat 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 6.1x more often with Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 94 | 34.7% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 25 | 9.2% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 21 | 7.7% | 4.5% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 13 | 4.8% | 2.1% |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | 3.7% | 4.8% |
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 Wheat Gluten
Products Containing Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
High-volume slice (16 of 271) for products naming Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Celery Juice Concentrate”)
Top-decile company for Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten: 271 listings averaging 91.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Celery Juice Concentrate · Enrichment · Golden Raisins.
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.
Next steps from the Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten page
271 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten with a peer such as “Celery Juice Concentrate” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- 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 Wheat Gluten
How should I read safety signals when Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.7% 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 Wheat 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 Wheat Gluten? ▼
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,589 of 247,206), appearing in 271 indexed products led by Canned foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten appears in 271 products (#1,589 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hydrolyzed Wheat 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.