Isomalto-oligosaccharide
Isomalto-oligosaccharide appears in 67 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
Isomalto-oligosaccharide appears in 67 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.
- 67
- catalogued products
- #4,097
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- named brands represented
- 33%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 21 of 67 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bars, chocolate peanut butter; Cake Batter; Chocolate Flavor Gainer Powder, Chocolate to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Isomalto-oligosaccharide itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
21 of 67 linked records have some flagged component
All 67 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Isomalto-oligosaccharide sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,097 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,097
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 33 others that also appear in exactly 67 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 33%
- Mean relative depth 33% across 67 parsed labels, slot 11.3 on average. Isomalto-oligosaccharide tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Isomalto-oligosaccharide
Across the 67 products on this site that list Isomalto-oligosaccharide, 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 8.9x more often with Isomalto-oligosaccharide than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Isomalto-oligosaccharide products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 16 | 23.9% | 2.7% |
| Red 40 | 7 | 10.4% | 5.4% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 6 | 9% | 1.8% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 6 | 9% | 2.1% |
| Yellow 5 | 5 | 7.5% | 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 Isomalto-oligosaccharide
Products Containing Isomalto-oligosaccharide
16 busy labels from the 67 indexed products that list Isomalto-oligosaccharide:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acesulfame”)
Top-decile company for Isomalto-oligosaccharide: 67 listings averaging 86.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Acesulfame; Added To Promote Color Retention; Brandy.
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 Isomalto-oligosaccharide page
Use the 67-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Isomalto-oligosaccharide to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Isomalto-oligosaccharide with a peer such as “Acesulfame” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Isomalto-oligosaccharide carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Isomalto-oligosaccharide. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Isomalto-oligosaccharide? ▼
Isomalto-oligosaccharide ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,097 of 247,206), appearing in 67 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Isomalto-oligosaccharide so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Isomalto-oligosaccharide appears in 67 products (#4,097 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Isomalto-oligosaccharide). 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.