Isopropyl Palmitate

Isopropyl Palmitate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 22 indexed US food products.

Source-backed answer

Isopropyl Palmitate appears in 22 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.

22
catalogued products
#8,787
usage rank of 247,206
8
named brands represented
25%
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.

Isopropyl Palmitate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#8,787 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#8,787
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 249 others that also appear in exactly 22 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
25%
Averaged label depth puts Isopropyl Palmitate in the upper half of the list (25% of list length, mean slot 6.8). 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.

How to use this page

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 5 of 22 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Baby 2-IN-1 Face & Body Whip Lotion; DailyAdvance Ultra Hydrating Lotion; Diabetics' Dry Skin Relief Moisturizing Cream to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 75–100 score range to Isopropyl Palmitate itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Body-lotion supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

5 of 22 linked records have some flagged component

All 21 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 75–100 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.

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 Isopropyl Palmitate

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 949698100102 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Isopropyl Palmitate
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

Top-decile company for Isopropyl Palmitate: 22 listings averaging 97/100.

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 Isopropyl Palmitate page

Use the 22-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 Isopropyl Palmitate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Isopropyl Palmitate

Does Isopropyl Palmitate carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Isopropyl Palmitate itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "Listed" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Isopropyl Palmitate?

Isopropyl Palmitate ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,787 of 247,206), appearing in 22 indexed products led by Body-lotion. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Isopropyl Palmitate so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Isopropyl Palmitate appears in 22 products (#8,787 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Isopropyl Palmitate). 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.