L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride
L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride appears in 1 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
L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride appears in 1 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.
- 1
- catalogued products
- #84,777
- usage rank of 293,342
- 1
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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.
Where L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride sits among catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #84,777
- of 293,342 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 208,565 others that also appear in exactly 1 product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Of the way down the list, averaged across the 1 product listing it (mean slot 19.0). Ingredient lists run in descending order by weight, so L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride usually falls in the lower half of the list, so it is typically a smaller component by weight.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 293,342 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How common is L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride vs other flagged additives?
Number of indexed products containing each of the most common flagged additives - L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride highlighted.
How to use this page
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride reaches 1 named brands, most often appears under Undefined, and typically sits in the lower half of the list, so it is typically a smaller component by weight. Product examples include Flour Tortillas Burrito Size. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (1 of 1), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
Products Containing L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride
A sample of 1 of the 1 indexed products containing L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride, with each product's overall safety score.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride safe to eat? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict for it. The page reports catalog prevalence and label position instead.
What products contain L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride? ▼
L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride is found in 1 products in our database, spanning various food categories and brands.
What does L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride do in food? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for L-cysteine Mono-hydrochloride. Its product footprint is shown here without guessing why manufacturers use it.
Citation notes
Regulatory status from FDA SAFFA; safety ratings from CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence from Open Food Facts. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Ingredient figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.