Maltitol
Maltitol carries a source-backed screening score of 4/5 and appears in 1,591 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Cut Back.”
Source-backed answer
Maltitol appears in 1,591 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Cut Back.” No FDA SAFFA status is attached. Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 1,591
- catalogued products
- #490
- usage rank of 247,206
- 361
- named brands represented
- 24%
- 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.
Maltitol sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#490 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #490
- 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
- 24%
- Mean relative depth 24% across 1,591 parsed labels, slot 7.1 on average. Maltitol tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
67.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Maltitol as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Whole Grain Bread; 100% whole wheat bread; 12 Protein Bars Variety Pack and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 74.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 24% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
67.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1591 of 1591 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Maltitol
Across the 1,591 products on this site that list Maltitol, 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 17.4x more often with Maltitol than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Maltitol products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 746 | 46.9% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 370 | 23.3% | 1.8% |
| Aspartame | 250 | 15.7% | 0.9% |
| Carrageenan | 205 | 12.9% | 4.5% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 195 | 12.3% | 2.1% |
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.
Function
Sweetener
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 Maltitol
Products Containing Maltitol
High-volume slice (16 of 1,591) for products naming Maltitol:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Xanthan”)
High-volume peers for Maltitol: 1,591 products, mean screening score 74.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Xanthan · Shortening · Milk Derivative. 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.
Next steps from the Maltitol page
1,591 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Maltitol are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Maltitol and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Maltitol with a peer such as “Xanthan” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
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 Maltitol sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
67.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Maltitol is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Maltitol scores 4/5 on this site's screening scale and CSPI lists it as "Cut Back". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Maltitol? ▼
Maltitol ranks in the top decile by product count (#490 of 247,206), appearing in 1,591 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Maltitol serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Maltitol is recorded as a sweetener in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Maltitol). 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.