Maltodextrina

Maltodextrina appears in 102 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

Maltodextrina appears in 102 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.

102
catalogued products
#3,094
usage rank of 247,206
63
named brands represented
45%
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.

What this page can and cannot answer

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 35 of 102 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Almirón advance con pronutra+; Aloe Vera; Better Than Bouillon Lobster Base to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Maltodextrina itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

35 of 102 linked records have some flagged component

All 90 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.

Maltodextrina sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,094 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#3,094
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 21 others that also appear in exactly 102 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
45%
Averaged label depth puts Maltodextrina in the upper half of the list (45% of list length, mean slot 18.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.

What else is usually in the same product as Maltodextrina

Across the 102 products on this site that list Maltodextrina, 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 2.9x more often with Maltodextrina than in the catalogue at large.

Yellow 5: +8.9ppYellow 5+8.9ppRed 40: +4.4ppRed 40+4.4ppYellow 6: +6.4ppYellow 6+6.4ppTBHQ: +5.4ppTBHQ+5.4ppCaramel Coloring: +0.2ppCaramel Coloring+0.2pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Maltodextrina products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Yellow 5
8.9pp
Red 40
4.4pp
Yellow 6
6.4pp
TBHQ
5.4pp
Caramel Coloring
0.2pp
Additive Shared products Share of Maltodextrina products Share of all products
Yellow 5 14 13.7% 4.8%
Red 40 10 9.8% 5.4%
Yellow 6 10 9.8% 3.4%
TBHQ 6 5.9% 0.5%
Caramel Coloring 6 5.9% 5.7%

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 Maltodextrina

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 020406080100120 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Maltodextrina
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 (near “Ada”)

Maltodextrina sits among other busy catalog rows (102 products, mean score 86.8/100). Nearest count peers include “Ada”, “Apple Extract”, “Baby Corn”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

What to do with this Maltodextrina record

Use the 102-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 Maltodextrina to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Compare Maltodextrina with a peer such as “Ada” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
  • 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Maltodextrina 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 Maltodextrina. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Maltodextrina?

Maltodextrina ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,094 of 247,206), appearing in 102 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Maltodextrina so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Maltodextrina appears in 102 products (#3,094 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Maltodextrina). 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.