Mct
Mct appears in 66 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
Mct appears in 66 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.
- 66
- catalogued products
- #4,131
- usage rank of 247,206
- 31
- named brands represented
- 56%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 21 of 66 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Air Fryer Oil; Almond Dark; Aloha to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 70–100 score range to Mct itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
21 of 66 linked records have some flagged component
All 62 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 70–100 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.
Mct sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,131 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,131
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 47 others that also appear in exactly 66 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 56%
- Mean relative depth 56% across 66 parsed labels, slot 10.7 on average. Mct tends to sit in the lower 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 Mct
Across the 66 products on this site that list Mct, 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. Monk fruit extract shows up about 45.4x more often with Mct than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Mct products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monk fruit extract | 15 | 22.7% | 0.5% |
| Sucralose | 14 | 21.2% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 9 | 13.6% | 1.8% |
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 Mct
Products Containing Mct
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 66 indexed products containing Mct:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Almond Protein”)
High-volume peers for Mct: 66 products, mean screening score 92.5/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Almond Protein; Alpha Amylase; Arôme. 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.
What to do with this Mct record
Use the 66-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Mct and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare Mct with a peer such as “Almond Protein” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Mct — common follow-ups
Does Mct 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 Mct. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mct? ▼
Mct ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,131 of 247,206), appearing in 66 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Mct so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mct appears in 66 products (#4,131 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mct). 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.