Methylparaben
Methylparaben appears in 51 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
Methylparaben appears in 51 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.
- 51
- catalogued products
- #4,904
- usage rank of 247,206
- 23
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
51% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Methylparaben as the trigger. Open records such as Caramel Cake; Corn Tortilla; Corn Tortillas and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 69% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 49 of 49 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.
Methylparaben: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,904 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,904
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 66 others that also appear in exactly 51 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 51 products listing it (mean slot 20.5). Methylparaben usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Methylparaben
Across the 51 products on this site that list Methylparaben, 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 13.1x more often with Methylparaben than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Methylparaben products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 14 | 27.5% | 2.1% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 7 | 13.7% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 7 | 13.7% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 7 | 13.7% | 4.8% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 5 | 9.8% | 1.3% |
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 Methylparaben
Products Containing Methylparaben
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 51 indexed products containing Methylparaben:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Agar Gum”)
High-volume peers for Methylparaben: 51 products, mean screening score 82.4/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Agar Gum · Aged Red Pepper · Alcohol Denat. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Methylparaben record
51 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Methylparaben are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Methylparaben before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
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 Methylparaben sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Methylparaben is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Methylparaben? ▼
Methylparaben ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,904 of 247,206), appearing in 51 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Methylparaben so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Methylparaben appears in 51 products (#4,904 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Methylparaben). 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.