Mono
Mono appears in 254 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
Mono appears in 254 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.
- 254
- catalogued products
- #1,672
- usage rank of 247,206
- 115
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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
50.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Mono as the trigger. Open records such as 20 cal bars vanilla cream flavors; 7up Ring Cake; Almond Non Dairy whipped topping and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 89.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 65% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 242 of 252 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.
High-volume listing for Mono - usage rank #1,672
- Usage rank
- #1,672
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 254 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Averaged label depth puts Mono in the lower half of the list (65% of list length, mean slot 22.1). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Mono
Across the 254 products on this site that list Mono, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 5.2x more often with Mono than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Mono products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 59 | 23.2% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 41 | 16.1% | 5.7% |
| Sucralose | 27 | 10.6% | 2.7% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 19 | 7.5% | 1.3% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 14 | 5.5% | 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.
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 Mono
Products Containing Mono
High-volume slice (16 of 254) for products naming Mono:
Mono vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Mono: 254 products, mean screening score 89.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Onion Juice; Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese; Resinous Glaze. 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 Mono record
254 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Mono are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Mono to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Mono next to “Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Mono — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Mono sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Mono is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mono? ▼
Mono ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,672 of 247,206), appearing in 254 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 Mono so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mono appears in 254 products (#1,672 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mono). 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.