Mono & Diglycerides
Mono & Diglycerides appears in 3,081 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 & Diglycerides appears in 3,081 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.
- 3,081
- catalogued products
- #298
- usage rank of 247,206
- 678
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
70.4% 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 & Diglycerides as the trigger. Open records such as 1% Lowfat Cultured Buttermilk; 100% real ice cream; 100% real ice cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 61% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
70.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 3081 of 3081 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 & Diglycerides - usage rank #298
- Usage rank
- #298
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 3,083 products, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Averaged label depth puts Mono & Diglycerides in the lower half of the list (61% of list length, mean slot 19.4). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Mono & Diglycerides
Across the 3,081 products on this site that list Mono & Diglycerides, 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 10.2x more often with Mono & Diglycerides than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Mono & Diglycerides products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 1,419 | 46.1% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 662 | 21.5% | 1.3% |
| Caramel Coloring | 493 | 16% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 416 | 13.5% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 390 | 12.7% | 4.8% |
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 Mono & Diglycerides
Products Containing Mono & Diglycerides
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 3,081 indexed products containing Mono & Diglycerides:
Mono & Diglycerides vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Mono & Diglycerides: 3,081 listings averaging 80.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Extractives Of Paprika · Pea Protein · Sunflower Seeds.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Mono & Diglycerides page
3,081 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Mono & Diglycerides are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Mono & Diglycerides to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Mono & Diglycerides next to “Pea Protein” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Mono & Diglycerides
How should I read safety signals when Mono & Diglycerides sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
70.4% 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 & Diglycerides is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mono & Diglycerides? ▼
Mono & Diglycerides ranks in the top decile by product count (#298 of 247,206), appearing in 3,081 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Mono & Diglycerides so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mono & Diglycerides appears in 3,081 products (#298 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mono & Diglycerides). 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.