Monoglyceride Citrate
Monoglyceride Citrate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 3 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Monoglyceride Citrate appears in 3 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 3
- catalogued products
- #35,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
Monoglyceride Citrate: above-median product count (beats 85.8% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #35,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 3 products listing it (mean slot 28.3). Monoglyceride Citrate 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.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
66.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Monoglyceride Citrate as the trigger. Open records such as Longaniza Puertorican Style Fresh Sausage; Treats For Two; Fresh miso ramen meal and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 56.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
66.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 3 of 3 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.
Function
ANTIOXIDANT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SEQUESTRANT, SYNERGIST
Products Containing Monoglyceride Citrate
Full indexed set for Monoglyceride Citrate — 3 products:
Nationwide peers near this flagged-ingredient footprint
Co-flag rate 66.7% makes peer triage useful: Monoglyceride Citrate covers 3 products (mean 56.7/100).
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 Monoglyceride Citrate page
Start from Monoglyceride Citrate's 3 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Monoglyceride Citrate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Monoglyceride Citrate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Monoglyceride Citrate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
66.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Monoglyceride Citrate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Monoglyceride Citrate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Approved". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Monoglyceride Citrate show up across the catalog? ▼
Monoglyceride Citrate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What function does Monoglyceride Citrate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Monoglyceride Citrate is recorded as a antioxidant, emulsifier or emulsifier salt, sequestrant, synergist in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Monoglyceride Citrate). 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.