Palmitate
Palmitate appears in 1,124 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
Palmitate appears in 1,124 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.
- 1,124
- catalogued products
- #614
- usage rank of 247,206
- 203
- named brands represented
- 71%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 432 of 1124 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 2% Reduced Fat Milk; 2% Reduced Fat Milk; 2% Reduced Fat Milk to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Palmitate itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
432 of 1,124 linked records have some flagged component
All 1105 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
Palmitate: top-decile catalog footprint (#614 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #614
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 1,124 products, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 71%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,124 products listing it (mean slot 23.3). Palmitate 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.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Palmitate
Across the 1,124 products on this site that list Palmitate, 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. Red 40 shows up about 2.8x more often with Palmitate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Palmitate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 172 | 15.3% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 171 | 15.2% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 132 | 11.7% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 6 | 88 | 7.8% | 3.4% |
| Carrageenan | 60 | 5.3% | 4.5% |
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 Palmitate
Products Containing Palmitate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 1,124 indexed products containing Palmitate:
High-volume peers for Palmitate beside “Vitamin D2”
Top-decile company for Palmitate: 1,124 listings averaging 88.2/100. Nearest count peers include “Vitamin D2”, “Chives”, “Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil”.
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.
Using the Palmitate evidence
Start from Palmitate's 1,124 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Palmitate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Palmitate
Does Palmitate 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 Palmitate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Palmitate? ▼
Palmitate ranks in the top decile by product count (#614 of 247,206), appearing in 1,124 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 Palmitate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Palmitate appears in 1,124 products (#614 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Palmitate). 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.