Paraffin Wax
Paraffin Wax carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 1 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Paraffin Wax appears in 1 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.
- 1
- catalogued products
- #71,300
- usage rank of 247,206
- 0
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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.
Paraffin Wax ranks above 71.2% of catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #71,300
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 175,906 others that also appear in exactly 1 product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1 product listing it (mean slot 25.0). Paraffin Wax 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.
How to use this page
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Paraffin Wax reaches 0 named brands, most often appears under uncategorized products, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include periguard. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (1 of 1), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Products Containing Paraffin Wax
Full indexed set for Paraffin Wax — 1 product:
Ingredients with similar product-count or score profiles
Paraffin Wax comparison set — 1 products, mean 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Paraffin Wax evidence
Start from Paraffin Wax's 1 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Paraffin Wax 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
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Paraffin Wax — common follow-ups
What do the source ratings say about Paraffin Wax? ▼
Paraffin Wax has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Approved. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Where does Paraffin Wax show up across the catalog? ▼
Paraffin Wax sits above the median for catalog prevalence (1 products, #71,300 of 247,206). Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Paraffin Wax do in food? ▼
Paraffin Wax is recorded as a flavor enhancer, masticatory substance, processing aid, surface-finishing agent, texturizer in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Paraffin Wax). 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.