Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel

Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel appears in 140 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

Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel appears in 140 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.

140
catalogued products
#2,468
usage rank of 247,206
43
named brands represented
41%
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

52.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel as the trigger. Open records such as Brownies Cookie; Bunny Drops Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites; Candies and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 77.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 41% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

52.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 137 of 139 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.

Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,468 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#2,468
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 140 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
41%
Averaged label depth puts Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel in the upper half of the list (41% of list length, mean slot 13.4). 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 Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel

Across the 140 products on this site that list Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 27.1x more often with Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel than in the catalogue at large.

Polysorbate 60: +36.5ppPolysorbate 60+36.5ppRed 40: +16ppRed 40+16ppTitanium Dioxide: +17.2ppTitanium Dioxide+17.2ppBlue 1: +12.2ppBlue 1+12.2ppBHT: +13.2ppBHT+13.2pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Polysorbate 60
36.5pp
Red 40
16pp
Titanium Dioxide
17.2pp
Blue 1
12.2pp
BHT
13.2pp
Additive Shared products Share of Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel products Share of all products
Polysorbate 60 53 37.9% 1.4%
Red 40 30 21.4% 5.4%
Titanium Dioxide 27 19.3% 2.1%
Blue 1 23 16.4% 4.2%
BHT 20 14.3% 1.1%

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 Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 02468 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel sits among other busy catalog rows (140 products, mean score 77.3/100). Nearest count peers include “Bleached”, “Carbonated Filtered Water”, “Cooked White Rice”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

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.

Next steps from the Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel page

140 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
  • Place Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel next to “Carbonated Filtered Water” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
  • 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How should I read safety signals when Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel sits in heavily flagged products?

52.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel?

Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,468 of 247,206), appearing in 140 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel appears in 140 products (#2,468 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel). 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.