Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening appears in 258 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 Vegetable Shortening appears in 258 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.
- 258
- catalogued products
- #1,655
- usage rank of 247,206
- 90
- named brands represented
- 43%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening as the trigger. Open records such as Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel; All Purpose Baking Mix; All-Purpose Baking Mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 43% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 258 of 258 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 Vegetable Shortening sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,655 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,655
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6 others that also appear in exactly 258 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 43%
- Mean relative depth 43% across 258 parsed labels, slot 12.5 on average. Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Vegetable Shortening
Across the 258 products on this site that list Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening, 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 17.7x more often with Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 64 | 24.8% | 1.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 49 | 19% | 2.1% |
| Red 40 | 41 | 15.9% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 34 | 13.2% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 28 | 10.9% | 3.4% |
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 Vegetable Shortening
Products Containing Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 258 indexed products containing Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening:
High-volume peers for Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening beside “Beer”
High-volume peers for Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening: 258 products, mean screening score 82.3/100. Nearest count peers include “Beer”, “Cooked Italian Sausage”, “Cultured Pasteurized Grade A Lowfat Milk”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening page
Start from Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening's 258 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening with a peer such as “Beer” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening 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 Vegetable Shortening? ▼
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,655 of 247,206), appearing in 258 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening appears in 258 products (#1,655 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening). 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.