Phenoxyethanol
Phenoxyethanol appears in 141 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
Phenoxyethanol appears in 141 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.
- 141
- catalogued products
- #2,456
- usage rank of 247,206
- 65
- named brands represented
- 62%
- 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: 30 of 141 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 3in1 Kids Soap; 3in1 Soap; 5-in-1 Wonder Spray to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Phenoxyethanol itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Sunscreen supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
30 of 141 linked records have some flagged component
All 120 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.
Phenoxyethanol sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,456 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,456
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11 others that also appear in exactly 141 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 141 products listing it (mean slot 18.9). Phenoxyethanol 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 else is usually in the same product as Phenoxyethanol
Across the 141 products on this site that list Phenoxyethanol, 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 1.6x more often with Phenoxyethanol than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Phenoxyethanol products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 11 | 7.8% | 4.8% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 10 | 7.1% | 2.1% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 8 | 5.7% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 5 | 3.5% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 5 | 3.5% | 4.2% |
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 Phenoxyethanol
Products Containing Phenoxyethanol
16 busy labels from the 141 indexed products that list Phenoxyethanol:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Apo-carotenal”)
Phenoxyethanol sits among other busy catalog rows (141 products, mean score 93.1/100). Nearest count peers include “Apo-carotenal”, “Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid”, “Crushed Red Peppers”. 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.
What to do with this Phenoxyethanol record
Start from Phenoxyethanol's 141 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Phenoxyethanol to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Phenoxyethanol
Does Phenoxyethanol 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 Phenoxyethanol. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Phenoxyethanol? ▼
Phenoxyethanol ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,456 of 247,206), appearing in 141 indexed products led by Sunscreen. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Phenoxyethanol so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Phenoxyethanol appears in 141 products (#2,456 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Phenoxyethanol). 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.