Polydimethylsiloxane
Polydimethylsiloxane appears in 16 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
Polydimethylsiloxane appears in 16 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.
- 16
- catalogued products
- #10,944
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 87%
- 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
81.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Polydimethylsiloxane as the trigger. Open records such as Blue Bubble Gum; Harris teeter, deluxe macaroni & cheese cup; ISO Whey Clear Artic Cherry Blast and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 74.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 87% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
81.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 16 of 16 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.
High-volume listing for Polydimethylsiloxane - usage rank #10,944
- Usage rank
- #10,944
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 504 others that also appear in exactly 16 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 87%
- Averaged label depth puts Polydimethylsiloxane near the end of the captured list (87% of list length, mean slot 20.1). 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.
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 Polydimethylsiloxane
Products Containing Polydimethylsiloxane
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 16 indexed products containing Polydimethylsiloxane:
Polydimethylsiloxane vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Polydimethylsiloxane: 16 listings averaging 74.1/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Polydimethylsiloxane evidence
Start from Polydimethylsiloxane's 16 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Polydimethylsiloxane 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 Polydimethylsiloxane
How should I read safety signals when Polydimethylsiloxane sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
81.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Polydimethylsiloxane is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Polydimethylsiloxane? ▼
Polydimethylsiloxane ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,944 of 247,206), appearing in 16 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Polydimethylsiloxane so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Polydimethylsiloxane appears in 16 products (#10,944 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Polydimethylsiloxane). 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.