Polyglycerol Esters
Polyglycerol Esters appears in 52 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
Polyglycerol Esters appears in 52 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.
- 52
- catalogued products
- #4,845
- usage rank of 247,206
- 18
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
78.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Polyglycerol Esters as the trigger. Open records such as Berry Blue Gelatin Mix And Edible Ocean Stickers, Berry Blue; Bimbo roles; Bimbo, mini pound cake panquecitos and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 64.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
78.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 52 of 52 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 Polyglycerol Esters - usage rank #4,845
- Usage rank
- #4,845
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 58 others that also appear in exactly 52 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Averaged label depth puts Polyglycerol Esters in the lower half of the list (59% of list length, mean slot 24.1). 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Polyglycerol Esters
Across the 52 products on this site that list Polyglycerol Esters, 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 17.4x more often with Polyglycerol Esters than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Polyglycerol Esters products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 19 | 36.5% | 2.1% |
| Red 40 | 17 | 32.7% | 5.4% |
| Red 3 | 15 | 28.8% | 1.1% |
| Blue 1 | 14 | 26.9% | 4.2% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 13 | 25% | 1.4% |
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 Polyglycerol Esters
Products Containing Polyglycerol Esters
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 52 indexed products containing Polyglycerol Esters:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Ab Vitamin”)
Polyglycerol Esters sits among other busy catalog rows (52 products, mean score 64.6/100). Nearest count peers include “Ab Vitamin”, “Aluminum Sodium Sulfate”, “Animal And Vegetable Shortening”. 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 Polyglycerol Esters record
Start from Polyglycerol Esters's 52 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Polyglycerol Esters and read how the term sits on real packages. 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. Read the methodology
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 Polyglycerol Esters sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
78.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Polyglycerol Esters is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Polyglycerol Esters? ▼
Polyglycerol Esters ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,845 of 247,206), appearing in 52 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Polyglycerol Esters so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Polyglycerol Esters appears in 52 products (#4,845 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Polyglycerol Esters). 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.