Potato Dextrin
Potato Dextrin appears in 58 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
Potato Dextrin appears in 58 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.
- 58
- catalogued products
- #4,499
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- named brands represented
- 54%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 20 of 58 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 4 BLUEBERRY HOT CROSS BUNS WITH A HINT OF VANILLA; 4 Extra Fruity Hot Cross Buns; Asian Wrap with Rotisserie Chicken & Dressing to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 40–100 score range to Potato Dextrin itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
20 of 58 linked records have some flagged component
All 58 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 40–100 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.
High-volume listing for Potato Dextrin - usage rank #4,499
- Usage rank
- #4,499
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 53 others that also appear in exactly 58 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 54%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 58 products listing it (mean slot 16.0). Potato Dextrin 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 Potato Dextrin
Across the 58 products on this site that list Potato Dextrin, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 6.5x more often with Potato Dextrin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potato Dextrin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 17 | 29.3% | 4.5% |
| Monk fruit extract | 5 | 8.6% | 0.5% |
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 Potato Dextrin
Products Containing Potato Dextrin
16 busy labels from the 58 indexed products that list Potato Dextrin:
High-volume peers for Potato Dextrin beside “Dried Banana Flakes”
Potato Dextrin sits among other busy catalog rows (58 products, mean score 96.8/100). Nearest count peers include “Dried Banana Flakes”, “Bean Sprouts”, “Bicarbonate”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Potato Dextrin evidence
58 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Potato Dextrin are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Potato Dextrin before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Potato Dextrin 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 Potato Dextrin. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potato Dextrin? ▼
Potato Dextrin ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,499 of 247,206), appearing in 58 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Potato Dextrin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Potato Dextrin appears in 58 products (#4,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potato Dextrin). 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.