Potato Maltodextrin
Potato Maltodextrin appears in 268 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 Maltodextrin appears in 268 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.
- 268
- catalogued products
- #1,598
- usage rank of 247,206
- 88
- named brands represented
- 67%
- 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: 131 of 268 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Abound, Air-Popped Barbecue Potato Fries; All Natural Strawberry Kiwi Flavor Enhancer; Applewood smoke turkey style deli slices to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Potato Maltodextrin itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Frozen foods supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
131 of 268 linked records have some flagged component
All 268 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.
Potato Maltodextrin: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,598 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,598
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 7 others that also appear in exactly 268 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 67%
- Averaged label depth puts Potato Maltodextrin in the lower half of the list (67% of list length, mean slot 28.0). 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 Potato Maltodextrin
Across the 268 products on this site that list Potato Maltodextrin, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.9x more often with Potato Maltodextrin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Potato Maltodextrin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 45 | 16.8% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 40 | 14.9% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 31 | 11.6% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 25 | 9.3% | 1.3% |
| TBHQ | 15 | 5.6% | 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 Maltodextrin
Products Containing Potato Maltodextrin
16 busy labels from the 268 indexed products that list Potato Maltodextrin:
High-volume peers for Potato Maltodextrin beside “Anticake”
Top-decile company for Potato Maltodextrin: 268 listings averaging 92.1/100. Nearest count peers include “Anticake”, “B12”, “Bread”.
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.
Using the Potato Maltodextrin evidence
268 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Potato Maltodextrin are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Potato Maltodextrin to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Potato Maltodextrin next to “B12” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Potato Maltodextrin 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 Maltodextrin. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Potato Maltodextrin? ▼
Potato Maltodextrin ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,598 of 247,206), appearing in 268 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Potato Maltodextrin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Potato Maltodextrin appears in 268 products (#1,598 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Potato Maltodextrin). 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.