Propanediol
Propanediol 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
Propanediol 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
- 25
- named brands represented
- 43%
- 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.
Propanediol: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,845 of 247,206)
- 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
- 43%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 52 products listing it (mean slot 14.0). Propanediol usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 19.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Propanediol spans 25 named brands and is led by the Sunscreen group. Start with 4 pk Assorted Yeast Raised Donuts; 50 Baby Mineral Sunscreen; 50 Sensitive when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
25 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 42 of 43 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Propanediol
Products Containing Propanediol
16 busy labels from the 52 indexed products that list Propanediol:
Propanediol vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Propanediol: 52 listings averaging 96.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Ab Vitamin; Aluminum Sodium Sulfate; Animal And Vegetable Shortening.
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 Propanediol evidence
Start from Propanediol's 52 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Propanediol to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare Propanediol with a peer such as “Ab Vitamin” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Propanediol — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Propanediol? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Propanediol, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,845 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Propanediol? ▼
Propanediol ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,845 of 247,206), appearing in 52 indexed products led by Sunscreen. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Propanediol so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Propanediol appears in 52 products (#4,845 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Propanediol). 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.