Propylene Glycol Mono Esters
Propylene Glycol Mono Esters appears in 30 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
Propylene Glycol Mono Esters appears in 30 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.
- 30
- catalogued products
- #7,050
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Propylene Glycol Mono Esters as the trigger. Open records such as Chocolate Brownie; Chocolate Peanut Butter High Protein Baked Bar; Chocolate Peanut Butter High Protein Baked Bar and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 72.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 68% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 30 of 30 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.
Propylene Glycol Mono Esters sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,050 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,050
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 171 others that also appear in exactly 30 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Averaged label depth puts Propylene Glycol Mono Esters in the lower half of the list (68% of list length, mean slot 31.7). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Propylene Glycol Mono Esters
Across the 30 products on this site that list Propylene Glycol Mono 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. Sucralose shows up about 34.6x more often with Propylene Glycol Mono Esters than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Propylene Glycol Mono Esters products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 28 | 93.3% | 2.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 20 | 66.7% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 8 | 26.7% | 5.7% |
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 Propylene Glycol Mono Esters
Products Containing Propylene Glycol Mono Esters
16 busy labels from the 30 indexed products that list Propylene Glycol Mono Esters:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Propylene Glycol Mono Esters sits among other busy catalog rows (30 products, mean score 72.8/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Propylene Glycol Mono Esters page
Start from Propylene Glycol Mono Esters's 30 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Propylene Glycol Mono Esters and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Propylene Glycol Mono Esters — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Propylene Glycol Mono Esters sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Propylene Glycol Mono Esters is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Propylene Glycol Mono Esters? ▼
Propylene Glycol Mono Esters ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,050 of 247,206), appearing in 30 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Propylene Glycol Mono Esters so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Propylene Glycol Mono Esters appears in 30 products (#7,050 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Propylene Glycol Mono 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.