Propylene Glycol Monoester
Propylene Glycol Monoester appears in 276 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 Monoester appears in 276 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.
- 276
- catalogued products
- #1,561
- usage rank of 247,206
- 55
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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
83.3% 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 Monoester as the trigger. Open records such as Ahold, churn style waffle cone ice cream, light caramel; Blueberry flavored mini donuts; Breakfast Muffin and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 79.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 61% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
83.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 276 of 276 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 Propylene Glycol Monoester - usage rank #1,561
- Usage rank
- #1,561
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 7 others that also appear in exactly 276 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 276 products listing it (mean slot 19.0). Propylene Glycol Monoester 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.
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 Propylene Glycol Monoester
Across the 276 products on this site that list Propylene Glycol Monoester, 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 12.7x more often with Propylene Glycol Monoester than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Propylene Glycol Monoester products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 158 | 57.2% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 48 | 17.4% | 5.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 46 | 16.7% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 41 | 14.9% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 36 | 13% | 4.2% |
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 Monoester
Products Containing Propylene Glycol Monoester
High-volume slice (16 of 276) for products naming Propylene Glycol Monoester:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Enzyme Modified Cheese”)
Propylene Glycol Monoester sits among other busy catalog rows (276 products, mean score 79/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Enzyme Modified Cheese; Fermented Wheat Flour; Fruit And Vegetable Juice Concentrate. 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 Propylene Glycol Monoester record
Use the 276-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Propylene Glycol Monoester 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. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Propylene Glycol Monoester
How should I read safety signals when Propylene Glycol Monoester sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
83.3% 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 Monoester 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 Monoester? ▼
Propylene Glycol Monoester ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,561 of 247,206), appearing in 276 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Propylene Glycol Monoester so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Propylene Glycol Monoester appears in 276 products (#1,561 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Propylene Glycol Monoester). 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.