Propylene Glycol Monoesters
Propylene Glycol Monoesters appears in 534 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 Monoesters appears in 534 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.
- 534
- catalogued products
- #1,009
- usage rank of 247,206
- 107
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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
78.1% 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 Monoesters as the trigger. Open records such as 8in german chocolate cake; 8in Sl Choc/van Trad; Almond Poppy Mini Muffins and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 73.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 58% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
78.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 534 of 534 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 Monoesters: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,009 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,009
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 534 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Mean relative depth 58% across 534 parsed labels, slot 21.6 on average. Propylene Glycol Monoesters tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Monoesters
Across the 534 products on this site that list Propylene Glycol Monoesters, 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 9.4x more often with Propylene Glycol Monoesters than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Propylene Glycol Monoesters products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 225 | 42.1% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 126 | 23.6% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 113 | 21.2% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 93 | 17.4% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 85 | 15.9% | 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 Monoesters
Products Containing Propylene Glycol Monoesters
High-volume slice (16 of 534) for products naming Propylene Glycol Monoesters:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Herbs”)
High-volume peers for Propylene Glycol Monoesters: 534 products, mean screening score 73.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Herbs; Sodium Sulfite; Brominated Vegetable Oil. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Propylene Glycol Monoesters evidence
534 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Propylene Glycol Monoesters are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Propylene Glycol Monoesters to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Propylene Glycol Monoesters sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
78.1% 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 Monoesters 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 Monoesters? ▼
Propylene Glycol Monoesters ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,009 of 247,206), appearing in 534 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Propylene Glycol Monoesters so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Propylene Glycol Monoesters appears in 534 products (#1,009 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Propylene Glycol Monoesters). 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.