Propylene Glycol Monostearate
Propylene Glycol Monostearate appears in 285 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 Monostearate appears in 285 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.
- 285
- catalogued products
- #1,531
- usage rank of 247,206
- 55
- named brands represented
- 70%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
71.9% 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 Monostearate as the trigger. Open records such as Apple Walnut Muffins; Augason Farms, Spiff-E-Whip Dessert Topping; Barras de coco cookies and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 75.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 70% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
71.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 285 of 285 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 Monostearate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,531 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,531
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 5 others that also appear in exactly 285 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 70%
- Averaged label depth puts Propylene Glycol Monostearate in the lower half of the list (70% of list length, mean slot 27.2). 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 Monostearate
Across the 285 products on this site that list Propylene Glycol Monostearate, 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 7.6x more often with Propylene Glycol Monostearate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Propylene Glycol Monostearate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 98 | 34.4% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 73 | 25.6% | 1.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 67 | 23.5% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 58 | 20.4% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 57 | 20% | 4.8% |
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 Monostearate
Products Containing Propylene Glycol Monostearate
16 busy labels from the 285 indexed products that list Propylene Glycol Monostearate:
High-volume peers for Propylene Glycol Monostearate beside “Natural Blueberry Flavor”
High-volume peers for Propylene Glycol Monostearate: 285 products, mean screening score 75.1/100. Nearest count peers include “Natural Blueberry Flavor”, “Cooked Chickpeas”, “Dark Brown Sugar”. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Propylene Glycol Monostearate evidence
Start from Propylene Glycol Monostearate's 285 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Propylene Glycol Monostearate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Monostearate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
71.9% 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 Monostearate 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 Monostearate? ▼
Propylene Glycol Monostearate ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,531 of 247,206), appearing in 285 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Propylene Glycol Monostearate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Propylene Glycol Monostearate appears in 285 products (#1,531 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Propylene Glycol Monostearate). 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.