Propylene Glycol Stearate
Propylene Glycol Stearate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Propylene Glycol Stearate appears in 2 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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.
Propylene Glycol Stearate: above-median product count (beats 81.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2 products listing it (mean slot 43.5). Propylene Glycol Stearate 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.
Reading this ingredient record
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 Stearate as the trigger. Open records such as Peanut Butter Flavored Cupcakes; moisture therapy extra strength cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 57.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 63% 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 2 of 2 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.
Function
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Products Containing Propylene Glycol Stearate
Full indexed set for Propylene Glycol Stearate — 2 products:
Count and score peers around flagged Propylene Glycol Stearate
With 100% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Propylene Glycol Stearate spans 2 products at 57.5/100 average screening score.
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 Stearate record
Start from Propylene Glycol Stearate's 2 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 Stearate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Propylene Glycol Stearate 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 Stearate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Propylene Glycol Stearate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Listed". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Propylene Glycol Stearate show up across the catalog? ▼
Propylene Glycol Stearate sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What function does Propylene Glycol Stearate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Propylene Glycol Stearate is recorded as a emulsifier or emulsifier salt, flavoring agent or adjuvant, stabilizer or thickener in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Propylene Glycol Stearate). 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.