Sorbitan Mono-stearate
Sorbitan Mono-stearate appears in 15 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
Sorbitan Mono-stearate appears in 15 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.
- 15
- catalogued products
- #11,449
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 56%
- 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
93.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Sorbitan Mono-stearate as the trigger. Open records such as Country Style Strawberry Filled Soft Cookies; Food club, home style, raspberry filled cokies; Food club, homestyle filled cookies, strawberry and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 64.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 56% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
93.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 15 of 15 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.
Sorbitan Mono-stearate: top-decile catalog footprint (#11,449 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #11,449
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 546 others that also appear in exactly 15 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 56%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 15 products listing it (mean slot 25.9). Sorbitan Mono-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.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 15 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 Sorbitan Mono-stearate
Products Containing Sorbitan Mono-stearate
A sample of 15 high-volume listings among the 15 indexed products containing Sorbitan Mono-stearate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Sorbitan Mono-stearate sits among other busy catalog rows (15 products, mean score 64/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Sorbitan Mono-stearate evidence
Start from Sorbitan Mono-stearate's 15 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Sorbitan Mono-stearate and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Sorbitan Mono-stearate — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Sorbitan Mono-stearate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
93.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Sorbitan Mono-stearate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sorbitan Mono-stearate? ▼
Sorbitan Mono-stearate ranks in the top decile by product count (#11,449 of 247,206), appearing in 15 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sorbitan Mono-stearate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sorbitan Mono-stearate appears in 15 products (#11,449 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sorbitan Mono-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.