Squalane
Squalane appears in 26 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
Squalane appears in 26 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.
- 26
- catalogued products
- #7,791
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 40%
- 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.
Squalane: top-decile catalog footprint (#7,791 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,791
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 209 others that also appear in exactly 26 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 40%
- Mean relative depth 40% across 26 parsed labels, slot 13.8 on average. Squalane tends to sit in the upper 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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 19.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Squalane spans 10 named brands and is led by the Sunscreen group. Start with AlphaRet Overnight Cream; Baby Lotion Lotion Bébé; Baby mineral sunscreen stick when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 93.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
10 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 23 of 23 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Squalane
Products Containing Squalane
16 busy labels from the 26 indexed products that list Squalane:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Squalane sits among other busy catalog rows (26 products, mean score 93.7/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Squalane page
26 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Squalane are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Squalane before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Squalane? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Squalane, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#7,791 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Squalane? ▼
Squalane ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,791 of 247,206), appearing in 26 indexed products led by Sunscreen. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Squalane so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Squalane appears in 26 products (#7,791 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Squalane). 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.