Stearoyl Lactylate
Stearoyl Lactylate appears in 11 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
Stearoyl Lactylate appears in 11 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.
- 11
- catalogued products
- #14,190
- usage rank of 247,206
- 9
- named brands represented
- 54%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 5 of 11 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 6 Submarine Rolls; Classic White Enriched Bread; Flour Tortillas to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Stearoyl Lactylate itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
5 of 11 linked records have some flagged component
All 10 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Stearoyl Lactylate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#14,190 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #14,190
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 989 others that also appear in exactly 11 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 54%
- Averaged label depth puts Stearoyl Lactylate in the lower half of the list (54% of list length, mean slot 22.8). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 11 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 Stearoyl Lactylate
Products Containing Stearoyl Lactylate
High-volume slice (11 of 11) for products naming Stearoyl Lactylate:
High-volume peers for Stearoyl Lactylate
Top-decile company for Stearoyl Lactylate: 11 listings averaging 80/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Stearoyl Lactylate page
11 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Stearoyl Lactylate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Stearoyl Lactylate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Stearoyl Lactylate — common follow-ups
Does Stearoyl Lactylate carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Stearoyl Lactylate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Stearoyl Lactylate? ▼
Stearoyl Lactylate ranks in the top decile by product count (#14,190 of 247,206), appearing in 11 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Stearoyl Lactylate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Stearoyl Lactylate appears in 11 products (#14,190 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Stearoyl Lactylate). 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.