Talc
Talc carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 107 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Talc appears in 107 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 107
- catalogued products
- #2,992
- usage rank of 247,206
- 26
- named brands represented
- 71%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Talc - usage rank #2,992
- Usage rank
- #2,992
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 18 others that also appear in exactly 107 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 71%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 107 products listing it (mean slot 18.2). Talc 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
68.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Talc as the trigger. Open records such as A V A, Dark Chocolate Covered Cranberries; Aqua Mint Gum; Arm & Hammer Ultra Max and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 73.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 71% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
68.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 104 of 104 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Talc
Across the 107 products on this site that list Talc, 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 22.2x more often with Talc than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Talc products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 50 | 46.7% | 2.1% |
| BHT | 20 | 18.7% | 1.1% |
| Sucralose | 17 | 15.9% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 16 | 15% | 1.8% |
| Red 40 | 15 | 14% | 5.4% |
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.
Function
FORMULATION AID, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PROCESSING AID, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
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 Talc
Products Containing Talc
High-volume slice (16 of 107) for products naming Talc:
Talc vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Talc sits among other busy catalog rows (107 products, mean score 73.8/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Organic Black Tea Leaves · Chicken Broth Concentrate · Concord Grapes. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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 Talc evidence
Use the 107-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Talc before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Talc
How should I read safety signals when Talc sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
68.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Talc is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Talc scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "GRAS". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Talc? ▼
Talc ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,992 of 247,206), appearing in 107 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Talc serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Talc is recorded as a formulation aid, masticatory substance, non-nutritive sweetener, processing aid, washing or surface removal agent 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 (Talc). 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.