Tapioca Dextrin
Tapioca Dextrin appears in 2,283 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
Tapioca Dextrin appears in 2,283 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.
- 2,283
- catalogued products
- #371
- usage rank of 247,206
- 471
- named brands represented
- 62%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
58% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Tapioca Dextrin as the trigger. Open records such as 19th Hole Mix; 365 everyday value, summit seeker trail mix; 365 everyday value, treasure hunt trail mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 66.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 62% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
58% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2283 of 2283 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.
Tapioca Dextrin: top-decile catalog footprint (#371 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #371
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Averaged label depth puts Tapioca Dextrin in the lower half of the list (62% of list length, mean slot 17.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 else is usually in the same product as Tapioca Dextrin
Across the 2,283 products on this site that list Tapioca Dextrin, 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 15x more often with Tapioca Dextrin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tapioca Dextrin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 721 | 31.6% | 2.1% |
| Red 40 | 696 | 30.5% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 649 | 28.4% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 628 | 27.5% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 454 | 19.9% | 3.4% |
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.
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 Tapioca Dextrin
Products Containing Tapioca Dextrin
High-volume slice (16 of 2,283) for products naming Tapioca Dextrin:
Tapioca Dextrin vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Tapioca Dextrin sits among other busy catalog rows (2,283 products, mean score 66/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Sorbitan Monostearate · Red #40 · Green Beans. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Tapioca Dextrin evidence
Start from Tapioca Dextrin's 2,283 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Tapioca Dextrin before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Tapioca Dextrin with a peer such as “Sorbitan Monostearate” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
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 Tapioca Dextrin sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
58% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Tapioca Dextrin is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tapioca Dextrin? ▼
Tapioca Dextrin ranks in the top decile by product count (#371 of 247,206), appearing in 2,283 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tapioca Dextrin so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tapioca Dextrin appears in 2,283 products (#371 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tapioca Dextrin). 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.