Thickener
Thickener appears in 515 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
Thickener appears in 515 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.
- 515
- catalogued products
- #1,025
- usage rank of 247,206
- 200
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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: 149 of 515 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1 Cal Sunflower Oil Cooking Spray; 20 mini choco cakes; 4 Quinoa and Rice Protein Burgers to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Thickener itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
149 of 515 linked records have some flagged component
All 515 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.
High-volume listing for Thickener - usage rank #1,025
- Usage rank
- #1,025
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Mean relative depth 68% across 515 parsed labels, slot 15.7 on average. Thickener tends to sit in the lower 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 else is usually in the same product as Thickener
Across the 515 products on this site that list Thickener, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Thickener products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 44 | 8.5% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 39 | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 27 | 5.2% | 2.1% |
| Yellow 5 | 23 | 4.5% | 4.8% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 20 | 3.9% | 1.4% |
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 Thickener
Products Containing Thickener
High-volume slice (16 of 515) for products naming Thickener:
Thickener vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Thickener sits among other busy catalog rows (515 products, mean score 93.4/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Added To Preserve Freshness · Calcium Disodium Edta To Protect Flavor · Grape. 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.
What to do with this Thickener record
515 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Thickener are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Thickener before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare Thickener with a peer such as “Added To Preserve Freshness” 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Thickener
Does Thickener 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 Thickener. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Thickener? ▼
Thickener ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,025 of 247,206), appearing in 515 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Thickener so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Thickener appears in 515 products (#1,025 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Thickener). 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.