Thymol
Thymol carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Thymol appears in 2 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 0
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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.
Thymol: above-median product count (beats 81.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2 products listing it (mean slot 5.0). Thymol 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.
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 to use this page
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Thymol reaches 0 named brands, most often appears under uncategorized products, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Oil of Oregano; up&up cold sore. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (1 of 1), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
Function
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Products Containing Thymol
Full indexed set for Thymol — 2 products:
Parallel catalog profiles to Thymol
Thymol comparison set — 2 products, mean 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Thymol evidence
2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Thymol are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Thymol to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- 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.
Thymol — common follow-ups
What do the source ratings say about Thymol? ▼
Thymol has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Approved. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Where does Thymol show up across the catalog? ▼
Thymol sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206). Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Thymol do in food? ▼
Thymol is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Thymol). 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.