Tocopherol Acetate
Tocopherol Acetate appears in 57 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
Tocopherol Acetate appears in 57 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.
- 57
- catalogued products
- #4,553
- usage rank of 247,206
- 19
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Tocopherol Acetate as the trigger. Open records such as Black Edition Vanilla Meal; Blue goodness; Bread Crumbs and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 84.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 63% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 57 of 57 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.
Tocopherol Acetate sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,553 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,553
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 61 others that also appear in exactly 57 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Mean relative depth 63% across 57 parsed labels, slot 27.0 on average. Tocopherol Acetate tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Tocopherol Acetate
Across the 57 products on this site that list Tocopherol Acetate, 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. Sucralose shows up about 16.3x more often with Tocopherol Acetate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tocopherol Acetate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 25 | 43.9% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 20 | 35.1% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 20 | 35.1% | 4.5% |
| Potassium Iodate | 11 | 19.3% | 0.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | 10.5% | 5.7% |
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 Tocopherol Acetate
Products Containing Tocopherol Acetate
16 busy labels from the 57 indexed products that list Tocopherol Acetate:
High-volume peers for Tocopherol Acetate beside “Natural & Artificial Flavoring”
High-volume peers for Tocopherol Acetate: 57 products, mean screening score 84.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural & Artificial Flavoring; Ancho Chile; Apricot Kernels. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Tocopherol Acetate page
Use the 57-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Tocopherol Acetate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Tocopherol Acetate
How should I read safety signals when Tocopherol Acetate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Tocopherol Acetate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tocopherol Acetate? ▼
Tocopherol Acetate ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,553 of 247,206), appearing in 57 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tocopherol Acetate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tocopherol Acetate appears in 57 products (#4,553 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tocopherol Acetate). 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.