Triacetin
Triacetin carries a source-backed screening score of 5/5 and appears in 115 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Safe.”
Source-backed answer
Triacetin appears in 115 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Safe.” No FDA SAFFA status is attached. Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 115
- catalogued products
- #2,845
- usage rank of 247,206
- 50
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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 Triacetin - usage rank #2,845
- Usage rank
- #2,845
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 15 others that also appear in exactly 115 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Averaged label depth puts Triacetin near the end of the captured list (79% of list length, mean slot 27.9). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
63.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Triacetin as the trigger. Open records such as Almonds; Baker's, corner, gelatin dessert, orange; Barrel Aged Bourbon Bacon and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 79% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
63.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 115 of 115 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 Triacetin
Across the 115 products on this site that list Triacetin, 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 10.3x more often with Triacetin than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Triacetin products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 25 | 21.7% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 25 | 21.7% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 18 | 15.7% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 13 | 11.3% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 11 | 9.6% | 4.8% |
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
Other
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 Triacetin
Products Containing Triacetin
High-volume slice (16 of 115) for products naming Triacetin:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Natural And Artificial Flavorings”)
Top-decile company for Triacetin: 115 listings averaging 80.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural And Artificial Flavorings; Bamboo Fiber; Beef Hearts.
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.
What to do with this Triacetin record
115 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Triacetin are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Triacetin to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Triacetin next to “Bamboo Fiber” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Triacetin
How should I read safety signals when Triacetin sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
63.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Triacetin is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Triacetin scores 5/5 on this site's screening scale and CSPI lists it as "Safe". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Triacetin? ▼
Triacetin ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,845 of 247,206), appearing in 115 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Triacetin serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Triacetin is recorded as a other 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 (Triacetin). 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.