Wax
Wax appears in 106 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
Wax appears in 106 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.
- 106
- catalogued products
- #3,011
- usage rank of 247,206
- 58
- 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
67.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Wax as the trigger. Open records such as 50 Baby Mineral Sunscreen; Arizona snack company, cinnamon bears; Baby 2-IN-1 Face & Body Whip Lotion and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 57.4/100 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.
67.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 102 of 104 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.
Wax sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,011 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,011
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 21 others that also appear in exactly 106 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Averaged label depth puts Wax in the lower half of the list (62% of list length, mean slot 22.3). 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 Wax
Across the 106 products on this site that list Wax, 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 26.5x more often with Wax than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Wax products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 59 | 55.7% | 2.1% |
| Blue 1 | 57 | 53.8% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 34 | 32.1% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 32 | 30.2% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 31 | 29.2% | 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.
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 Wax
Products Containing Wax
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 106 indexed products containing Wax:
High-volume peers for Wax beside “Organic Ancho Chili Pepper”
High-volume peers for Wax: 106 products, mean screening score 57.4/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Organic Ancho Chili Pepper · As Methylcobalamin · Bacon Cured With Water. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Wax record
106 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Wax are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Wax to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Wax with a peer such as “Organic Ancho Chili Pepper” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Wax — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Wax sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
67.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Wax is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Wax? ▼
Wax ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,011 of 247,206), appearing in 106 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Wax so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Wax appears in 106 products (#3,011 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Wax). 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.