Waxy Maize
Waxy Maize appears in 31 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
Waxy Maize appears in 31 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.
- 31
- catalogued products
- #6,896
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- named brands represented
- 52%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 15 of 31 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 310 Chocolate Bliss Shake | 310 Nutrition; Bcaa Stim Free; Cheesecake to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 50–100 score range to Waxy Maize itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Desserts supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
15 of 31 linked records have some flagged component
All 31 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 50–100 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.
Waxy Maize: top-decile catalog footprint (#6,896 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,896
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 153 others that also appear in exactly 31 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 52%
- Mean relative depth 52% across 31 parsed labels, slot 14.7 on average. Waxy Maize 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 Waxy Maize
Across the 31 products on this site that list Waxy Maize, 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. Polysorbate 80 shows up about 22.3x more often with Waxy Maize than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Waxy Maize products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 80 | 9 | 29% | 1.3% |
| Carrageenan | 9 | 29% | 4.5% |
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 Waxy Maize
Products Containing Waxy Maize
High-volume slice (16 of 31) for products naming Waxy Maize:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Waxy Maize: 31 listings averaging 94.2/100.
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 Waxy Maize record
Start from Waxy Maize's 31 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Waxy Maize and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s 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.
Questions readers ask about Waxy Maize
Does Waxy Maize 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 Waxy Maize. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Waxy Maize? ▼
Waxy Maize ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,896 of 247,206), appearing in 31 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Waxy Maize so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Waxy Maize appears in 31 products (#6,896 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Waxy Maize). 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.