Zinc Glycinate Chelate
Zinc Glycinate Chelate appears in 67 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
Zinc Glycinate Chelate appears in 67 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.
- 67
- catalogued products
- #4,097
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 42%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Zinc Glycinate Chelate as the trigger. Open records such as Bake Shop Cookie Dough; Bananas & Cream; Bananas and cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 65.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 42% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 67 of 67 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.
High-volume listing for Zinc Glycinate Chelate - usage rank #4,097
- Usage rank
- #4,097
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 33 others that also appear in exactly 67 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 42%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 67 products listing it (mean slot 18.7). Zinc Glycinate Chelate usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Zinc Glycinate Chelate
Across the 67 products on this site that list Zinc Glycinate Chelate, 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 37x more often with Zinc Glycinate Chelate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Zinc Glycinate Chelate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 67 | 100% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 65 | 97% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 65 | 97% | 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 Zinc Glycinate Chelate
Products Containing Zinc Glycinate Chelate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 67 indexed products containing Zinc Glycinate Chelate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acesulfame”)
Top-decile company for Zinc Glycinate Chelate: 67 listings averaging 65.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Acesulfame; Added To Promote Color Retention; Brandy.
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.
Using the Zinc Glycinate Chelate evidence
Start from Zinc Glycinate Chelate's 67 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Zinc Glycinate Chelate and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Zinc Glycinate Chelate
How should I read safety signals when Zinc Glycinate Chelate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Zinc Glycinate Chelate is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Zinc Glycinate Chelate? ▼
Zinc Glycinate Chelate ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,097 of 247,206), appearing in 67 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Zinc Glycinate Chelate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Zinc Glycinate Chelate appears in 67 products (#4,097 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Zinc Glycinate Chelate). 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.