Food use
Food-use source coverage is present in the current record.
The ingredient appears in food-oriented source coverage or allowed-use references, which makes food use easier to support than a context with no domain signal at all.
Dextrin
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 371 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Specialty occupational products, Personal care.
Research docs0Claims0Sources4FunctionAbsorbent • Adhesion/cohesion promoterIdentifierDTXSID20891750
Concern score
5/100Low concern based on regulatory listings.
Well researched
How we scored this
The concern value reflects this ingredient's chemical identity — its hazard profile from the published classifications and regulatory status below — not the safety of a product it appears in. A score near 40 is the baseline for ingredients with no specific signal (water scores 40 by design), so a mid-range value is not a safety verdict.
Concern score 5/100 (low) · high confidence.
Where it appears
Prevalence of Dextrin in our catalog (epa_cpdat).
Products
371
Brands
6
Construction and building materialsSpecialty occupational productsPersonal careArts and crafts/office suppliesFood and drugHome maintenance
Typical roles
AbsorbentAdhesion/cohesion promoterBinderClump aiddrying additive
Catalog
Found in these products
Co-occurrence
Often appears with
Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Dextrin in the catalog.
Suitability
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
Good fit
Fragrance avoidance
Not a strong fit for fragrance avoidance because it carries Fragrance.
Linked research
Primary documents currently linked to this ingredient record.
No linked research documents are attached to this ingredient yet.
Extracted claims
Structured claim signals pulled from linked ingredient research.
No extracted claims are attached to this ingredient yet.
Regulatory status
Published jurisdiction-level classifications and regulatory designations for this ingredient.
US
EPA
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 371 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Specialty occupational products, Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Filler, Pharmaceutical disintegrant, Clump aid.
Effective: november 21, 2016View source →
US
FDA
openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as polymer.
Effective: 2026-05-24View source →
