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.
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 14 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Food and drug, Cleaning products and household care.
Concern score
The concern value is driven by the published classifications and regulatory status below — not by a single signal.
Concern score 45/100 (moderate) · high confidence.
Prevalence of Hydroxyethyl starch in our catalog (epa_cpdat).
Products
14
Brands
6
Typical roles
Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.
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.
Fragrance avoidance
No fragrance-linked caution surfaced in the current profile.
Primary documents currently linked to this ingredient record.
Structured claim signals pulled from linked ingredient research.
Published jurisdiction-level classifications and regulatory designations for this ingredient.
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EPA
EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 14 composition records across product categories including Construction and building materials, Food and drug, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Binder, Starch.
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FDA
openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as polymer.
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FDA
This ingredient does not currently read as a fragrance-linked driver in the published evidence and hazard profile.
The published evidence profile currently shaping this ingredient record.
openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as mixture.
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USDA FoodData Central
Observed in 1 USDA branded foods including Tyson Fire Stingers Fully Cooked Breaded Bone-In Chicken Wing Sections, Smedium.