American Cheeses
American Cheeses appears in 28 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
American Cheeses appears in 28 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.
- 28
- catalogued products
- #7,422
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- 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
71.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify American Cheeses as the trigger. Open records such as Alejandro, Pasteurized Cheese Snack, Jalapeno Cheddar Cheese; American Cheese; Bacon Cheeseburger and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 91.3/100 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.
71.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 28 of 28 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 American Cheeses - usage rank #7,422
- Usage rank
- #7,422
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 182 others that also appear in exactly 28 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 42%
- Averaged label depth puts American Cheeses in the upper half of the list (42% of list length, mean slot 21.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
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 American Cheeses
Products Containing American Cheeses
16 busy labels from the 28 indexed products that list American Cheeses:
American Cheeses vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for American Cheeses: 28 listings averaging 91.3/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the American Cheeses evidence
Start from American Cheeses's 28 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing American Cheeses before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 American Cheeses
How should I read safety signals when American Cheeses sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
71.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming American Cheeses is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with American Cheeses? ▼
American Cheeses ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,422 of 247,206), appearing in 28 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is American Cheeses so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet American Cheeses appears in 28 products (#7,422 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (American Cheeses). 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.