Asadero Cheese

Asadero Cheese appears in 195 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

Asadero Cheese appears in 195 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.

195
catalogued products
#1,971
usage rank of 247,206
77
named brands represented
63%
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.

High-volume listing for Asadero Cheese - usage rank #1,971

Usage rank
#1,971
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 7 others that also appear in exactly 195 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
63%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 195 products listing it (mean slot 9.6). Asadero Cheese usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

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 to use this page

Use prevalence before concern

Only 1% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Asadero Cheese spans 77 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 4 Cheese Mexican Shredded Monterey Jack, Asadero, Cheddar & Queso Quesadilla Cheese; 4 cheese mexican shredded monterey jack, asadero, cheddar & queso quesadilla natural cheeses, 4 cheese mexican; 4 Cheese Mexican Shredded Monterey Jack, Madero, Cheddar & Queso Quesadilla Cheeses when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.8/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

77 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 165 of 188 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.

Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.

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 Asadero Cheese

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 708090100110 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Asadero Cheese
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Bbq Sauce”)

Asadero Cheese sits among other busy catalog rows (195 products, mean score 99.8/100). Nearest count peers include “Bbq Sauce”, “Dough Conditioner Blend”, “Hazelnut Paste”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Using the Asadero Cheese evidence

195 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Asadero Cheese are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Asadero Cheese and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
  • Place Asadero Cheese next to “Dough Conditioner Blend” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Asadero Cheese

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Asadero Cheese?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Asadero Cheese, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,971 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Asadero Cheese?

Asadero Cheese ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,971 of 247,206), appearing in 195 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Asadero Cheese so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Asadero Cheese appears in 195 products (#1,971 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Asadero Cheese). 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.