Asiago Cheese
Asiago Cheese appears in 775 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
Asiago Cheese appears in 775 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.
- 775
- catalogued products
- #782
- usage rank of 247,206
- 234
- named brands represented
- 55%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 167 of 775 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 3 Cheese Blend; 3 Cheese Blend; 3 Cheese Blend, Grated Cheese to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 35–100 score range to Asiago Cheese itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
167 of 775 linked records have some flagged component
All 756 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 35–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Asiago Cheese - usage rank #782
- Usage rank
- #782
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 775 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 55%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 775 products listing it (mean slot 20.6). Asiago 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Asiago Cheese
Across the 775 products on this site that list Asiago Cheese, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 4.4x more often with Asiago Cheese than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Asiago Cheese products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 82 | 10.6% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 75 | 9.7% | 4.5% |
| BHT | 68 | 8.8% | 1.1% |
| BHA | 67 | 8.6% | 0.7% |
| Caramel Coloring | 28 | 3.6% | 5.7% |
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 Asiago Cheese
Products Containing Asiago Cheese
High-volume slice (16 of 775) for products naming Asiago Cheese:
High-volume peers for Asiago Cheese beside “Autolyzed Yeast”
Top-decile company for Asiago Cheese: 775 listings averaging 94.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Autolyzed Yeast · Spinach Powder · Raspberry.
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.
What to do with this Asiago Cheese record
775 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Asiago Cheese are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Asiago Cheese to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare Asiago Cheese with a peer such as “Autolyzed Yeast” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. 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 Asiago Cheese
Does Asiago Cheese carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Asiago Cheese. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Asiago Cheese? ▼
Asiago Cheese ranks in the top decile by product count (#782 of 247,206), appearing in 775 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Asiago Cheese so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Asiago Cheese appears in 775 products (#782 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Asiago 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.