Buttermilk
Buttermilk appears in 7,672 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
Buttermilk appears in 7,672 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.
- 7,672
- catalogued products
- #152
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1,237
- named brands represented
- 46%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 3285 of 7672 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1/2 fat ice cream; 100% durum wheat semolina pasta; 100% durum wheat semolina pasta to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Buttermilk itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
3285 of 7,672 linked records have some flagged component
All 7632 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
Buttermilk: top-decile catalog footprint (#152 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #152
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 46%
- Mean relative depth 46% across 7,687 parsed labels, slot 15.3 on average. Buttermilk tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Buttermilk
Across the 7,672 products on this site that list Buttermilk, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 4.8x more often with Buttermilk than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Buttermilk products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 1,647 | 21.5% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 6 | 863 | 11.2% | 3.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 852 | 11.1% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 819 | 10.7% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 712 | 9.3% | 5.4% |
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 Buttermilk
Products Containing Buttermilk
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 7,672 indexed products containing Buttermilk:
Buttermilk vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Buttermilk: 7,672 listings averaging 86.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Whey Protein Concentrate; Celery; Soy.
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 Buttermilk evidence
7,672 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Buttermilk are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Buttermilk before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare Buttermilk with a peer such as “Whey Protein Concentrate” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Buttermilk 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 Buttermilk. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Buttermilk? ▼
Buttermilk ranks in the top decile by product count (#152 of 247,206), appearing in 7,672 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Buttermilk so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Buttermilk appears in 7,672 products (#152 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Buttermilk). 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.