Calcium Caseinate
Calcium Caseinate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 1,332 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Calcium Caseinate appears in 1,332 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 1,332
- catalogued products
- #549
- usage rank of 247,206
- 217
- named brands represented
- 26%
- 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.
Calcium Caseinate: top-decile catalog footprint (#549 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #549
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 26%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,332 products listing it (mean slot 10.3). Calcium Caseinate usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
63.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Calcium Caseinate as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Mass Gainer Chocolate Fudge Brownie; 100% Mass Gainer Vanilla Milkshake; 12 Protein Bars Variety Pack and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 26% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
63.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1332 of 1332 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Calcium Caseinate
Across the 1,332 products on this site that list Calcium Caseinate, 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. Sucralose shows up about 15.3x more often with Calcium Caseinate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Calcium Caseinate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 551 | 41.4% | 2.7% |
| Carrageenan | 467 | 35.1% | 4.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 337 | 25.3% | 1.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 92 | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 68 | 5.1% | 1.4% |
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.
Function
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
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 Calcium Caseinate
Products Containing Calcium Caseinate
High-volume slice (16 of 1,332) for products naming Calcium Caseinate:
High-volume peers for Calcium Caseinate beside “Grape Juice Concentrate”
Top-decile company for Calcium Caseinate: 1,332 listings averaging 81.9/100. Nearest count peers include “Grape Juice Concentrate”, “Butter Oil”, “Mold Inhibitor”.
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 Calcium Caseinate record
Start from Calcium Caseinate's 1,332 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Calcium Caseinate and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Calcium Caseinate with a peer such as “Grape Juice Concentrate” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Calcium Caseinate sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
63.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Calcium Caseinate is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Calcium Caseinate scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Approved". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Calcium Caseinate? ▼
Calcium Caseinate ranks in the top decile by product count (#549 of 247,206), appearing in 1,332 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Calcium Caseinate serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Calcium Caseinate is recorded as a color or coloring adjunct, formulation aid, nutrient supplement, stabilizer or thickener, texturizer in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Calcium Caseinate). 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.