Cultured Whey
Cultured Whey appears in 651 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
Cultured Whey appears in 651 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.
- 651
- catalogued products
- #880
- usage rank of 247,206
- 179
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cultured Whey as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Whole Grain Fiber Bread; All Natural, Natural Yogurt Raisins; Almond Nut-Thins Cheddar Cheese and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 88.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 643 of 651 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.
Cultured Whey sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#880 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #880
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 651 products listing it (mean slot 23.3). Cultured Whey 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.
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 else is usually in the same product as Cultured Whey
Across the 651 products on this site that list Cultured Whey, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.9x more often with Cultured Whey than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cultured Whey products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 109 | 16.7% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 105 | 16.1% | 2.1% |
| Carrageenan | 71 | 10.9% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 54 | 8.3% | 2.4% |
| BHA | 45 | 6.9% | 0.7% |
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 Cultured Whey
Products Containing Cultured Whey
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 651 indexed products containing Cultured Whey:
High-volume peers for Cultured Whey beside “Citrus Fiber”
Top-decile company for Cultured Whey: 651 listings averaging 88.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Citrus Fiber; Cracked Wheat; Red #3.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Cultured Whey page
651 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cultured Whey are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Cultured Whey and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Cultured Whey next to “Cracked Wheat” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Cultured Whey — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Cultured Whey sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cultured Whey is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cultured Whey? ▼
Cultured Whey ranks in the top decile by product count (#880 of 247,206), appearing in 651 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cultured Whey so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cultured Whey appears in 651 products (#880 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cultured Whey). 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.