Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten

Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten appears in 8 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

Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten appears in 8 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.

8
catalogued products
#17,814
usage rank of 247,206
4
named brands represented
96%
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

Audit the co-occurring flags first

100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten as the trigger. Open records such as Breakfast best, breakfast strudel, strawberry; Cinnamon Roll; Cream Cheese and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 75.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 96% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 8 of 8 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.

Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#17,814 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#17,814
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,731 others that also appear in exactly 8 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
96%
Mean relative depth 96% across 8 parsed labels, slot 49.1 on average. Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 8 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 Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten

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 8 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 406080100 0.511.522.533.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten Breakfast best, breakfast strudel, strawberryCinnamon RollCream CheeseEasy Strudel Toaster PastriesPastries With Icing PacketsWeis, pastry with icing, breakfast strudel, appleEasy strudel toaster pastries, cinnamon rollStrudel
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

Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten sits among other busy catalog rows (8 products, mean score 75/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Next steps from the Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten page

Start from Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten's 8 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Open the product sample for Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
  • 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 Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten

How should I read safety signals when Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten sits in heavily flagged products?

100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten?

Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten ranks in the top decile by product count (#17,814 of 247,206), appearing in 8 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten appears in 8 products (#17,814 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Enzymatically Modified Wheat Gluten). 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.