Fermented Wheat Protein
Fermented Wheat Protein appears in 58 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
Fermented Wheat Protein appears in 58 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.
- 58
- catalogued products
- #4,499
- usage rank of 247,206
- 27
- named brands represented
- 66%
- 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
53.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Fermented Wheat Protein as the trigger. Open records such as Ajinomoto, bbq seasoned beef with vegetable on sticky rice; Asian Five Spice Beef And Vegetables With Rice, Vegetables And Mongolian-Style Sauce, Asian Five Spice Beef And Vegetables; Asian style chicken noodle salad, asian style chicken noodle and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 96.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 66% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
53.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 58 of 58 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.
Fermented Wheat Protein sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,499 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,499
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 53 others that also appear in exactly 58 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 66%
- Mean relative depth 66% across 58 parsed labels, slot 24.1 on average. Fermented Wheat Protein tends to sit in the lower 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 Fermented Wheat Protein
Across the 58 products on this site that list Fermented Wheat Protein, 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 9.1x more often with Fermented Wheat Protein than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fermented Wheat Protein products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 30 | 51.7% | 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 Fermented Wheat Protein
Products Containing Fermented Wheat Protein
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 58 indexed products containing Fermented Wheat Protein:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Dried Banana Flakes”)
Fermented Wheat Protein sits among other busy catalog rows (58 products, mean score 96.6/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Dried Banana Flakes; Bean Sprouts; Bicarbonate. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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 Fermented Wheat Protein record
58 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fermented Wheat Protein are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Fermented Wheat Protein to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Fermented Wheat Protein next to “Bean Sprouts” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the 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 Fermented Wheat Protein sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
53.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Fermented Wheat Protein is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fermented Wheat Protein? ▼
Fermented Wheat Protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,499 of 247,206), appearing in 58 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fermented Wheat Protein so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fermented Wheat Protein appears in 58 products (#4,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fermented Wheat Protein). 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.