Grade A Whey
Grade A Whey appears in 114 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
Grade A Whey appears in 114 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.
- 114
- catalogued products
- #2,861
- usage rank of 247,206
- 26
- named brands represented
- 33%
- 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
93.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Grade A Whey as the trigger. Open records such as All natural smooth & creamy light sour cream; Cottage Cheese; Cottage Cheese and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 90.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 33% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
93.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 114 of 114 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.
Grade A Whey: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,861 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,861
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 18 others that also appear in exactly 114 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 33%
- Mean relative depth 33% across 114 parsed labels, slot 9.0 on average. Grade A Whey 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 Grade A Whey
Across the 114 products on this site that list Grade A 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. Carrageenan shows up about 20.7x more often with Grade A Whey than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Grade A Whey products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 106 | 93% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 32 | 28.1% | 1.3% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 15 | 13.2% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | 4.4% | 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 Grade A Whey
Products Containing Grade A Whey
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 114 indexed products containing Grade A Whey:
High-volume peers for Grade A Whey beside “Arrowroot Powder”
Grade A Whey sits among other busy catalog rows (114 products, mean score 90/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Arrowroot Powder; Organic Baby Kale; Blue. 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
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Grade A Whey record
114 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Grade A Whey are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Grade A Whey before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Grade A Whey next to “Organic Baby Kale” (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. 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 Grade A Whey sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
93.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Grade A Whey is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Grade A Whey? ▼
Grade A Whey ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,861 of 247,206), appearing in 114 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Grade A Whey so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Grade A Whey appears in 114 products (#2,861 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Grade A 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.