Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein appears in 180 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
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein appears in 180 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.
- 180
- catalogued products
- #2,080
- usage rank of 247,206
- 62
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 82 of 180 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Ajinomoto, bbq seasoned beef with vegetable on sticky rice; ANSUNG Noodle Soup; Arome saveur depuis to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
82 of 180 linked records have some flagged component
All 179 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,080 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,080
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 180 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 180 products listing it (mean slot 26.6). Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein 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.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Across the 180 products on this site that list Hydrolyzed 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 6.6x more often with Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 68 | 37.8% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 11 | 6.1% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 6 | 7 | 3.9% | 3.4% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 6 | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| TBHQ | 6 | 3.3% | 0.5% |
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 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
Products Containing Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
High-volume slice (16 of 180) for products naming Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Butter Powder”)
Top-decile company for Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein: 180 listings averaging 93/100. Nearest count peers include “Butter Powder”, “Corn Cereal”, “From Sunflower Oil”.
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 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein record
180 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein with a peer such as “Butter Powder” on 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein? ▼
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,080 of 247,206), appearing in 180 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein appears in 180 products (#2,080 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hydrolyzed 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.