Isolated soy protein

Isolated soy protein carries a source-backed screening score of 5/5 and appears in 1,385 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Safe.”

Source-backed answer

Isolated soy protein appears in 1,385 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Safe.” No FDA SAFFA status is attached. Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.

1,385
catalogued products
#538
usage rank of 247,206
283
named brands represented
43%
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.

Isolated soy protein: top-decile catalog footprint (#538 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#538
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
43%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,385 products listing it (mean slot 17.1). Isolated soy protein usually falls in the upper 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 this page can and cannot answer

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 675 of 1385 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% All Natural Chicken Breast Mini Nuggets Patty Fritters With Rib Meat, Chicken Breast; 48 Oz; 5 Yogurt & Oat Bar to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Isolated soy protein itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Frozen foods supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

675 of 1,385 linked records have some flagged component

All 1379 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.

What else is usually in the same product as Isolated soy protein

Across the 1,385 products on this site that list Isolated soy 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. Carrageenan shows up about 6.2x more often with Isolated soy protein than in the catalogue at large.

Carrageenan: +23.4ppCarrageenan+23.4ppCaramel Coloring: +10ppCaramel Coloring+10ppSodium Nitrite: +5.9ppSodium Nitrite+5.9ppBHT: +1.9ppBHT+1.9ppPolysorbate 60: +0.9ppPolysorbate 60+0.9pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Isolated soy protein products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Carrageenan
23.4pp
Caramel Coloring
10pp
Sodium Nitrite
5.9pp
BHT
1.9pp
Polysorbate 60
0.9pp
Additive Shared products Share of Isolated soy protein products Share of all products
Carrageenan 386 27.9% 4.5%
Caramel Coloring 217 15.7% 5.7%
Sodium Nitrite 115 8.3% 2.4%
BHT 41 3% 1.1%
Polysorbate 60 32 2.3% 1.4%

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.

Function

Other

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 Isolated soy protein

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 16 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 5060708090100110 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Isolated soy protein
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.

High-volume peers for Isolated soy protein beside “Organic Malted Barley”

Top-decile company for Isolated soy protein: 1,385 listings averaging 92.8/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Organic Malted Barley · Polydextrose · Thiamine.

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.

What to do with this Isolated soy protein record

Start from Isolated soy protein's 1,385 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Isolated soy protein to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
  • Compare Isolated soy protein with a peer such as “Organic Malted Barley” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Isolated soy 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. Isolated soy protein itself carries a CSPI "Safe" rating where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Isolated soy protein?

Isolated soy protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#538 of 247,206), appearing in 1,385 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

What does Isolated soy protein do in food?

Isolated soy protein is recorded as a other in source technical-effect fields.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Isolated soy 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.