L. Acidophilus
L. Acidophilus appears in 1,811 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
L. Acidophilus appears in 1,811 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.
- 1,811
- catalogued products
- #437
- usage rank of 247,206
- 265
- named brands represented
- 72%
- 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.
L. Acidophilus sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#437 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #437
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 1,811 products, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 72%
- Averaged label depth puts L. Acidophilus in the lower half of the list (72% of list length, mean slot 11.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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
Use prevalence before concern
Only 9.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: L. Acidophilus spans 265 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 0% Fat Greek Nonfat Yogurt; 100 Calorie Greek Nonfat Yogurt; 100 calories greek strained nonfat yogurt when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.2/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
265 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 1485 of 1767 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as L. Acidophilus
Across the 1,811 products on this site that list L. Acidophilus, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of L. Acidophilus products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 69 | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 58 | 3.2% | 1.8% |
| Caramel Coloring | 44 | 2.4% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 43 | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| Monk fruit extract | 30 | 1.7% | 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 L. Acidophilus
Products Containing L. Acidophilus
High-volume slice (16 of 1,811) for products naming L. Acidophilus:
High-volume peers for L. Acidophilus beside “Soya Lecithin”
L. Acidophilus sits among other busy catalog rows (1,811 products, mean score 98.2/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Soya Lecithin; Thiamin Hydrochloride; Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the L. Acidophilus page
1,811 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on L. Acidophilus are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing L. Acidophilus before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place L. Acidophilus next to “Thiamin Hydrochloride” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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.
Questions readers ask about L. Acidophilus
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on L. Acidophilus? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to L. Acidophilus, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#437 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with L. Acidophilus? ▼
L. Acidophilus ranks in the top decile by product count (#437 of 247,206), appearing in 1,811 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is L. Acidophilus so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet L. Acidophilus appears in 1,811 products (#437 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (L. Acidophilus). 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.