L. Acidophilus & Bifidus

L. Acidophilus & Bifidus appears in 12 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 & Bifidus appears in 12 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.

12
catalogued products
#13,357
usage rank of 247,206
4
named brands represented
100%
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 & Bifidus: top-decile catalog footprint (#13,357 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#13,357
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 832 others that also appear in exactly 12 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
100%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 12 products listing it (mean slot 11.2). L. Acidophilus & Bifidus usually falls near the end of the captured 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.

How to use this page

Use prevalence before concern

Only 8.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: L. Acidophilus & Bifidus spans 4 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with Bellwether Farms, Sheep Milk Yogurt; Bellwether farms, sheep milk yogurt, blackberry, blackberry; Bellwether Farms, Sheep Milk Yogurt, Blueberry when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 91.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.

4 named brands carry this ingredient

The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 7 of 12 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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 12 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 & Bifidus

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 12 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 050100150 0246810 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing L. Acidophilus & Bifidus Bellwether Farms, Sheep Milk YogurtBellwether farms, sheep milk yogurt, blackberry, blackberryBellwether Farms, Sheep Milk Yogurt, BlueberryBellwether Farms, Sheep Milk Yogurt, StrawberryGoat Milk YogurtLowfat Strawberry Yogurt with M&M'sPlain Goat Milk YogurtRedwood hill farm, goat milk yogurt, apricot mangoRedwood hill farm, goat milk yogurt, strawberryRedwood Hill Farm, Goat Milk Yogurt, VanillaFarm fresh yogurtLow fat yogurt
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.

L. Acidophilus & Bifidus vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for L. Acidophilus & Bifidus: 12 listings averaging 91.7/100.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the L. Acidophilus & Bifidus evidence

Use the 12-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Review the sampled product records that list L. Acidophilus & Bifidus to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins

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

L. Acidophilus & Bifidus — common follow-ups

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on L. Acidophilus & Bifidus?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to L. Acidophilus & Bifidus, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#13,357 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with L. Acidophilus & Bifidus?

L. Acidophilus & Bifidus ranks in the top decile by product count (#13,357 of 247,206), appearing in 12 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is L. Acidophilus & Bifidus so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet L. Acidophilus & Bifidus appears in 12 products (#13,357 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (L. Acidophilus & Bifidus). 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.