L. Bulgaricus
L. Bulgaricus appears in 1,871 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. Bulgaricus appears in 1,871 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.
- 1,871
- catalogued products
- #425
- usage rank of 247,206
- 256
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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.
High-volume listing for L. Bulgaricus - usage rank #425
- Usage rank
- #425
- 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
- 65%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,871 products listing it (mean slot 10.1). L. Bulgaricus 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 11.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: L. Bulgaricus spans 256 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 0% Fat Greek Nonfat Yogurt; 100 Calorie Greek Nonfat Yogurt; 100 calorie greek nonfat yogurt, tart cherry, tart cherry when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
256 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 1558 of 1821 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. Bulgaricus
Across the 1,871 products on this site that list L. Bulgaricus, 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. Sucralose shows up about 2.5x more often with L. Bulgaricus than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of L. Bulgaricus products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 128 | 6.8% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 114 | 6.1% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 44 | 2.4% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 38 | 2% | 5.7% |
| Monk fruit extract | 19 | 1% | 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. Bulgaricus
Products Containing L. Bulgaricus
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 1,871 indexed products containing L. Bulgaricus:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Safflower”)
L. Bulgaricus sits among other busy catalog rows (1,871 products, mean score 97.6/100). Nearest count peers include “Safflower”, “Soluble Corn Fiber”, “Cultured Wheat Flour”. 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 L. Bulgaricus record
Use the 1,871-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. Bulgaricus to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place L. Bulgaricus next to “Soluble Corn Fiber” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about L. Bulgaricus
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on L. Bulgaricus? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to L. Bulgaricus, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#425 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with L. Bulgaricus? ▼
L. Bulgaricus ranks in the top decile by product count (#425 of 247,206), appearing in 1,871 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is L. Bulgaricus so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet L. Bulgaricus appears in 1,871 products (#425 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (L. Bulgaricus). 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.