And L. Casei
And L. Casei appears in 846 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
And L. Casei appears in 846 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.
- 846
- catalogued products
- #737
- usage rank of 247,206
- 152
- named brands represented
- 82%
- 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.
And L. Casei sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#737 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #737
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 846 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 82%
- Averaged label depth puts And L. Casei near the end of the captured list (82% of list length, mean slot 12.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 7.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: And L. Casei spans 152 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 0% Fat Greek Nonfat Yogurt; 2% lowfat yogurt; 2% Plain Organic Lowfat Yogurt when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
152 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 665 of 822 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 And L. Casei
Across the 846 products on this site that list And L. Casei, 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 And L. Casei products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 28 | 3.3% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 18 | 2.1% | 5.7% |
| Sucralose | 16 | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| Monk fruit extract | 9 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 8 | 0.9% | 1.8% |
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 And L. Casei
Products Containing And L. Casei
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 846 indexed products containing And L. Casei:
And L. Casei vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for And L. Casei: 846 products, mean screening score 98.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Evaporated Cane Syrup; Carrot Juice Concentrate; Chicken Breast. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 And L. Casei page
Start from And L. Casei's 846 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for And L. Casei and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place And L. Casei next to “Carrot Juice Concentrate” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. 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 And L. Casei
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on And L. Casei? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to And L. Casei, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#737 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with And L. Casei? ▼
And L. Casei ranks in the top decile by product count (#737 of 247,206), appearing in 846 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is And L. Casei so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet And L. Casei appears in 846 products (#737 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (And L. Casei). 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.