L. Lactis
L. Lactis appears in 163 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. Lactis appears in 163 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.
- 163
- catalogued products
- #2,231
- usage rank of 247,206
- 34
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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. Lactis: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,231 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,231
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 8 others that also appear in exactly 163 products, listed in more products than 99.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Averaged label depth puts L. Lactis near the end of the captured list (78% of list length, mean slot 14.2). 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 8.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: L. Lactis spans 34 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 2% lowfat yogurt; activia; Activia Base Cherry when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
34 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 136 of 152 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. Lactis
Across the 163 products on this site that list L. Lactis, 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. Lactis products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 11 | 6.7% | 4.5% |
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. Lactis
Products Containing L. Lactis
16 busy labels from the 163 indexed products that list L. Lactis:
High-volume peers for L. Lactis beside “Organic Alfalfa”
Top-decile company for L. Lactis: 163 listings averaging 99.3/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Organic Alfalfa · Carboxymethyl Cellulose · Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product.
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. Lactis page
Use the 163-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing L. Lactis before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on L. Lactis? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to L. Lactis, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,231 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with L. Lactis? ▼
L. Lactis ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,231 of 247,206), appearing in 163 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is L. Lactis so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet L. Lactis appears in 163 products (#2,231 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (L. Lactis). 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.