L. Plantarum
L. Plantarum appears in 77 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. Plantarum appears in 77 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.
- 77
- catalogued products
- #3,740
- usage rank of 247,206
- 20
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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. Plantarum: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,740 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,740
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 26 others that also appear in exactly 77 products, listed in more products than 98.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 77 products listing it (mean slot 17.1). L. Plantarum 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 6.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: L. Plantarum spans 20 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with Banana Cream Pie Probiotic Coconut Yogurt; Blueberry Kefir Cultured Whole Milk Smoothie; Cashew & Coconut Yogurt Alternative when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.5/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
20 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 65 of 69 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 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. Plantarum
Products Containing L. Plantarum
High-volume slice (16 of 77) for products naming L. Plantarum:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Added As An Antioxidant”)
L. Plantarum sits among other busy catalog rows (77 products, mean score 99.5/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Added As An Antioxidant · Beurre De Cacao · Black Peppercorn. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the L. Plantarum page
Use the 77-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing L. Plantarum before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare L. Plantarum with a peer such as “Added As An Antioxidant” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
L. Plantarum — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on L. Plantarum? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to L. Plantarum, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,740 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with L. Plantarum? ▼
L. Plantarum ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,740 of 247,206), appearing in 77 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is L. Plantarum so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet L. Plantarum appears in 77 products (#3,740 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (L. Plantarum). 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.