L.bulgaricus
L.bulgaricus appears in 86 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 86 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.
- 86
- catalogued products
- #3,489
- usage rank of 247,206
- 40
- named brands represented
- 60%
- 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.bulgaricus sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,489 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,489
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 35 others that also appear in exactly 86 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 60%
- Averaged label depth puts L.bulgaricus in the lower half of the list (60% of list length, mean slot 8.9). 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 8.1% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: L.bulgaricus spans 40 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 365 everyday value, nonfat yogurt; 365 everyday value, organic low fat dessert bars, greek yogurt, blueberry; Aussie style yogurt when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
40 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 72 of 84 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.bulgaricus
Products Containing L.bulgaricus
16 busy labels from the 86 indexed products that list L.bulgaricus:
L.bulgaricus vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for L.bulgaricus: 86 products, mean screening score 98.1/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Apple Sauce; Artificial Chicken Flavor; Basil Leaf. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this L.bulgaricus record
Start from L.bulgaricus's 86 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing L.bulgaricus before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare L.bulgaricus with a peer such as “Apple Sauce” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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 (#3,489 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 (#3,489 of 247,206), appearing in 86 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 86 products (#3,489 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.