Lactalbumin
Lactalbumin carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 3 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Lactalbumin appears in 3 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 3
- catalogued products
- #35,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 54%
- 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.
Lactalbumin ranks above 85.8% of catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #35,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 54%
- Mean relative depth 54% across 3 parsed labels, slot 21.0 on average. Lactalbumin tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 1 of 3 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Azuma Foods, Hokki Gai Salad; Country Style Peppered Gravy Mix; Sweet roll variety to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 95–100 score range to Lactalbumin itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
1 of 3 linked records have some flagged component
All 3 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 95–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Function
FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Products Containing Lactalbumin
All 3 indexed products that name Lactalbumin:
Count-or-score neighbours for Lactalbumin
Use the lists below to place Lactalbumin against similar footprints (3 products).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Lactalbumin evidence
Use the 3-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 Lactalbumin to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Lactalbumin carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Lactalbumin itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "GRAS" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Where does Lactalbumin show up across the catalog? ▼
Lactalbumin sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Lactalbumin do in food? ▼
Lactalbumin is recorded as a formulation aid, nutrient supplement, ph control agent in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lactalbumin). 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.