Lactase Enzyme

Lactase Enzyme appears in 581 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

Lactase Enzyme appears in 581 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.

581
catalogued products
#954
usage rank of 247,206
129
named brands represented
58%
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.

How to use this page

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 204 of 581 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 0% Fat Free Ultra-Filtered Milk; 0% protein plus milk; 1% Chocolate Lowfat Milk to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 20–100 score range to Lactase Enzyme itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Dairies supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

204 of 581 linked records have some flagged component

All 553 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 20–100 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.

Lactase Enzyme sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#954 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#954
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
58%
Mean relative depth 58% across 581 parsed labels, slot 7.0 on average. Lactase Enzyme tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.

What else is usually in the same product as Lactase Enzyme

Across the 581 products on this site that list Lactase Enzyme, 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. Sucralose shows up about 8.7x more often with Lactase Enzyme than in the catalogue at large.

Sucralose: +20.9ppSucralose+20.9ppCarrageenan: +18.2ppCarrageenan+18.2ppAcesulfame Potassium: +16.6ppAcesulfame Potassium+16.6ppMonk fruit extract: +3.1ppMonk fruit extract+3.1ppRed 40: -3.9ppRed 40-3.9pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Lactase Enzyme products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Sucralose
20.9pp
Carrageenan
18.2pp
Acesulfame Potassium
16.6pp
Monk fruit extract
3.1pp
Red 40
-3.9pp
Additive Shared products Share of Lactase Enzyme products Share of all products
Sucralose 137 23.6% 2.7%
Carrageenan 132 22.7% 4.5%
Acesulfame Potassium 107 18.4% 1.8%
Monk fruit extract 21 3.6% 0.5%
Red 40 9 1.5% 5.4%

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 Lactase Enzyme

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 949698100102 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Lactase Enzyme
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Lactase Enzyme beside “White Meat Chicken”

Lactase Enzyme sits among other busy catalog rows (581 products, mean score 91.8/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: White Meat Chicken · Casein · Organic Sorghum Flour. 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

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Next steps from the Lactase Enzyme page

581 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Lactase Enzyme are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Lactase Enzyme and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
  • Place Lactase Enzyme next to “Casein” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
  • 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.

Questions readers ask about Lactase Enzyme

Does Lactase Enzyme carry its own safety label in this catalog?

This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Lactase Enzyme. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Lactase Enzyme?

Lactase Enzyme ranks in the top decile by product count (#954 of 247,206), appearing in 581 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Lactase Enzyme so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Lactase Enzyme appears in 581 products (#954 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lactase Enzyme). 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.