Lactic Starters
Lactic Starters appears in 27 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
Lactic Starters appears in 27 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.
- 27
- catalogued products
- #7,605
- usage rank of 247,206
- 18
- named brands represented
- 57%
- 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.
Lactic Starters sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,605 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,605
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 185 others that also appear in exactly 27 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 57%
- Averaged label depth puts Lactic Starters in the lower half of the list (57% of list length, mean slot 7.1). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Lactic Starters reaches 18 named brands, most often appears under Dairies, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include 100% Pure Sheep's Milk Cheese; Brie Le Crémeux; Brillat Savarin. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 3 (14 of 24), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
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 Lactic Starters
Products Containing Lactic Starters
High-volume slice (16 of 27) for products naming Lactic Starters:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Lactic Starters: 27 products, mean screening score 100/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Lactic Starters record
Use the 27-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Lactic Starters and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. 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 Lactic Starters? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Lactic Starters, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#7,605 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Lactic Starters? ▼
Lactic Starters ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,605 of 247,206), appearing in 27 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Lactic Starters so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Lactic Starters appears in 27 products (#7,605 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Lactic Starters). 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.