Microbial Rennet
Microbial Rennet appears in 484 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
Microbial Rennet appears in 484 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.
- 484
- catalogued products
- #1,061
- usage rank of 247,206
- 132
- named brands represented
- 67%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Microbial Rennet - usage rank #1,061
- Usage rank
- #1,061
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 484 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 67%
- Averaged label depth puts Microbial Rennet in the lower half of the list (67% of list length, mean slot 10.3). 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 5.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Microbial Rennet spans 132 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 3 CHEESE PASTA with EGGPLANT; 3 cheeses and tomato sauce seasoned with extra virgin olive oil pizza, three cheese; 365 everyday value, organic five cheese ravioli when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
132 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 231 of 454 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Microbial Rennet
Across the 484 products on this site that list Microbial Rennet, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Microbial Rennet products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 12 | 2.5% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 9 | 1.9% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 1.4% | 5.7% |
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 Microbial Rennet
Products Containing Microbial Rennet
High-volume slice (16 of 484) for products naming Microbial Rennet:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Green Chiles”)
High-volume peers for Microbial Rennet: 484 products, mean screening score 98.7/100. Nearest count peers include “Green Chiles”, “Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached”, “Enriched With Iron”. 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.
Using the Microbial Rennet evidence
484 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Microbial Rennet are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Microbial Rennet before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Microbial Rennet with a peer such as “Green Chiles” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Microbial Rennet? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Microbial Rennet, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,061 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Microbial Rennet? ▼
Microbial Rennet ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,061 of 247,206), appearing in 484 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Microbial Rennet so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Microbial Rennet appears in 484 products (#1,061 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Microbial Rennet). 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.