Milk Derivative
Milk Derivative appears in 1,588 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
Milk Derivative appears in 1,588 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.
- 1,588
- catalogued products
- #491
- usage rank of 247,206
- 313
- named brands represented
- 48%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
54.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Milk Derivative as the trigger. Open records such as 2 Layer Italian Cream Cake; 7'' Double Layer Holiday Cake; A Modern Diabetes Management Co., Sweet Snack and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 89.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 48% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
54.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1582 of 1584 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Milk Derivative: top-decile catalog footprint (#491 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #491
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 48%
- Mean relative depth 48% across 1,588 parsed labels, slot 10.4 on average. Milk Derivative tends to sit in the upper 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Milk Derivative
Across the 1,588 products on this site that list Milk Derivative, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 7.5x more often with Milk Derivative than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Milk Derivative products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 536 | 33.8% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 371 | 23.4% | 1.4% |
| Sucralose | 266 | 16.8% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 137 | 8.6% | 1.8% |
| Yellow 5 | 74 | 4.7% | 4.8% |
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 Milk Derivative
Products Containing Milk Derivative
High-volume slice (16 of 1,588) for products naming Milk Derivative:
High-volume peers for Milk Derivative beside “Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate”
High-volume peers for Milk Derivative: 1,588 products, mean screening score 89.1/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate; Maltitol; Xanthan. 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 Milk Derivative evidence
Start from Milk Derivative's 1,588 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Milk Derivative before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Milk Derivative
How should I read safety signals when Milk Derivative sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
54.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Milk Derivative is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Milk Derivative? ▼
Milk Derivative ranks in the top decile by product count (#491 of 247,206), appearing in 1,588 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Milk Derivative so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Milk Derivative appears in 1,588 products (#491 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Milk Derivative). 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.