Milk Traces
Milk Traces appears in 28 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 Traces appears in 28 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.
- 28
- catalogued products
- #7,422
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 50%
- 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.
Milk Traces: top-decile catalog footprint (#7,422 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,422
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 182 others that also appear in exactly 28 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 50%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 28 products listing it (mean slot 10.5). Milk Traces usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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: Milk Traces reaches 4 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds; Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Premium Popcorn, Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel; Dark Chocolate Truffles. 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 4 (28 of 28), 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 Milk Traces
Products Containing Milk Traces
High-volume slice (16 of 28) for products naming Milk Traces:
High-volume peers for Milk Traces
High-volume peers for Milk Traces: 28 products, mean screening score 100/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Milk Traces record
Use the 28-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Milk Traces 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. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Traces
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Milk Traces? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Milk Traces, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#7,422 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Milk Traces? ▼
Milk Traces ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,422 of 247,206), appearing in 28 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Milk Traces so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Milk Traces appears in 28 products (#7,422 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Milk Traces). 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.