Monterrey Jack Cheese
Monterrey Jack Cheese appears in 6 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
Monterrey Jack Cheese appears in 6 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.
- 6
- catalogued products
- #21,732
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 31%
- 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 Monterrey Jack Cheese - usage rank #21,732
- Usage rank
- #21,732
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 31%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 6 products listing it (mean slot 12.7). Monterrey Jack Cheese usually falls in the upper 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Monterrey Jack Cheese spans 4 named brands and is led by the Meals group. Start with 365 everyday value, cheese enchiladas; ITALIAN FIVE CHEESE; Pappardelle's, chili rellono ravioli when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 92.5/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
4 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 6 of 6 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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 6 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 Monterrey Jack Cheese
Products Containing Monterrey Jack Cheese
6 busy labels from the 6 indexed products that list Monterrey Jack Cheese:
High-volume peers for Monterrey Jack Cheese
Top-decile company for Monterrey Jack Cheese: 6 listings averaging 92.5/100.
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 Monterrey Jack Cheese record
Use the 6-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Monterrey Jack Cheese before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Monterrey Jack Cheese
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Monterrey Jack Cheese? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Monterrey Jack Cheese, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#21,732 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Monterrey Jack Cheese? ▼
Monterrey Jack Cheese ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Monterrey Jack Cheese so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Monterrey Jack Cheese appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Monterrey Jack Cheese). 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.