Mozzarella Cheese Substitute
Mozzarella Cheese Substitute appears in 124 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
Mozzarella Cheese Substitute appears in 124 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.
- 124
- catalogued products
- #2,715
- usage rank of 247,206
- 29
- named brands represented
- 47%
- 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
75% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Mozzarella Cheese Substitute as the trigger. Open records such as 1/2 Cheese Pizza & 1/2 Pepperoni Pizza; 3 meat sausage pepperoni & ham pizza, 3 meat; 6.25 Oz pizza meal and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 69.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 47% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
75% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 123 of 124 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.
Mozzarella Cheese Substitute: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,715 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,715
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11 others that also appear in exactly 124 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 47%
- Averaged label depth puts Mozzarella Cheese Substitute in the upper half of the list (47% of list length, mean slot 33.9). 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 else is usually in the same product as Mozzarella Cheese Substitute
Across the 124 products on this site that list Mozzarella Cheese Substitute, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 26.2x more often with Mozzarella Cheese Substitute than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Mozzarella Cheese Substitute products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 78 | 62.9% | 2.4% |
| BHA | 75 | 60.5% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 75 | 60.5% | 1.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 48 | 38.7% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 5 | 4% | 2.1% |
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 Mozzarella Cheese Substitute
Products Containing Mozzarella Cheese Substitute
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 124 indexed products containing Mozzarella Cheese Substitute:
High-volume peers for Mozzarella Cheese Substitute beside “Acesulfame-k”
Top-decile company for Mozzarella Cheese Substitute: 124 listings averaging 69.1/100. Nearest count peers include “Acesulfame-k”, “Cooked Beans”, “Cultured Whole Milk”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Mozzarella Cheese Substitute evidence
124 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Mozzarella Cheese Substitute are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Mozzarella Cheese Substitute and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Mozzarella Cheese Substitute next to “Cooked Beans” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Mozzarella Cheese Substitute
How should I read safety signals when Mozzarella Cheese Substitute sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
75% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Mozzarella Cheese Substitute is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mozzarella Cheese Substitute? ▼
Mozzarella Cheese Substitute ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,715 of 247,206), appearing in 124 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Mozzarella Cheese Substitute so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mozzarella Cheese Substitute appears in 124 products (#2,715 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mozzarella Cheese Substitute). 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.