Neufchatel
Neufchatel appears in 24 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
Neufchatel appears in 24 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.
- 24
- catalogued products
- #8,251
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 33%
- 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 Neufchatel - usage rank #8,251
- Usage rank
- #8,251
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 260 others that also appear in exactly 24 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 33%
- Mean relative depth 33% across 24 parsed labels, slot 11.8 on average. Neufchatel 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 12.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Neufchatel spans 6 named brands and is led by the Condiments group. Start with Artichoke parmesan hearts in a creamy blend of; Boursin, cheese dip, asiago & roasted red pepper; Brownie Bites when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.4/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
6 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 24 of 24 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 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 Neufchatel
Products Containing Neufchatel
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 24 indexed products containing Neufchatel:
High-volume peers for Neufchatel
Top-decile company for Neufchatel: 24 listings averaging 99.4/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Neufchatel evidence
Use the 24-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Neufchatel and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
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- 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 Neufchatel
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Neufchatel? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Neufchatel, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#8,251 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Neufchatel? ▼
Neufchatel ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,251 of 247,206), appearing in 24 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Neufchatel so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Neufchatel appears in 24 products (#8,251 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Neufchatel). 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.