Nisin Preparation
Nisin Preparation carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 443 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Nisin Preparation appears in 443 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 443
- catalogued products
- #1,114
- usage rank of 247,206
- 95
- named brands represented
- 86%
- 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 Nisin Preparation - usage rank #1,114
- Usage rank
- #1,114
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 443 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 86%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 443 products listing it (mean slot 31.7). Nisin Preparation usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 111 of 443 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare A Classic, Prepared With Whole Eggs, Swiss Cheese & Savory Bacon Quiche Lorraine, Whole Eggs, Swiss Cheese & Savory Bacon; Aged Cheddar And Broccoli Soup; Aged Cheddar And Broccoli Soup to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Nisin Preparation itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
111 of 443 linked records have some flagged component
All 429 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
What else is usually in the same product as Nisin Preparation
Across the 443 products on this site that list Nisin Preparation, 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 2x more often with Nisin Preparation than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Nisin Preparation products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 40 | 9% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 31 | 7% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 30 | 6.8% | 2.4% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 10 | 2.3% | 1.4% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 9 | 2% | 1.3% |
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.
Function
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT
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 Nisin Preparation
Products Containing Nisin Preparation
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 443 indexed products containing Nisin Preparation:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Lipase”)
Top-decile company for Nisin Preparation: 443 listings averaging 96.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Lipase; Microbial Enzyme; Colour.
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 Nisin Preparation evidence
Use the 443-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Nisin Preparation to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Nisin Preparation with a peer such as “Lipase” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Nisin Preparation carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Nisin Preparation itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "GRAS" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Nisin Preparation? ▼
Nisin Preparation ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,114 of 247,206), appearing in 443 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Nisin Preparation do in food? ▼
Nisin Preparation is recorded as a antimicrobial agent in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Nisin Preparation). 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.