Pasteurized Process American Cheese
Pasteurized Process American Cheese appears in 134 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
Pasteurized Process American Cheese appears in 134 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.
- 134
- catalogued products
- #2,547
- usage rank of 247,206
- 46
- named brands represented
- 52%
- 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
52.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Pasteurized Process American Cheese as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Angus Beef Cheeseburger; American Grilled Cheese Sandwich; Angus cheeseburger sandwich and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 91.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 52% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 131 of 132 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.
High-volume listing for Pasteurized Process American Cheese - usage rank #2,547
- Usage rank
- #2,547
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 16 others that also appear in exactly 134 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 52%
- Mean relative depth 52% across 134 parsed labels, slot 22.4 on average. Pasteurized Process American Cheese tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Pasteurized Process American Cheese
Across the 134 products on this site that list Pasteurized Process American Cheese, 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 10.9x more often with Pasteurized Process American Cheese than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Pasteurized Process American Cheese products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 35 | 26.1% | 2.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 20 | 14.9% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 14 | 10.4% | 4.5% |
| Azodicarbonamide | 7 | 5.2% | 0.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 5 | 3.7% | 4.8% |
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 Pasteurized Process American Cheese
Products Containing Pasteurized Process American Cheese
16 busy labels from the 134 indexed products that list Pasteurized Process American Cheese:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acide Citrique”)
Top-decile company for Pasteurized Process American Cheese: 134 listings averaging 91.1/100. Nearest count peers include “Acide Citrique”, “Aged Red Peppers”, “Black Pepper Extract”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Pasteurized Process American Cheese page
Use the 134-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Pasteurized Process American Cheese and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Pasteurized Process American Cheese next to “Aged Red Peppers” (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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Pasteurized Process American Cheese sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Pasteurized Process American Cheese is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Pasteurized Process American Cheese? ▼
Pasteurized Process American Cheese ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,547 of 247,206), appearing in 134 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Pasteurized Process American Cheese so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pasteurized Process American Cheese appears in 134 products (#2,547 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pasteurized Process American 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.