Pasteurized Processed American Cheese
Pasteurized Processed American Cheese appears in 36 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 Processed American Cheese appears in 36 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.
- 36
- catalogued products
- #6,225
- usage rank of 247,206
- 14
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
55.6% 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 Processed American Cheese as the trigger. Open records such as Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breast; Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon; Baked Potato With Cheddar & Bacon Bites and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 91.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 31% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 35 of 36 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 Processed American Cheese - usage rank #6,225
- Usage rank
- #6,225
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 114 others that also appear in exactly 36 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 31%
- Averaged label depth puts Pasteurized Processed American Cheese in the upper half of the list (31% of list length, mean slot 14.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Pasteurized Processed American Cheese
Across the 36 products on this site that list Pasteurized Processed 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 16.2x more often with Pasteurized Processed American Cheese than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Pasteurized Processed American Cheese products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 14 | 38.9% | 2.4% |
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 Processed American Cheese
Products Containing Pasteurized Processed American Cheese
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 36 indexed products containing Pasteurized Processed American Cheese:
High-volume peers for Pasteurized Processed American Cheese
Top-decile company for Pasteurized Processed American Cheese: 36 listings averaging 91.7/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Pasteurized Processed American Cheese page
Use the 36-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Pasteurized Processed American Cheese and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Processed American Cheese sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55.6% 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 Processed 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 Processed American Cheese? ▼
Pasteurized Processed American Cheese ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,225 of 247,206), appearing in 36 indexed products led by Canned foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Pasteurized Processed American Cheese so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pasteurized Processed American Cheese appears in 36 products (#6,225 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pasteurized Processed 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.