Penicillium Roqueforti
Penicillium Roqueforti carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 179 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Penicillium Roqueforti appears in 179 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 179
- catalogued products
- #2,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 62
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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 Penicillium Roqueforti - usage rank #2,091
- Usage rank
- #2,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 179 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Mean relative depth 75% across 179 parsed labels, slot 14.6 on average. Penicillium Roqueforti 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.
How to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.2% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Penicillium Roqueforti spans 62 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 5 Cheese Greek Spiral; Amish Blue Cheese; Amish gorgonzola cheese, amish gorgonzola when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
62 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 93 of 172 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Penicillium Roqueforti
Across the 179 products on this site that list Penicillium Roqueforti, 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 2.1x more often with Penicillium Roqueforti than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Penicillium Roqueforti products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 17 | 9.5% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 13 | 7.3% | 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 Penicillium Roqueforti
Products Containing Penicillium Roqueforti
16 busy labels from the 179 indexed products that list Penicillium Roqueforti:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Dutched Cocoa”)
Top-decile company for Penicillium Roqueforti: 179 listings averaging 98.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Dutched Cocoa · Psyllium · Butter Powder.
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 Penicillium Roqueforti page
179 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Penicillium Roqueforti are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Penicillium Roqueforti and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Penicillium Roqueforti next to “Psyllium” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the source ratings say about Penicillium Roqueforti? ▼
Penicillium Roqueforti has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Listed. With only 16.2% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Which product shelves show up most often with Penicillium Roqueforti? ▼
Penicillium Roqueforti ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,091 of 247,206), appearing in 179 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Penicillium Roqueforti so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Penicillium Roqueforti appears in 179 products (#2,091 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Penicillium Roqueforti). 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.