Proteases
Proteases appears in 45 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
Proteases appears in 45 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.
- 45
- catalogued products
- #5,333
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- named brands represented
- 74%
- 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
51.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Proteases as the trigger. Open records such as Angel food cake protein powder; Chocolate Peanutbutter Organic Plant Protein; Cookies & Cream Flavored Foundation Protein Blend Powder, Cookies & Cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 88.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 74% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 44 of 44 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.
Proteases: top-decile catalog footprint (#5,333 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,333
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 86 others that also appear in exactly 45 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Mean relative depth 74% across 45 parsed labels, slot 23.4 on average. Proteases 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 Proteases
Across the 45 products on this site that list Proteases, 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. Sucralose shows up about 18.9x more often with Proteases than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Proteases products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 23 | 51.1% | 2.7% |
| Monk fruit extract | 10 | 22.2% | 0.5% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 8 | 17.8% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 5 | 11.1% | 4.5% |
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 Proteases
Products Containing Proteases
High-volume slice (16 of 45) for products naming Proteases:
High-volume peers for Proteases
High-volume peers for Proteases: 45 products, mean screening score 88/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Proteases record
Use the 45-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 Proteases to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Proteases — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Proteases sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Proteases is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Proteases? ▼
Proteases ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,333 of 247,206), appearing in 45 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Proteases so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Proteases appears in 45 products (#5,333 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Proteases). 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.