Protein
Protein appears in 246 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
Protein appears in 246 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.
- 246
- catalogued products
- #1,700
- usage rank of 247,206
- 102
- named brands represented
- 53%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 96 of 246 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare AG1 Tropical; All-In-One Nutrition Shake; All-in-one nutritional shake drink mix to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Protein itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
96 of 246 linked records have some flagged component
All 230 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.
Protein: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,700 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,700
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 246 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 53%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 246 products listing it (mean slot 20.4). Protein usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Protein
Across the 246 products on this site that list Protein, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.4x more often with Protein than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Protein products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 33 | 13.4% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 32 | 13% | 2.1% |
| Trans Fat | 12 | 4.9% | 0% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 11 | 4.5% | 1.3% |
| Carrageenan | 11 | 4.5% | 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 Protein
Products Containing Protein
High-volume slice (16 of 246) for products naming Protein:
High-volume peers for Protein beside “Coconut Flakes”
Top-decile company for Protein: 246 listings averaging 91.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Coconut Flakes · Ground Black Pepper · Mushroom 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 Protein page
Start from Protein's 246 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Protein 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. Compare a peer
- 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.
Protein — common follow-ups
Does Protein carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Protein. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Protein? ▼
Protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,700 of 247,206), appearing in 246 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Protein so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Protein appears in 246 products (#1,700 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Protein). 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.