Queso Fresco
Queso Fresco appears in 17 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
Queso Fresco appears in 17 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.
- 17
- catalogued products
- #10,499
- usage rank of 247,206
- 7
- 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.
Queso Fresco sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#10,499 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #10,499
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 444 others that also appear in exactly 17 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 53%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 17 products listing it (mean slot 18.7). Queso Fresco 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.
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 this page can and cannot answer
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Queso Fresco reaches 7 named brands, most often appears under Frozen foods, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include chicken verde burrito; Chipotle chicken and rice bowl; FIRE ROASTED MEXICAN STYLE STREET CORN. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (9 of 16), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
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 Queso Fresco
Products Containing Queso Fresco
16 busy labels from the 17 indexed products that list Queso Fresco:
High-volume peers for Queso Fresco
High-volume peers for Queso Fresco: 17 products, mean screening score 100/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Queso Fresco page
Use the 17-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 Queso Fresco to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Queso Fresco? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Queso Fresco, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#10,499 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Queso Fresco? ▼
Queso Fresco ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,499 of 247,206), appearing in 17 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Queso Fresco so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Queso Fresco appears in 17 products (#10,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Queso Fresco). 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.