Reduced Fat Colby Cheese
Reduced Fat Colby Cheese appears in 15 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
Reduced Fat Colby Cheese appears in 15 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.
- 15
- catalogued products
- #11,449
- usage rank of 247,206
- 8
- named brands represented
- 18%
- 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.
Reduced Fat Colby Cheese sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#11,449 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #11,449
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 546 others that also appear in exactly 15 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 18%
- Averaged label depth puts Reduced Fat Colby Cheese near the top of the captured list (18% of list length, mean slot 3.3). 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 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: Reduced Fat Colby Cheese reaches 8 named brands, most often appears under Dairies, and typically sits near the top of the captured list. Product examples include Colby & Monterey Jack Shredded Reduced Fat Natural Cheese, Colby & Monterey Jack; Colby Jack Cheese; Colby Jack Cheese. 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 (14 of 15), 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 15 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 Reduced Fat Colby Cheese
Products Containing Reduced Fat Colby Cheese
15 busy labels from the 15 indexed products that list Reduced Fat Colby Cheese:
High-volume peers for Reduced Fat Colby Cheese
Top-decile company for Reduced Fat Colby Cheese: 15 listings averaging 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Reduced Fat Colby Cheese evidence
Start from Reduced Fat Colby Cheese's 15 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Reduced Fat Colby 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Reduced Fat Colby Cheese
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Reduced Fat Colby Cheese? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Reduced Fat Colby Cheese, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#11,449 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Reduced Fat Colby Cheese? ▼
Reduced Fat Colby Cheese ranks in the top decile by product count (#11,449 of 247,206), appearing in 15 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Reduced Fat Colby Cheese so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Reduced Fat Colby Cheese appears in 15 products (#11,449 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Reduced Fat Colby 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.