Reduced Fat Monterey Jack
Reduced Fat Monterey Jack appears in 6 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 Monterey Jack appears in 6 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.
- 6
- catalogued products
- #21,732
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 8%
- 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 Monterey Jack: top-decile catalog footprint (#21,732 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #21,732
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 8%
- Mean relative depth 8% across 6 parsed labels, slot 1.8 on average. Reduced Fat Monterey Jack tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Monterey Jack reaches 4 named brands, most often appears under Dairies, and typically sits near the top of the captured list. Product examples include Finely Shredded Cheese; Market pantry, mexican style shredded cheese; Market pantry, mexican style shredded 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 (5 of 6), 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 6 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 Monterey Jack
Products Containing Reduced Fat Monterey Jack
A sample of 6 high-volume listings among the 6 indexed products containing Reduced Fat Monterey Jack:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Reduced Fat Monterey Jack sits among other busy catalog rows (6 products, mean score 100/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Reduced Fat Monterey Jack evidence
Use the 6-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Reduced Fat Monterey Jack before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- 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.
Reduced Fat Monterey Jack — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Reduced Fat Monterey Jack? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Reduced Fat Monterey Jack, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#21,732 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Reduced Fat Monterey Jack? ▼
Reduced Fat Monterey Jack ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Reduced Fat Monterey Jack so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Reduced Fat Monterey Jack appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Reduced Fat Monterey Jack). 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.