Reduced Lactose Whey
Reduced Lactose Whey appears in 598 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 Lactose Whey appears in 598 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.
- 598
- catalogued products
- #939
- usage rank of 247,206
- 174
- named brands represented
- 50%
- 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: 207 of 598 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 4 CHEESE BLEND; Acme Fresh Market, Pop Corn, Cheese; Aged Asiago Cheddar Cold Pack Cheese Spread, Aged Asiago Cheddar to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Reduced Lactose Whey itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
207 of 598 linked records have some flagged component
All 598 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.
Reduced Lactose Whey: top-decile catalog footprint (#939 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #939
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 598 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 50%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 598 products listing it (mean slot 16.1). Reduced Lactose Whey usually falls in the upper 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 else is usually in the same product as Reduced Lactose Whey
Across the 598 products on this site that list Reduced Lactose Whey, 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. Yellow 6 shows up about 6.1x more often with Reduced Lactose Whey than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Reduced Lactose Whey products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 6 | 124 | 20.7% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 117 | 19.6% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 39 | 6.5% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 39 | 6.5% | 5.7% |
| TBHQ | 27 | 4.5% | 0.5% |
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 Reduced Lactose Whey
Products Containing Reduced Lactose Whey
16 busy labels from the 598 indexed products that list Reduced Lactose Whey:
Reduced Lactose Whey vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Reduced Lactose Whey: 598 products, mean screening score 84.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Raisin Juice Concentrate · Silica · Added To Prevent Caking. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Reduced Lactose Whey record
Use the 598-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Reduced Lactose Whey before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Reduced Lactose Whey — common follow-ups
Does Reduced Lactose Whey 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 Reduced Lactose Whey. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Reduced Lactose Whey? ▼
Reduced Lactose Whey ranks in the top decile by product count (#939 of 247,206), appearing in 598 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Reduced Lactose Whey so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Reduced Lactose Whey appears in 598 products (#939 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Reduced Lactose Whey). 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.