Reduced Protein Whey
Reduced Protein Whey appears in 227 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 Protein Whey appears in 227 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.
- 227
- catalogued products
- #1,798
- usage rank of 247,206
- 44
- named brands represented
- 36%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
56.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Reduced Protein Whey as the trigger. Open records such as Almond Joy Coconut & Almond Chocolate Candy; Almond Joy Coconut & Almond Chocolate Candy Bar; Arm Candy Sixlets and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 70.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 36% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
56.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 225 of 227 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Reduced Protein Whey sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,798 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,798
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 227 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 36%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 227 products listing it (mean slot 9.7). Reduced Protein 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.
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 Reduced Protein Whey
Across the 227 products on this site that list Reduced Protein 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 18.5x more often with Reduced Protein Whey than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Reduced Protein Whey products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 88 | 38.8% | 2.1% |
| Blue 1 | 64 | 28.2% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 45 | 19.8% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 44 | 19.4% | 4.8% |
| Red 3 | 26 | 11.5% | 1.1% |
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 Protein Whey
Products Containing Reduced Protein Whey
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 227 indexed products containing Reduced Protein Whey:
Reduced Protein Whey vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Reduced Protein Whey: 227 products, mean screening score 70.5/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Natural Chocolate Flavor · Organic Cumin Powder · Millet Flour. 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.
Using the Reduced Protein Whey evidence
Start from Reduced Protein Whey's 227 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Reduced Protein Whey and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Reduced Protein Whey next to “Organic Cumin Powder” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Reduced Protein Whey sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
56.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Reduced Protein Whey is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Reduced Protein Whey? ▼
Reduced Protein Whey ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,798 of 247,206), appearing in 227 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Reduced Protein Whey so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Reduced Protein Whey appears in 227 products (#1,798 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Reduced Protein 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.