S. Thermophilus
S. Thermophilus appears in 1,582 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
S. Thermophilus appears in 1,582 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.
- 1,582
- catalogued products
- #494
- usage rank of 247,206
- 228
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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.
S. Thermophilus: top-decile catalog footprint (#494 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #494
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,582 products listing it (mean slot 11.0). S. Thermophilus 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.
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
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.4% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: S. Thermophilus spans 228 named brands and is led by the Dairies group. Start with 100 Calorie Greek Nonfat Yogurt; 100 calorie greek nonfat yogurt, tart cherry, tart cherry; 100 calories greek strained nonfat yogurt when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
228 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 1302 of 1533 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as S. Thermophilus
Across the 1,582 products on this site that list S. Thermophilus, 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. Sucralose shows up about 3.2x more often with S. Thermophilus than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of S. Thermophilus products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 136 | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 120 | 7.6% | 1.8% |
| Carrageenan | 45 | 2.8% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 39 | 2.5% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 35 | 2.2% | 5.4% |
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 S. Thermophilus
Products Containing S. Thermophilus
16 busy labels from the 1,582 indexed products that list S. Thermophilus:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Natural & Artificial Flavor”)
Top-decile company for S. Thermophilus: 1,582 listings averaging 96.1/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Natural & Artificial Flavor; Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate; Oat Flour.
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 S. Thermophilus evidence
Start from S. Thermophilus's 1,582 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list S. Thermophilus to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place S. Thermophilus next to “Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- 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.
Questions readers ask about S. Thermophilus
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on S. Thermophilus? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to S. Thermophilus, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#494 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with S. Thermophilus? ▼
S. Thermophilus ranks in the top decile by product count (#494 of 247,206), appearing in 1,582 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is S. Thermophilus so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet S. Thermophilus appears in 1,582 products (#494 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (S. Thermophilus). 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.