Soy Protein Isolate

Soy Protein Isolate appears in 3,949 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

Soy Protein Isolate appears in 3,949 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.

3,949
catalogued products
#256
usage rank of 247,206
546
named brands represented
30%
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: 1612 of 3949 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% Natural Fruit And Nutty Layered Granola Bar; 12 Protein Bars Variety Pack; 12 Soft Kaiser Rolls Enriced to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Soy Protein Isolate 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.

1612 of 3,949 linked records have some flagged component

All 3937 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.

Soy Protein Isolate: top-decile catalog footprint (#256 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#256
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
30%
Mean relative depth 30% across 3,964 parsed labels, slot 12.1 on average. Soy Protein Isolate tends to sit in the upper half of the 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 else is usually in the same product as Soy Protein Isolate

Across the 3,949 products on this site that list Soy Protein Isolate, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 3.6x more often with Soy Protein Isolate than in the catalogue at large.

Carrageenan: +11.7ppCarrageenan+11.7ppSucralose: +12.5ppSucralose+12.5ppCaramel Coloring: +4.1ppCaramel Coloring+4.1ppTitanium Dioxide: +3.7ppTitanium Dioxide+3.7ppPolysorbate 60: +4.1ppPolysorbate 60+4.1pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Soy Protein Isolate products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Carrageenan
11.7pp
Sucralose
12.5pp
Caramel Coloring
4.1pp
Titanium Dioxide
3.7pp
Polysorbate 60
4.1pp
Additive Shared products Share of Soy Protein Isolate products Share of all products
Carrageenan 639 16.2% 4.5%
Sucralose 601 15.2% 2.7%
Caramel Coloring 387 9.8% 5.7%
Titanium Dioxide 228 5.8% 2.1%
Polysorbate 60 219 5.5% 1.4%

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 Soy Protein Isolate

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 0246810 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Soy Protein Isolate
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Fumaric Acid”)

Top-decile company for Soy Protein Isolate: 3,949 listings averaging 89.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Fumaric Acid · Tapioca Syrup · Peanut Oil.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Soy Protein Isolate page

3,949 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Soy Protein Isolate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Check the listed products containing Soy Protein Isolate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
  • Place Soy Protein Isolate next to “Tapioca Syrup” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Soy Protein Isolate 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 Soy Protein Isolate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Soy Protein Isolate?

Soy Protein Isolate ranks in the top decile by product count (#256 of 247,206), appearing in 3,949 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Soy Protein Isolate so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Soy Protein Isolate appears in 3,949 products (#256 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Soy Protein Isolate). 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.