Soy Protein
Soy Protein appears in 1,403 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 appears in 1,403 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.
- 1,403
- catalogued products
- #535
- usage rank of 247,206
- 387
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 622 of 1403 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 12Pc Shrimp Temp Kabuki Roll, Shrimp Temp Kabuki; 12pc shrimp tempura kabuki roll wr; 24g Protein Peanut Butter Chocolate Flavor Protein Bar to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Soy Protein itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
622 of 1,403 linked records have some flagged component
All 1393 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 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#535 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #535
- 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
- 61%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,403 products listing it (mean slot 18.9). Soy Protein 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.
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 Soy Protein
Across the 1,403 products on this site that list Soy Protein, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.9x more often with Soy Protein than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Soy Protein products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 228 | 16.3% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 178 | 12.7% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 128 | 9.1% | 4.8% |
| Carrageenan | 120 | 8.6% | 4.5% |
| Red 3 | 110 | 7.8% | 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 Soy Protein
Products Containing Soy Protein
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 1,403 indexed products containing Soy Protein:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Anti-caking Agent”)
High-volume peers for Soy Protein: 1,403 products, mean screening score 86.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Anti-caking Agent; Polydextrose; Thiamine. 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 Soy Protein evidence
Use the 1,403-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Soy Protein before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Soy Protein next to “Polydextrose” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- 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
Does Soy Protein 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. 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? ▼
Soy Protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#535 of 247,206), appearing in 1,403 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Soy Protein so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Soy Protein appears in 1,403 products (#535 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Soy Protein). 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.