Texture Vegetable Protein

Texture Vegetable Protein appears in 9 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

Texture Vegetable Protein appears in 9 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.

9
catalogued products
#16,390
usage rank of 247,206
3
named brands represented
26%
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

Audit the co-occurring flags first

66.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Texture Vegetable Protein as the trigger. Open records such as Chili With Beans; Mild Beef Taco Dip Cantina Dips; Self Rising Pizza and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 26% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

66.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 8 of 8 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.

Texture Vegetable Protein: top-decile catalog footprint (#16,390 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#16,390
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,423 others that also appear in exactly 9 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
26%
Averaged label depth puts Texture Vegetable Protein in the upper half of the list (26% of list length, mean slot 13.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 9 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 Texture Vegetable Protein

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 9 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 406080100120 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Texture Vegetable Protein Chili With BeansMild Beef Taco Dip Cantina DipsSelf Rising Pizzaasmars vegetarian chicken saladBar-b-q sauce with pulled beefMax cheesy bold beef nacho cheese burrito, max cheesy boldOriginal thin pizzaSupreme pizzaVegetarian meat substitute
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.

High-volume peers for Texture Vegetable Protein

High-volume peers for Texture Vegetable Protein: 9 products, mean screening score 81.1/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.

Similar mean product score

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

What to do with this Texture Vegetable Protein record

Start from Texture Vegetable Protein's 9 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Texture Vegetable Protein to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
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This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Texture Vegetable Protein — common follow-ups

How should I read safety signals when Texture Vegetable Protein sits in heavily flagged products?

66.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Texture Vegetable Protein is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Texture Vegetable Protein?

Texture Vegetable Protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#16,390 of 247,206), appearing in 9 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Texture Vegetable Protein so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Texture Vegetable Protein appears in 9 products (#16,390 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Texture Vegetable 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.