Water Kefir Cultures

Water Kefir Cultures appears in 3 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

Water Kefir Cultures appears in 3 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
catalogued products
#35,091
usage rank of 247,206
1
named brands represented
48%
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.

Upper-half catalog placement for Water Kefir Cultures (#35,091)

Usage rank
#35,091
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
48%
Averaged label depth puts Water Kefir Cultures in the upper half of the list (48% of list length, mean slot 4.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.

What this page can and cannot answer

A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance

No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Water Kefir Cultures reaches 1 named brands, most often appears under Beverages, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Sparkling probiotic drink concord grape; Doctor D’s Sparkling Probiotic Pineapple Paradise; sparkling probiotic tart cherry. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.

0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient

Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group unclassified (0 of 0), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.

Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.

Products Containing Water Kefir Cultures

Full indexed set for Water Kefir Cultures — 3 products:

Download these 3 product rows (CSV) 3 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Parallel catalog profiles to Water Kefir Cultures

Peer axes for Water Kefir Cultures: 3 products · mean score 100/100.

Similar mean product score

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

Using the Water Kefir Cultures evidence

Start from Water Kefir Cultures's 3 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Water Kefir Cultures to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
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  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology

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

Water Kefir Cultures — common follow-ups

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Water Kefir Cultures?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Water Kefir Cultures, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#35,091 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Where does Water Kefir Cultures show up across the catalog?

Water Kefir Cultures sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.

Why is Water Kefir Cultures so common on ingredient lists?

The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Water Kefir Cultures. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Water Kefir Cultures). 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.