Wheat Farina
Wheat Farina appears in 78 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
Wheat Farina appears in 78 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.
- 78
- catalogued products
- #3,709
- usage rank of 247,206
- 14
- named brands represented
- 19%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
51.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Wheat Farina as the trigger. Open records such as Balanced Vegetarian Kofta Curry; Bananas & Cream Instant Hot Cereal; Blazing Buffalo Chicken, Bacon & Jalapeno Pepper Jack Cheese Club Sub, Blazing Buffalo and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 90.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 19% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 57 of 75 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.
High-volume listing for Wheat Farina - usage rank #3,709
- Usage rank
- #3,709
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 30 others that also appear in exactly 78 products, listed in more products than 98.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 19%
- Mean relative depth 19% across 78 parsed labels, slot 8.6 on average. Wheat Farina tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 else is usually in the same product as Wheat Farina
Across the 78 products on this site that list Wheat Farina, 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. BHT shows up about 30.3x more often with Wheat Farina than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Wheat Farina products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHT | 26 | 33.3% | 1.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 23 | 29.5% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 8 | 10.3% | 2.4% |
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 Wheat Farina
Products Containing Wheat Farina
High-volume slice (16 of 78) for products naming Wheat Farina:
High-volume peers for Wheat Farina beside “Black Sesame Seed”
Top-decile company for Wheat Farina: 78 listings averaging 90.8/100. Nearest count peers include “Black Sesame Seed”, “Blueberry Juice From Concentrate”, “Organic Cane”.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Wheat Farina page
78 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Wheat Farina are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Wheat Farina to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Wheat Farina next to “Blueberry Juice From Concentrate” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Wheat Farina
How should I read safety signals when Wheat Farina sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Wheat Farina is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Wheat Farina? ▼
Wheat Farina ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,709 of 247,206), appearing in 78 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Wheat Farina so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Wheat Farina appears in 78 products (#3,709 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Wheat Farina). 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.