Wheat Germ
Wheat Germ appears in 472 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 Germ appears in 472 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.
- 472
- catalogued products
- #1,075
- usage rank of 247,206
- 179
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Wheat Germ - usage rank #1,075
- Usage rank
- #1,075
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 5 others that also appear in exactly 472 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Mean relative depth 59% across 472 parsed labels, slot 18.3 on average. Wheat Germ tends to sit in the lower half of the 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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.5% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Wheat Germ spans 179 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 100% Whole Grain Bread; 100% whole wheat; 100% Whole Wheat Bagels when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.1/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
179 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 386 of 454 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Wheat Germ
Across the 472 products on this site that list Wheat Germ, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Wheat Germ products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 35 | 7.4% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 30 | 6.4% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 14 | 3% | 5.4% |
| Carrageenan | 12 | 2.5% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 11 | 2.3% | 2.7% |
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 Germ
Products Containing Wheat Germ
High-volume slice (16 of 472) for products naming Wheat Germ:
High-volume peers for Wheat Germ beside “Organic Baby Spinach”
Top-decile company for Wheat Germ: 472 listings averaging 96.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Organic Baby Spinach · Durum Semolina · Enzymes And Annatto.
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.
What to do with this Wheat Germ record
Use the 472-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Wheat Germ and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare Wheat Germ with a peer such as “Organic Baby Spinach” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- 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
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Wheat Germ? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Wheat Germ, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,075 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Wheat Germ? ▼
Wheat Germ ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,075 of 247,206), appearing in 472 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 Germ so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Wheat Germ appears in 472 products (#1,075 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Wheat Germ). 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.