Wheat Malt
Wheat Malt appears in 66 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 Malt appears in 66 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.
- 66
- catalogued products
- #4,131
- usage rank of 247,206
- 26
- named brands represented
- 77%
- 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.
Wheat Malt sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,131 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,131
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 47 others that also appear in exactly 66 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 77%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 66 products listing it (mean slot 20.6). Wheat Malt usually falls near the end of the captured 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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 7.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Wheat Malt spans 26 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with All Natural Crostini Italian Cheese; Aloha Fridays; Assorted Hazelnut Pralines when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
26 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 50 of 65 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.
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 Malt
Products Containing Wheat Malt
High-volume slice (16 of 66) for products naming Wheat Malt:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Almond Protein”)
Top-decile company for Wheat Malt: 66 listings averaging 96.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Almond Protein; Alpha Amylase; Arôme.
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.
What to do with this Wheat Malt record
Use the 66-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Wheat Malt to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Wheat Malt next to “Alpha Amylase” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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 Malt? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Wheat Malt, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,131 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Wheat Malt? ▼
Wheat Malt ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,131 of 247,206), appearing in 66 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Wheat Malt so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Wheat Malt appears in 66 products (#4,131 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Wheat Malt). 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.