Wheat Protein
Wheat Protein appears in 458 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 Protein appears in 458 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.
- 458
- catalogued products
- #1,094
- usage rank of 247,206
- 153
- named brands represented
- 47%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 146 of 458 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% whole wheat soft taco; 12Pc Shrimp Temp Kabuki Roll, Shrimp Temp Kabuki; 12pc shrimp tempura kabuki roll wr to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Wheat Protein itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
146 of 458 linked records have some flagged component
All 456 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Wheat Protein: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,094 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,094
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 458 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 47%
- Averaged label depth puts Wheat Protein in the upper half of the list (47% of list length, mean slot 17.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 else is usually in the same product as Wheat Protein
Across the 458 products on this site that list Wheat Protein, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 3.4x more often with Wheat Protein than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Wheat Protein products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 88 | 19.2% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 35 | 7.6% | 1.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 28 | 6.1% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 27 | 5.9% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 26 | 5.7% | 5.4% |
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 Protein
Products Containing Wheat Protein
High-volume slice (16 of 458) for products naming Wheat Protein:
High-volume peers for Wheat Protein beside “Lard”
Top-decile company for Wheat Protein: 458 listings averaging 90.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Lard · Diglycerides · Shallot.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Wheat Protein record
Use the 458-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 Protein to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare Wheat Protein with a peer such as “Lard” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Wheat Protein carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Wheat Protein. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Wheat Protein? ▼
Wheat Protein ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,094 of 247,206), appearing in 458 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 Protein so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Wheat Protein appears in 458 products (#1,094 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Wheat 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.