Wheat Protein Isolate
Wheat Protein Isolate appears in 734 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 Isolate appears in 734 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.
- 734
- catalogued products
- #811
- usage rank of 247,206
- 200
- named brands represented
- 45%
- 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: 228 of 734 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% Whole Grain White Bread; 150 Calories Penne Rigate; 2 Layer Cake to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Wheat Protein Isolate itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
228 of 734 linked records have some flagged component
All 731 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.
High-volume listing for Wheat Protein Isolate - usage rank #811
- Usage rank
- #811
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 734 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 45%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 734 products listing it (mean slot 16.9). Wheat Protein Isolate usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Protein Isolate
Across the 734 products on this site that list Wheat Protein Isolate, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 9.1x more often with Wheat Protein Isolate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Wheat Protein Isolate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 94 | 12.8% | 1.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 81 | 11% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 54 | 7.4% | 4.8% |
| Carrageenan | 49 | 6.7% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 48 | 6.5% | 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 Isolate
Products Containing Wheat Protein Isolate
16 busy labels from the 734 indexed products that list Wheat Protein Isolate:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Fruit Juice”)
Wheat Protein Isolate sits among other busy catalog rows (734 products, mean score 90.1/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Fruit Juice; Spirulina Extract; Pepperoni. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Next steps from the Wheat Protein Isolate page
Start from Wheat Protein Isolate's 734 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Wheat Protein Isolate before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Wheat Protein Isolate next to “Spirulina Extract” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Wheat Protein Isolate — common follow-ups
Does Wheat Protein Isolate 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 Isolate. 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 Isolate? ▼
Wheat Protein Isolate ranks in the top decile by product count (#811 of 247,206), appearing in 734 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Wheat Protein Isolate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Wheat Protein Isolate appears in 734 products (#811 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Wheat Protein Isolate). 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.