Whey Permeate
Whey Permeate appears in 377 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
Whey Permeate appears in 377 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.
- 377
- catalogued products
- #1,260
- usage rank of 247,206
- 74
- named brands represented
- 46%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 146 of 377 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Ahold, mini rice snacks, cheddar; Air Popped Popcorn; Ancient Grains Crackers to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Whey Permeate 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.
146 of 377 linked records have some flagged component
All 377 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 Whey Permeate - usage rank #1,260
- Usage rank
- #1,260
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 377 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 46%
- Mean relative depth 46% across 377 parsed labels, slot 16.3 on average. Whey Permeate tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Whey Permeate
Across the 377 products on this site that list Whey Permeate, 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. Blue 1 shows up about 7x more often with Whey Permeate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Whey Permeate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue 1 | 110 | 29.2% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 40 | 10.6% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 19 | 5% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 14 | 3.7% | 2.1% |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | 2.7% | 4.8% |
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 Whey Permeate
Products Containing Whey Permeate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 377 indexed products containing Whey Permeate:
Whey Permeate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Whey Permeate sits among other busy catalog rows (377 products, mean score 87.1/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Soybean And Palm Oil With Tbhq For Freshness; Sweet Whey; Tuna. 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.
What to do with this Whey Permeate record
Start from Whey Permeate's 377 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Whey Permeate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Whey Permeate next to “Sweet Whey” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Whey Permeate 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 Whey Permeate. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Whey Permeate? ▼
Whey Permeate ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,260 of 247,206), appearing in 377 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Whey Permeate so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Whey Permeate appears in 377 products (#1,260 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Whey Permeate). 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.