Whey Protein Concentrate
Whey Protein Concentrate carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 7,685 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Whey Protein Concentrate appears in 7,685 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “GRAS.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 7,685
- catalogued products
- #151
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1,278
- named brands represented
- 41%
- 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 Whey Protein Concentrate - usage rank #151
- Usage rank
- #151
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 41%
- Mean relative depth 41% across 7,692 parsed labels, slot 14.1 on average. Whey Protein Concentrate tends to sit in the upper 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 3320 of 7685 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1% LOWFAT COTTAGE CHEESE; 1% Lowfat Cottage Cheese; 1% Milkfat Lowfat Cottage Cheese to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Whey Protein Concentrate 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.
3320 of 7,685 linked records have some flagged component
All 7685 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Whey Protein Concentrate
Across the 7,685 products on this site that list Whey Protein Concentrate, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 3.9x more often with Whey Protein Concentrate than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Whey Protein Concentrate products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 1,361 | 17.7% | 4.5% |
| Sucralose | 897 | 11.7% | 2.7% |
| Yellow 6 | 625 | 8.1% | 3.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 526 | 6.8% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 521 | 6.8% | 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.
Function
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
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 Protein Concentrate
Products Containing Whey Protein Concentrate
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 7,685 indexed products containing Whey Protein Concentrate:
Whey Protein Concentrate vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Whey Protein Concentrate: 7,685 listings averaging 87.8/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Buttermilk; Celery; Soy.
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.
Using the Whey Protein Concentrate evidence
7,685 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Whey Protein Concentrate are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Whey Protein Concentrate to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Whey Protein Concentrate next to “Celery” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Whey Protein Concentrate carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Whey Protein Concentrate itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "GRAS" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Whey Protein Concentrate? ▼
Whey Protein Concentrate ranks in the top decile by product count (#151 of 247,206), appearing in 7,685 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Whey Protein Concentrate do in food? ▼
Whey Protein Concentrate is recorded as a flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, nutrient supplement, solvent or vehicle, stabilizer or thickener, texturizer in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Whey Protein Concentrate). 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.