Whey Proteins
Whey Proteins appears in 35 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 Proteins appears in 35 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.
- 35
- catalogued products
- #6,340
- usage rank of 247,206
- 18
- named brands represented
- 60%
- 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: 13 of 35 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare b-ready; Chunky Chicken Corn Chowder; Condensed Soup to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 65–100 score range to Whey Proteins itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
13 of 35 linked records have some flagged component
All 35 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 65–100 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 Proteins - usage rank #6,340
- Usage rank
- #6,340
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 111 others that also appear in exactly 35 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 60%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 35 products listing it (mean slot 15.8). Whey Proteins usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Whey Proteins
Across the 35 products on this site that list Whey Proteins, 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 8.1x more often with Whey Proteins than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Whey Proteins products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 6 | 17.1% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | 14.3% | 5.7% |
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 Proteins
Products Containing Whey Proteins
16 busy labels from the 35 indexed products that list Whey Proteins:
High-volume peers for Whey Proteins
High-volume peers for Whey Proteins: 35 products, mean screening score 94.7/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Whey Proteins record
Use the 35-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 Whey Proteins to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- 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 Proteins 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 Proteins. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Whey Proteins? ▼
Whey Proteins ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,340 of 247,206), appearing in 35 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Whey Proteins so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Whey Proteins appears in 35 products (#6,340 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Whey Proteins). 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.