Whey Solids
Whey Solids appears in 891 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 Solids appears in 891 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.
- 891
- catalogued products
- #717
- usage rank of 247,206
- 250
- named brands represented
- 52%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 413 of 891 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 3 SALTED CARAMEL ICE CREAM; 4 cheese garlic bread; 80% Vegetable Oil Margarine to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Whey Solids 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.
413 of 891 linked records have some flagged component
All 891 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.
Whey Solids sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#717 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #717
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 891 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 52%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 891 products listing it (mean slot 21.4). Whey Solids 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 Solids
Across the 891 products on this site that list Whey Solids, 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 3.3x more often with Whey Solids than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Whey Solids products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 131 | 14.7% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 105 | 11.8% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 69 | 7.7% | 4.8% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 61 | 6.8% | 2.1% |
| TBHQ | 61 | 6.8% | 0.5% |
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 Solids
Products Containing Whey Solids
16 busy labels from the 891 indexed products that list Whey Solids:
Whey Solids vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Whey Solids: 891 products, mean screening score 86.8/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Firming Agent · Organic Banana · Soybean Lecithin. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
Using the Whey Solids evidence
Use the 891-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 Solids to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Whey Solids next to “Organic Banana” (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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Whey Solids — common follow-ups
Does Whey Solids 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 Solids. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Whey Solids? ▼
Whey Solids ranks in the top decile by product count (#717 of 247,206), appearing in 891 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Whey Solids so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Whey Solids appears in 891 products (#717 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Whey Solids). 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.