Artificial Flavor
Artificial Flavor appears in 16,788 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
Artificial Flavor appears in 16,788 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.
- 16,788
- catalogued products
- #58
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2,511
- named brands represented
- 67%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
56.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Artificial Flavor as the trigger. Open records such as 0016500579793; 1% chocolate lowfat milk; 1% chocolate lowfat milk and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 74.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 67% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
56.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 16783 of 16783 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Artificial Flavor: top-decile catalog footprint (#58 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #58
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 67%
- Averaged label depth puts Artificial Flavor in the lower half of the list (67% of list length, mean slot 17.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Artificial Flavor
Across the 16,788 products on this site that list Artificial Flavor, 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. Red 40 shows up about 4.6x more often with Artificial Flavor than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Artificial Flavor products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 4,217 | 25.1% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 3,320 | 19.8% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 3,308 | 19.7% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 2,506 | 14.9% | 3.4% |
| Carrageenan | 2,076 | 12.4% | 4.5% |
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 Artificial Flavor
Products Containing Artificial Flavor
High-volume slice (16 of 16,788) for products naming Artificial Flavor:
High-volume peers for Artificial Flavor beside “Butter”
High-volume peers for Artificial Flavor: 16,788 products, mean screening score 74.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Butter; Malted Barley Flour; Sodium Citrate. 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.
Next steps from the Artificial Flavor page
Start from Artificial Flavor's 16,788 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Artificial Flavor before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Artificial Flavor sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
56.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Artificial Flavor is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Artificial Flavor? ▼
Artificial Flavor ranks in the top decile by product count (#58 of 247,206), appearing in 16,788 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Artificial Flavor so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Artificial Flavor appears in 16,788 products (#58 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Artificial Flavor). 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.