Artificial Flavorings
Artificial Flavorings appears in 64 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 Flavorings appears in 64 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.
- 64
- catalogued products
- #4,211
- usage rank of 247,206
- 33
- named brands represented
- 66%
- 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: 22 of 64 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bbq rib sandwich; Beef and Crispy Onion Rame; Bigga, Jamaica Kola Soft Drink to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Artificial Flavorings 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.
22 of 64 linked records have some flagged component
All 64 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 Artificial Flavorings - usage rank #4,211
- Usage rank
- #4,211
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 37 others that also appear in exactly 64 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 66%
- Averaged label depth puts Artificial Flavorings in the lower half of the list (66% of list length, mean slot 15.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Artificial Flavorings
Across the 64 products on this site that list Artificial Flavorings, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.5x more often with Artificial Flavorings than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Artificial Flavorings products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 9 | 14.1% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 7 | 10.9% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 9.4% | 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 Artificial Flavorings
Products Containing Artificial Flavorings
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 64 indexed products containing Artificial Flavorings:
High-volume peers for Artificial Flavorings beside “Acidophilus”
High-volume peers for Artificial Flavorings: 64 products, mean screening score 90.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Acidophilus; Ail; Aloe vera. 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 Flavorings page
64 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Artificial Flavorings are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Artificial Flavorings to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Artificial Flavorings next to “Ail” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Artificial Flavorings 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 Artificial Flavorings. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Artificial Flavorings? ▼
Artificial Flavorings ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,211 of 247,206), appearing in 64 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Artificial Flavorings so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Artificial Flavorings appears in 64 products (#4,211 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Artificial Flavorings). 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.