Annatto Coloring
Annatto Coloring appears in 96 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
Annatto Coloring appears in 96 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.
- 96
- catalogued products
- #3,214
- usage rank of 247,206
- 41
- named brands represented
- 81%
- 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: 21 of 96 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bacon Cheddar Gourmet Dip; Beef & Pork Sausage; Blue Marble Cheese to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Annatto Coloring itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Dairies supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
21 of 96 linked records have some flagged component
All 92 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.
Annatto Coloring: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,214 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,214
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 23 others that also appear in exactly 96 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 81%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 96 products listing it (mean slot 14.3). Annatto Coloring usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Annatto Coloring
Across the 96 products on this site that list Annatto Coloring, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 4.3x more often with Annatto Coloring than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Annatto Coloring products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 10 | 10.4% | 2.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | 6.3% | 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 Annatto Coloring
Products Containing Annatto Coloring
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 96 indexed products containing Annatto Coloring:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate”)
Top-decile company for Annatto Coloring: 96 listings averaging 95.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate; Cake; Organic Chard.
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.
What to do with this Annatto Coloring record
Start from Annatto Coloring's 96 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Annatto Coloring and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Annatto Coloring
Does Annatto Coloring 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 Annatto Coloring. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Annatto Coloring? ▼
Annatto Coloring ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,214 of 247,206), appearing in 96 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Annatto Coloring so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Annatto Coloring appears in 96 products (#3,214 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Annatto Coloring). 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.