Annatto Extract
Annatto Extract appears in 4,175 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 Extract appears in 4,175 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.
- 4,175
- catalogued products
- #248
- usage rank of 247,206
- 853
- named brands represented
- 74%
- 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: 1606 of 4175 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1% lowfat yogurt; 100% Natural Crispy Chicken Patties; 7 Layer Dip to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Annatto Extract 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.
1606 of 4,175 linked records have some flagged component
All 4166 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 Extract sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#248 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #248
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Averaged label depth puts Annatto Extract in the lower half of the list (74% of list length, mean slot 22.4). 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 Annatto Extract
Across the 4,175 products on this site that list Annatto Extract, 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 2.3x more often with Annatto Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Annatto Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 553 | 13.2% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 355 | 8.5% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 6 | 291 | 7% | 3.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 290 | 6.9% | 4.8% |
| Red 40 | 258 | 6.2% | 5.4% |
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 Extract
Products Containing Annatto Extract
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 4,175 indexed products containing Annatto Extract:
Annatto Extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Annatto Extract: 4,175 listings averaging 89.7/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Apple Cider Vinegar; Jalapeno Peppers; Calcium Phosphate.
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 Annatto Extract evidence
Use the 4,175-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Annatto Extract and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Annatto Extract — common follow-ups
Does Annatto Extract 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 Extract. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Annatto Extract? ▼
Annatto Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#248 of 247,206), appearing in 4,175 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Annatto Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Annatto Extract appears in 4,175 products (#248 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Annatto Extract). 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.