Annatto Extractives
Annatto Extractives appears in 11 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 Extractives appears in 11 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.
- 11
- catalogued products
- #14,190
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 87%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
63.6% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Annatto Extractives as the trigger. Open records such as Bouillon Packet, Chicken; Caldo/bouillon sabor de pollo chicken flavor; Chicken flavor bouillon and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 87% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
63.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 11 of 11 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.
Annatto Extractives: top-decile catalog footprint (#14,190 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #14,190
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 989 others that also appear in exactly 11 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 87%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 11 products listing it (mean slot 31.8). Annatto Extractives 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.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 11 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 Extractives
Products Containing Annatto Extractives
High-volume slice (11 of 11) for products naming Annatto Extractives:
Annatto Extractives vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Annatto Extractives sits among other busy catalog rows (11 products, mean score 83.2/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Annatto Extractives page
Use the 11-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Annatto Extractives and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Annatto Extractives
How should I read safety signals when Annatto Extractives sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
63.6% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Annatto Extractives is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Annatto Extractives? ▼
Annatto Extractives ranks in the top decile by product count (#14,190 of 247,206), appearing in 11 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Annatto Extractives so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Annatto Extractives appears in 11 products (#14,190 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Annatto Extractives). 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.