Apocarotenal
Apocarotenal appears in 366 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
Apocarotenal appears in 366 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.
- 366
- catalogued products
- #1,288
- usage rank of 247,206
- 115
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 157 of 366 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 2% Milk Cheese; 2-slice fudge brownie cheesecake; Aged Cheddar And Broccoli Soup to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 20–100 score range to Apocarotenal itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
157 of 366 linked records have some flagged component
All 366 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 20–100 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.
Apocarotenal: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,288 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,288
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 366 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Averaged label depth puts Apocarotenal near the end of the captured list (78% of list length, mean slot 31.3). 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 Apocarotenal
Across the 366 products on this site that list Apocarotenal, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 3.3x more often with Apocarotenal than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Apocarotenal products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 55 | 15% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 55 | 15% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 31 | 8.5% | 1.3% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 30 | 8.2% | 2.4% |
| Red 40 | 23 | 6.3% | 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 Apocarotenal
Products Containing Apocarotenal
16 busy labels from the 366 indexed products that list Apocarotenal:
Apocarotenal vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Apocarotenal sits among other busy catalog rows (366 products, mean score 92.1/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Grape Juice From Concentrate; Organic White Grape Juice From Concentrate; Edamame. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Apocarotenal evidence
366 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Apocarotenal are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Apocarotenal before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Apocarotenal with a peer such as “Grape Juice From Concentrate” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Apocarotenal — common follow-ups
Does Apocarotenal 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 Apocarotenal. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Apocarotenal? ▼
Apocarotenal ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,288 of 247,206), appearing in 366 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Apocarotenal so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Apocarotenal appears in 366 products (#1,288 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Apocarotenal). 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.