Artificial Colors Red 40
Artificial Colors Red 40 appears in 34 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 Colors Red 40 appears in 34 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.
- 34
- catalogued products
- #6,452
- usage rank of 247,206
- 7
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Artificial Colors Red 40 as the trigger. Open records such as Christmas tree lollipop; Cottondale, Assorted Jelly Beans; Cottondale, Springtime Jelly Mix Candy and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 34.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 69% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 34 of 34 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.
Artificial Colors Red 40 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#6,452 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,452
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 125 others that also appear in exactly 34 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Mean relative depth 69% across 34 parsed labels, slot 7.9 on average. Artificial Colors Red 40 tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Artificial Colors Red 40
Across the 34 products on this site that list Artificial Colors Red 40, 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. Blue 1 shows up about 21.7x more often with Artificial Colors Red 40 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Artificial Colors Red 40 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue 1 | 31 | 91.2% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 26 | 76.5% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 19 | 55.9% | 3.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 9 | 26.5% | 2.1% |
| Red 40 | 6 | 17.6% | 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 Artificial Colors Red 40
Products Containing Artificial Colors Red 40
16 busy labels from the 34 indexed products that list Artificial Colors Red 40:
Artificial Colors Red 40 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Artificial Colors Red 40 sits among other busy catalog rows (34 products, mean score 34.7/100). 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 Artificial Colors Red 40 page
Start from Artificial Colors Red 40's 34 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Artificial Colors Red 40 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Artificial Colors Red 40 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Artificial Colors Red 40 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Artificial Colors Red 40? ▼
Artificial Colors Red 40 ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,452 of 247,206), appearing in 34 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Artificial Colors Red 40 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Artificial Colors Red 40 appears in 34 products (#6,452 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Artificial Colors Red 40). 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.