Artificial Vanilla Flavor
Artificial Vanilla Flavor appears in 326 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 Vanilla Flavor appears in 326 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.
- 326
- catalogued products
- #1,399
- usage rank of 247,206
- 124
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.3% 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 Vanilla Flavor as the trigger. Open records such as 100% lactose free milk; Advent Calendar With Treats; Almond Choco Ball and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 78.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 74% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 315 of 323 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 Vanilla Flavor: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,399 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,399
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6 others that also appear in exactly 326 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 326 products listing it (mean slot 20.1). Artificial Vanilla Flavor usually falls in the lower half of the 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Artificial Vanilla Flavor
Across the 326 products on this site that list Artificial Vanilla Flavor, 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 5.4x more often with Artificial Vanilla Flavor than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Artificial Vanilla Flavor products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 79 | 24.2% | 4.5% |
| Red 40 | 60 | 18.4% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 51 | 15.6% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 50 | 15.3% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 46 | 14.1% | 1.3% |
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 Vanilla Flavor
Products Containing Artificial Vanilla Flavor
High-volume slice (16 of 326) for products naming Artificial Vanilla Flavor:
Artificial Vanilla Flavor vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Artificial Vanilla Flavor: 326 listings averaging 78.4/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Calcium Ascorbate · Hydrolyzed Corn · Kidney Beans.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Artificial Vanilla Flavor page
Start from Artificial Vanilla Flavor's 326 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Artificial Vanilla Flavor and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Artificial Vanilla Flavor
How should I read safety signals when Artificial Vanilla Flavor sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.3% 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 Vanilla Flavor is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Artificial Vanilla Flavor? ▼
Artificial Vanilla Flavor ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,399 of 247,206), appearing in 326 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Artificial Vanilla Flavor so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Artificial Vanilla Flavor appears in 326 products (#1,399 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Artificial Vanilla Flavor). 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.