Artificially Flavored

Artificially Flavored appears in 31 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

Artificially Flavored appears in 31 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.

31
catalogued products
#6,896
usage rank of 247,206
14
named brands represented
60%
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: 13 of 31 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare America's Best, Cherry Slices; Arnie's, assorted cupcakes; Cajun Shrimp Cakes to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Artificially Flavored 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.

13 of 31 linked records have some flagged component

All 30 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.

Artificially Flavored: top-decile catalog footprint (#6,896 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#6,896
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 153 others that also appear in exactly 31 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
60%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 31 products listing it (mean slot 18.7). Artificially Flavored 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 Artificially Flavored

Across the 31 products on this site that list Artificially Flavored, 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 5.7x more often with Artificially Flavored than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +26.6ppCaramel Coloring+26.6ppRed 40: +17.2ppRed 40+17.2ppBlue 1: +18.4ppBlue 1+18.4ppYellow 5: +11.3ppYellow 5+11.3ppYellow 6: +12.7ppYellow 6+12.7pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Artificially Flavored products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Caramel Coloring
26.6pp
Red 40
17.2pp
Blue 1
18.4pp
Yellow 5
11.3pp
Yellow 6
12.7pp
Additive Shared products Share of Artificially Flavored products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 10 32.3% 5.7%
Red 40 7 22.6% 5.4%
Blue 1 7 22.6% 4.2%
Yellow 5 5 16.1% 4.8%
Yellow 6 5 16.1% 3.4%

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 Artificially Flavored

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 02468 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Artificially Flavored
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Artificially Flavored vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Artificially Flavored sits among other busy catalog rows (31 products, mean score 79.2/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the Artificially Flavored evidence

Use the 31-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Artificially Flavored to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Artificially Flavored

Does Artificially Flavored 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 Artificially Flavored. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Artificially Flavored?

Artificially Flavored ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,896 of 247,206), appearing in 31 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Artificially Flavored so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Artificially Flavored appears in 31 products (#6,896 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Artificially Flavored). 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.