B-carotene
B-carotene appears in 63 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
B-carotene appears in 63 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.
- 63
- catalogued products
- #4,249
- usage rank of 247,206
- 36
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 23 of 63 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders; Aloe juice; Aloe Vera Drink, Pineapple to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to B-carotene 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.
23 of 63 linked records have some flagged component
All 63 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.
B-carotene sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,249 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,249
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 52 others that also appear in exactly 63 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Averaged label depth puts B-carotene in the lower half of the list (74% of list length, mean slot 16.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as B-carotene
Across the 63 products on this site that list B-carotene, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 10.2x more often with B-carotene than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of B-carotene products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 9 | 14.3% | 1.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 11.1% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 6 | 9.5% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 6 | 9.5% | 4.2% |
| Sucralose | 5 | 7.9% | 2.7% |
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 B-carotene
Products Containing B-carotene
High-volume slice (16 of 63) for products naming B-carotene:
High-volume peers for B-carotene beside “2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil”
High-volume peers for B-carotene: 63 products, mean screening score 87.5/100. Nearest count peers include “2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil”, “Acai Powder”, “Organic Acerola Extract”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
What to do with this B-carotene record
Use the 63-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for B-carotene and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare B-carotene with a peer such as “2% Or Less Of Vegetable Oil” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does B-carotene 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 B-carotene. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with B-carotene? ▼
B-carotene ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,249 of 247,206), appearing in 63 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is B-carotene so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet B-carotene appears in 63 products (#4,249 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (B-carotene). 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.