Beta Carotene For Color
Beta Carotene For Color appears in 364 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
Beta Carotene For Color appears in 364 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.
- 364
- catalogued products
- #1,292
- usage rank of 247,206
- 79
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 87 of 364 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 25% Less Sodium Chicken Noodle Soup; A Refreshing Herbal Tonic; AJ - Home Style Broccoli & Cheddar Soup to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Beta Carotene For Color itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Meals supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
87 of 364 linked records have some flagged component
All 363 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.
High-volume listing for Beta Carotene For Color - usage rank #1,292
- Usage rank
- #1,292
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 364 products, listed in more products than 99.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 364 parsed labels, slot 22.0 on average. Beta Carotene For Color tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Beta Carotene For Color
Across the 364 products on this site that list Beta Carotene For Color, 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 2.3x more often with Beta Carotene For Color than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Beta Carotene For Color products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 38 | 10.4% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 24 | 6.6% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 18 | 4.9% | 1.4% |
| Sucralose | 16 | 4.4% | 2.7% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 10 | 2.7% | 1.8% |
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 Beta Carotene For Color
Products Containing Beta Carotene For Color
16 busy labels from the 364 indexed products that list Beta Carotene For Color:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Calcium Iodate”)
High-volume peers for Beta Carotene For Color: 364 products, mean screening score 96/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Calcium Iodate; Organic Pea Starch; Stearic Acid. 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.
Using the Beta Carotene For Color evidence
364 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Beta Carotene For Color are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Beta Carotene For Color to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- 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 Beta Carotene For Color
Does Beta Carotene For Color 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 Beta Carotene For Color. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Beta Carotene For Color? ▼
Beta Carotene For Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,292 of 247,206), appearing in 364 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Beta Carotene For Color so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Beta Carotene For Color appears in 364 products (#1,292 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Beta Carotene For Color). 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.