Beta-apo-8'-carotenal
Beta-apo-8'-carotenal carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 29 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Beta-apo-8'-carotenal appears in 29 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Color Additive.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 29
- catalogued products
- #7,222
- usage rank of 247,206
- 14
- named brands represented
- 76%
- 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.
Beta-apo-8'-carotenal: top-decile catalog footprint (#7,222 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,222
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 199 others that also appear in exactly 29 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 76%
- Mean relative depth 76% across 29 parsed labels, slot 36.3 on average. Beta-apo-8'-carotenal 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 7 of 29 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Chill Frozen Orange; Cinnamon Rolls; Creamed Spinach Snacks to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 30–100 score range to Beta-apo-8'-carotenal itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
7 of 29 linked records have some flagged component
All 29 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 30–100 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.
Function
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
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-apo-8'-carotenal
Products Containing Beta-apo-8'-carotenal
16 busy labels from the 29 indexed products that list Beta-apo-8'-carotenal:
Beta-apo-8'-carotenal vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Beta-apo-8'-carotenal: 29 listings averaging 92.1/100.
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-apo-8'-carotenal evidence
Use the 29-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Beta-apo-8'-carotenal before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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-apo-8'-carotenal
Does Beta-apo-8'-carotenal carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. Beta-apo-8'-carotenal itself carries and FDA SAFFA status "Color Additive" where the source record supplies them. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Beta-apo-8'-carotenal? ▼
Beta-apo-8'-carotenal ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,222 of 247,206), appearing in 29 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What does Beta-apo-8'-carotenal do in food? ▼
Beta-apo-8'-carotenal is recorded as a color or coloring adjunct in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Beta-apo-8'-carotenal). 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.