Beta-carotene Color
Beta-carotene Color appears in 275 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 Color appears in 275 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.
- 275
- catalogued products
- #1,569
- usage rank of 247,206
- 77
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 115 of 275 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 6 Brioche Hot Dog Rolls; Aloe vera drink peach flavor; Apple Crumb Coffee Cake to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Beta-carotene Color 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.
115 of 275 linked records have some flagged component
All 274 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.
Beta-carotene Color: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,569 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,569
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 275 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 74%
- Averaged label depth puts Beta-carotene Color in the lower half of the list (74% of list length, mean slot 25.9). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 Color
Across the 275 products on this site that list Beta-carotene 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 13.5x more often with Beta-carotene Color than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Beta-carotene Color products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 52 | 18.9% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 44 | 16% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 43 | 15.6% | 4.8% |
| Carrageenan | 39 | 14.2% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 36 | 13.1% | 5.7% |
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 Beta-carotene Color
Products Containing Beta-carotene Color
High-volume slice (16 of 275) for products naming Beta-carotene Color:
Beta-carotene Color vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Beta-carotene Color: 275 products, mean screening score 81.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Agua; Organic Cacao Powder; Red Pepper Flakes. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Beta-carotene Color record
Use the 275-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Beta-carotene Color before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Beta-carotene 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 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 Color? ▼
Beta-carotene Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,569 of 247,206), appearing in 275 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Beta-carotene Color so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Beta-carotene Color appears in 275 products (#1,569 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Beta-carotene 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.