C Red 40
C Red 40 appears in 52 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
C Red 40 appears in 52 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.
- 52
- catalogued products
- #4,845
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 22 of 52 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Amos Peelerz Gummy Peach; Berry Throat Drops Cool Berry; Caramel Apple Pops to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 20–100 score range to C Red 40 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.
22 of 52 linked records have some flagged component
All 52 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 20–100 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.
C Red 40 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,845 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,845
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 58 others that also appear in exactly 52 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 76%
- Averaged label depth puts C Red 40 near the end of the captured list (76% of list length, mean slot 13.5). 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 C Red 40
Across the 52 products on this site that list C Red 40, 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 9.1x more often with C Red 40 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of C Red 40 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 10 | 19.2% | 2.1% |
| Yellow 5 | 7 | 13.5% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 5 | 9.6% | 4.2% |
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 C Red 40
Products Containing C Red 40
High-volume slice (16 of 52) for products naming C Red 40:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Ab Vitamin”)
High-volume peers for C Red 40: 52 products, mean screening score 87.5/100. Nearest count peers include “Ab Vitamin”, “Aluminum Sodium Sulfate”, “Animal And Vegetable Shortening”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this C Red 40 record
Start from C Red 40's 52 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing C Red 40 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does C Red 40 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 C Red 40. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with C Red 40? ▼
C Red 40 ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,845 of 247,206), appearing in 52 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is C Red 40 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet C Red 40 appears in 52 products (#4,845 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (C Red 40). 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.