Candy Cane
Candy Cane appears in 29 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
Candy Cane appears in 29 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.
- 29
- catalogued products
- #7,222
- usage rank of 247,206
- 15
- named brands represented
- 70%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
58.6% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Candy Cane as the trigger. Open records such as Bissinger's, Chocolate Covered Marshmallows, Peppermint; Bissinger's, Chocolate Peppermint Bark; Bissinger's, Patties, Patties and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 75.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 70% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
58.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 28 of 29 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Candy Cane sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,222 / 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
- 70%
- Mean relative depth 70% across 29 parsed labels, slot 14.3 on average. Candy Cane tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
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 Candy Cane
Products Containing Candy Cane
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 29 indexed products containing Candy Cane:
Candy Cane vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Candy Cane: 29 products, mean screening score 75.5/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Candy Cane evidence
Use the 29-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Candy Cane and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- 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 Candy Cane
How should I read safety signals when Candy Cane sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
58.6% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Candy Cane is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Candy Cane? ▼
Candy Cane 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.
Why is Candy Cane so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Candy Cane appears in 29 products (#7,222 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Candy Cane). 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.