Caramel Corn
Caramel Corn appears in 58 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
Caramel Corn appears in 58 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.
- 58
- catalogued products
- #4,499
- usage rank of 247,206
- 25
- named brands represented
- 21%
- 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 58 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Brittle Me This!, Caramel Corn Brittle, Cranberries, Pumpkin Seeds; Candy Popcorn, Dark Chocolate Sea Salt; Cheese & Caramel Mix to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Caramel Corn itself. The ingredient most often sits near the top of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
22 of 58 linked records have some flagged component
All 57 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 Caramel Corn - usage rank #4,499
- Usage rank
- #4,499
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 53 others that also appear in exactly 58 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 21%
- Averaged label depth puts Caramel Corn near the top of the captured list (21% of list length, mean slot 9.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Caramel Corn
Across the 58 products on this site that list Caramel Corn, 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 4.3x more often with Caramel Corn than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Caramel Corn products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 12 | 20.7% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 12 | 20.7% | 3.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 12.1% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 6 | 10.3% | 2.1% |
| TBHQ | 6 | 10.3% | 0.5% |
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 Caramel Corn
Products Containing Caramel Corn
16 busy labels from the 58 indexed products that list Caramel Corn:
Caramel Corn vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Caramel Corn: 58 listings averaging 81.6/100. Nearest count peers include “Dried Banana Flakes”, “Bean Sprouts”, “Bicarbonate”.
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.
What to do with this Caramel Corn record
58 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Caramel Corn are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Caramel Corn to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Caramel Corn next to “Bean Sprouts” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Caramel Corn
Does Caramel Corn 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 Caramel Corn. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Caramel Corn? ▼
Caramel Corn ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,499 of 247,206), appearing in 58 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Caramel Corn so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Caramel Corn appears in 58 products (#4,499 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Caramel Corn). 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.