Caramel Ribbon
Caramel Ribbon appears in 39 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 Ribbon appears in 39 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.
- 39
- catalogued products
- #5,893
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- named brands represented
- 19%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
92.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Caramel Ribbon as the trigger. Open records such as Blue bunny ribbon light ice cream; Blue bunny, premium ice cream, turtle sundae; Cadbury and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 86.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 19% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
92.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 39 of 39 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.
Caramel Ribbon sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#5,893 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,893
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 113 others that also appear in exactly 39 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 19%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 39 products listing it (mean slot 7.1). Caramel Ribbon usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Ribbon
Across the 39 products on this site that list Caramel Ribbon, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 19.9x more often with Caramel Ribbon than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Caramel Ribbon products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 35 | 89.7% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 17 | 43.6% | 1.3% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 17.9% | 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 Caramel Ribbon
Products Containing Caramel Ribbon
16 busy labels from the 39 indexed products that list Caramel Ribbon:
High-volume peers for Caramel Ribbon
Top-decile company for Caramel Ribbon: 39 listings averaging 86.8/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Caramel Ribbon page
39 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Caramel Ribbon are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Caramel Ribbon and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. 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.
Questions readers ask about Caramel Ribbon
How should I read safety signals when Caramel Ribbon sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
92.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Caramel Ribbon is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Caramel Ribbon? ▼
Caramel Ribbon ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,893 of 247,206), appearing in 39 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Caramel Ribbon so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Caramel Ribbon appears in 39 products (#5,893 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Caramel Ribbon). 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.