Carmine Color
Carmine Color appears in 220 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
Carmine Color appears in 220 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.
- 220
- catalogued products
- #1,829
- usage rank of 247,206
- 50
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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
61.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Carmine Color as the trigger. Open records such as All dark fine chocolates, all dark; Assorted caramels in milk & dark chocolate; Assorted chocolate and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 63.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 79% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 217 of 220 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.
Carmine Color: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,829 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,829
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 220 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 220 products listing it (mean slot 32.4). Carmine Color usually falls near the end 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 Carmine Color
Across the 220 products on this site that list Carmine 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. Red 40 shows up about 8.9x more often with Carmine Color than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Carmine Color products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 106 | 48.2% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 70 | 31.8% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 57 | 25.9% | 5.7% |
| Blue 2 | 33 | 15% | 0.9% |
| Yellow 5 | 31 | 14.1% | 4.8% |
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 Carmine Color
Products Containing Carmine Color
16 busy labels from the 220 indexed products that list Carmine Color:
High-volume peers for Carmine Color beside “Beet Root Powder”
Carmine Color sits among other busy catalog rows (220 products, mean score 63.8/100). Nearest count peers include “Beet Root Powder”, “Cellulose Fiber”, “Enzyme Modified Butter”. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Using the Carmine Color evidence
220 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Carmine Color are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Carmine Color before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Carmine Color with a peer such as “Beet Root Powder” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Carmine Color — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Carmine Color sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Carmine Color is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Carmine Color? ▼
Carmine Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,829 of 247,206), appearing in 220 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Carmine Color so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Carmine Color appears in 220 products (#1,829 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carmine 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.