Carmines
Carmines appears in 25 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
Carmines appears in 25 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.
- 25
- catalogued products
- #8,001
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- named brands represented
- 84%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
72% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Carmines as the trigger. Open records such as Airheads Blue Raspberry Gum; Classic surimi sticks; Cream Wafers and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 64.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 84% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
72% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 25 of 25 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.
High-volume listing for Carmines - usage rank #8,001
- Usage rank
- #8,001
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 249 others that also appear in exactly 25 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 84%
- Averaged label depth puts Carmines near the end of the captured list (84% of list length, mean slot 20.8). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
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 Carmines
Products Containing Carmines
16 busy labels from the 25 indexed products that list Carmines:
Carmines vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Carmines sits among other busy catalog rows (25 products, mean score 64.6/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Carmines evidence
Start from Carmines's 25 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Carmines 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. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Carmines sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
72% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Carmines is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Carmines? ▼
Carmines ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,001 of 247,206), appearing in 25 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Carmines so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Carmines appears in 25 products (#8,001 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carmines). 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.