Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40
Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 appears in 1 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
Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 appears in 1 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.
- 1
- catalogued products
- #71,300
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 33%
- 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
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 as the trigger. Open records such as Slurpee, Candy Straw, Raspberry and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 0.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 33% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1 of 1 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.
Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40: above-median product count (beats 71.2% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #71,300
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 175,906 others that also appear in exactly 1 product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 33%
- Averaged label depth puts Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 in the upper half of the list (33% of list length, mean slot 4.0). 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.
Products Containing Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40
Full indexed set for Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 — 1 product:
Count and score peers around flagged Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40
With 100% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 spans 1 products at 0/100 average screening score.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 evidence
Use the 1-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40
How should I read safety signals when Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 show up across the catalog? ▼
Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 sits above the median for catalog prevalence (1 products, #71,300 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Citric Acid Artificial Flavors Artificial Colors Red 40). 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.