Cochineal
Cochineal appears in 33 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
Cochineal appears in 33 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.
- 33
- catalogued products
- #6,578
- usage rank of 247,206
- 18
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 11 of 33 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Aloe Vera Drink; Banana Flavored Milk Drink; Carrot Mango Nectar to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 55–100 score range to Cochineal itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
11 of 33 linked records have some flagged component
All 33 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 55–100 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 Cochineal - usage rank #6,578
- Usage rank
- #6,578
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 168 others that also appear in exactly 33 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 33 products listing it (mean slot 18.3). Cochineal usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
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 Cochineal
Products Containing Cochineal
High-volume slice (16 of 33) for products naming Cochineal:
Cochineal vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Cochineal: 33 listings averaging 94.4/100.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Cochineal page
33 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Cochineal are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Cochineal before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Cochineal
Does Cochineal 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 Cochineal. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cochineal? ▼
Cochineal ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,578 of 247,206), appearing in 33 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cochineal so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cochineal appears in 33 products (#6,578 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cochineal). 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.