Color Agent
Color Agent appears in 23 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
Color Agent appears in 23 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.
- 23
- catalogued products
- #8,512
- usage rank of 247,206
- 9
- named brands represented
- 72%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Color Agent - usage rank #8,512
- Usage rank
- #8,512
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 274 others that also appear in exactly 23 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 72%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 23 products listing it (mean slot 7.4). Color Agent 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.
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 to use this page
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Color Agent reaches 9 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the lower half of the list. Product examples include Flora fine foods, italian waffle cookie pizzelle, anise; Italian Waffle Cookie; Italian Waffle Cookie. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (23 of 23), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
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 Color Agent
Products Containing Color Agent
High-volume slice (16 of 23) for products naming Color Agent:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Color Agent sits among other busy catalog rows (23 products, mean score 100/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Color Agent page
23 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Color Agent are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Color Agent before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Color Agent — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Color Agent? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Color Agent, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#8,512 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Color Agent? ▼
Color Agent ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,512 of 247,206), appearing in 23 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Color Agent so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Color Agent appears in 23 products (#8,512 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Color Agent). 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.