Colorante E129
Colorante E129 appears in 57 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
Colorante E129 appears in 57 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.
- 57
- catalogued products
- #4,553
- usage rank of 247,206
- 39
- named brands represented
- 77%
- 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 Colorante E129 - usage rank #4,553
- Usage rank
- #4,553
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 61 others that also appear in exactly 57 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 77%
- Averaged label depth puts Colorante E129 near the end of the captured list (77% of list length, mean slot 19.7). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 12.3% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Colorante E129 spans 39 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with Alfajores 70% Cacao Puro; Alfajores Dulce de Leche; Cereales Flynn Paff sabor a tutti frutti when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
39 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 50 of 50 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
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 Colorante E129
Products Containing Colorante E129
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 57 indexed products containing Colorante E129:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Natural & Artificial Flavoring”)
Top-decile company for Colorante E129: 57 listings averaging 96.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Natural & Artificial Flavoring · Ancho Chile · Apricot Kernels.
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.
What to do with this Colorante E129 record
57 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Colorante E129 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Colorante E129 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Place Colorante E129 next to “Ancho Chile” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- 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.
Colorante E129 — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Colorante E129? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Colorante E129, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,553 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Colorante E129? ▼
Colorante E129 ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,553 of 247,206), appearing in 57 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Colorante E129 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Colorante E129 appears in 57 products (#4,553 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Colorante E129). 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.