Colored With Caramel
Colored With Caramel appears in 5 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
Colored With Caramel appears in 5 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.
- 5
- catalogued products
- #24,708
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 80%
- 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.
Colored With Caramel sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#24,708 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #24,708
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4,103 others that also appear in exactly 5 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 80%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 5 products listing it (mean slot 14.4). Colored With Caramel usually falls near the end of the captured 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.
Reading this ingredient record
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: Colored With Caramel reaches 4 named brands, most often appears under Plant-based foods and beverages, and typically sits near the end of the captured list. Product examples include Aloe Vera King, Natural Aloe Vera Drink, Pomegranate; Ariel bakery & pastrie, oatmeal cookies; Koka, Instant Rice Noodles, Spicy Seafood Marinara. 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 (5 of 5), 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 5 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 Colored With Caramel
Products Containing Colored With Caramel
5 busy labels from the 5 indexed products that list Colored With Caramel:
High-volume peers for Colored With Caramel
Colored With Caramel sits among other busy catalog rows (5 products, mean score 100/100). 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.
What to do with this Colored With Caramel record
Use the 5-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Colored With Caramel before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. 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.
Colored With Caramel — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Colored With Caramel? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Colored With Caramel, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#24,708 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Colored With Caramel? ▼
Colored With Caramel ranks in the top decile by product count (#24,708 of 247,206), appearing in 5 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 Colored With Caramel so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Colored With Caramel appears in 5 products (#24,708 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Colored With Caramel). 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.