Colored With Caramel Color
Colored With Caramel Color appears in 13 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 Color appears in 13 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.
- 13
- catalogued products
- #12,640
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Colored With Caramel Color as the trigger. Open records such as Australian Licorice; Lucky country, aussie style traditional black soft licorice candy; Lucky Country, Soft Licorice Candy, Traditional Black and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 59% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 13 of 13 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.
Colored With Caramel Color sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#12,640 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #12,640
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 716 others that also appear in exactly 13 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Averaged label depth puts Colored With Caramel Color in the lower half of the list (59% of list length, mean slot 23.8). 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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 13 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 Color
Products Containing Colored With Caramel Color
High-volume slice (13 of 13) for products naming Colored With Caramel Color:
High-volume peers for Colored With Caramel Color
High-volume peers for Colored With Caramel Color: 13 products, mean screening score 81.9/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Colored With Caramel Color record
Start from Colored With Caramel Color's 13 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Colored With Caramel Color to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Colored With Caramel Color sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Colored With Caramel Color is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Colored With Caramel Color? ▼
Colored With Caramel Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#12,640 of 247,206), appearing in 13 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Colored With Caramel Color so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Colored With Caramel Color appears in 13 products (#12,640 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Colored With Caramel Color). 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.