Colours E129
Colours E129 appears in 256 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
Colours E129 appears in 256 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.
- 256
- catalogued products
- #1,667
- usage rank of 247,206
- 85
- 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.
How to use this page
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 66 of 256 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 98, 98, CHICKEN FLAVOUR SAVOURY RICE With garden p; Amul Fruit 'N' Nut Fantasy; Arnott's, Chewy Caramel to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Colours E129 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.
66 of 256 linked records have some flagged component
All 256 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
Colours E129 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,667 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,667
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 256 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 72%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 256 products listing it (mean slot 17.6). Colours E129 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Colours E129
Across the 256 products on this site that list Colours E129, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 3.9x more often with Colours E129 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Colours E129 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 21 | 8.2% | 2.1% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 19 | 7.4% | 1.8% |
| Aspartame | 16 | 6.3% | 0.9% |
| Sucralose | 15 | 5.9% | 2.7% |
| Yellow 6 | 14 | 5.5% | 3.4% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
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 Colours E129
Products Containing Colours E129
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 256 indexed products containing Colours E129:
Colours E129 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Colours E129: 256 listings averaging 91.4/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Galangal · Leaf · Oat Flakes.
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.
Next steps from the Colours E129 page
256 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Colours E129 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Colours E129 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Colours E129 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 Colours E129. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Colours E129? ▼
Colours E129 ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,667 of 247,206), appearing in 256 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Colours E129 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Colours E129 appears in 256 products (#1,667 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Colours 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.