Cone Pieces

Cone Pieces appears in 10 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

Cone Pieces appears in 10 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.

10
catalogued products
#15,180
usage rank of 247,206
3
named brands represented
49%
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.

Reading this ingredient record

Audit the co-occurring flags first

60% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cone Pieces as the trigger. Open records such as caramel cone ice cream; caramel cone ice cream; Ice cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 87.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 49% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

60% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 10 of 10 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.

Cone Pieces: top-decile catalog footprint (#15,180 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#15,180
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,209 others that also appear in exactly 10 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
49%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 10 products listing it (mean slot 16.0). Cone Pieces usually falls in the upper 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 do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 10 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 Cone Pieces

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 0246 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Cone Pieces caramel cone ice creamcaramel cone ice creamIce creamIce creamIce creamCampfire crunch ice creamIce creamIce creamPeanut butter caramel ice creamQuadruple chocolate truffle cone ice cream
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Cone Pieces vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Cone Pieces: 10 listings averaging 87/100.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the Cone Pieces evidence

Use the 10-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Cone Pieces

How should I read safety signals when Cone Pieces sits in heavily flagged products?

60% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cone Pieces is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Cone Pieces?

Cone Pieces ranks in the top decile by product count (#15,180 of 247,206), appearing in 10 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Cone Pieces so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cone Pieces appears in 10 products (#15,180 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cone Pieces). 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.