Confection Coating
Confection Coating appears in 42 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
Confection Coating appears in 42 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.
- 42
- catalogued products
- #5,603
- usage rank of 247,206
- 14
- named brands represented
- 14%
- 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
61.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Confection Coating as the trigger. Open records such as Berry Nut Mix; Best Fruits & Nuts, Natural Classic Trail Mix; Chocolate Double Dip Peanuts, Chocolate and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 14% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 42 of 42 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.
Confection Coating sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#5,603 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,603
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 93 others that also appear in exactly 42 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 14%
- Averaged label depth puts Confection Coating near the top of the captured list (14% of list length, mean slot 3.9). 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 else is usually in the same product as Confection Coating
Across the 42 products on this site that list Confection Coating, 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 26.1x more often with Confection Coating than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Confection Coating products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 23 | 54.8% | 2.1% |
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 Confection Coating
Products Containing Confection Coating
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 42 indexed products containing Confection Coating:
High-volume peers for Confection Coating
Confection Coating sits among other busy catalog rows (42 products, mean score 83.7/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Confection Coating record
42 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Confection Coating are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Confection Coating before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Confection Coating — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Confection Coating sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Confection Coating is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Confection Coating? ▼
Confection Coating ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,603 of 247,206), appearing in 42 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Confection Coating so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Confection Coating appears in 42 products (#5,603 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Confection Coating). 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.