Confectionary Coating
Confectionary Coating appears in 92 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
Confectionary Coating appears in 92 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.
- 92
- catalogued products
- #3,310
- usage rank of 247,206
- 31
- named brands represented
- 24%
- 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
50% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Confectionary Coating as the trigger. Open records such as Assorted cookies, assorted; Birthday cake bar; Birthday Cake Flavored Protein Bars, Birthday Cake and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 59.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 24% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 92 of 92 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.
Confectionary Coating: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,310 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,310
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 41 others that also appear in exactly 92 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 24%
- Mean relative depth 24% across 92 parsed labels, slot 8.4 on average. Confectionary Coating tends to sit near the top of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Confectionary Coating
Across the 92 products on this site that list Confectionary 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. Red 40 shows up about 7.2x more often with Confectionary Coating than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Confectionary Coating products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 36 | 39.1% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 36 | 39.1% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 33 | 35.9% | 3.4% |
| Blue 1 | 33 | 35.9% | 4.2% |
| Blue 2 | 25 | 27.2% | 0.9% |
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 Confectionary Coating
Products Containing Confectionary Coating
High-volume slice (16 of 92) for products naming Confectionary Coating:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour”)
Confectionary Coating sits among other busy catalog rows (92 products, mean score 59.3/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour; Added To Maintain Color; With Alkali. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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.
Using the Confectionary Coating evidence
Start from Confectionary Coating's 92 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Confectionary Coating and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Confectionary Coating
How should I read safety signals when Confectionary Coating sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Confectionary Coating is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Confectionary Coating? ▼
Confectionary Coating ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,310 of 247,206), appearing in 92 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Confectionary Coating so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Confectionary Coating appears in 92 products (#3,310 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Confectionary 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.