Confectionery Coating
Confectionery Coating appears in 337 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
Confectionery Coating appears in 337 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.
- 337
- catalogued products
- #1,362
- usage rank of 247,206
- 102
- 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
51.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Confectionery Coating as the trigger. Open records such as 12 frosted cakes with spring strawberry flavored filling, spring strawberry; 12 S'Mores Flavored Cakes, 12 S'Mores; 7 Grain Cookies and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 70.8/100 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.
51.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 337 of 337 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.
Confectionery Coating: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,362 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,362
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 337 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 24%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 337 products listing it (mean slot 9.1). Confectionery Coating usually falls near the top of the captured 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Confectionery Coating
Across the 337 products on this site that list Confectionery 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 5x more often with Confectionery Coating than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Confectionery Coating products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 81 | 24% | 4.8% |
| Blue 1 | 81 | 24% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 6 | 73 | 21.7% | 3.4% |
| Red 40 | 72 | 21.4% | 5.4% |
| Blue 2 | 57 | 16.9% | 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 Confectionery Coating
Products Containing Confectionery Coating
High-volume slice (16 of 337) for products naming Confectionery Coating:
Confectionery Coating vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Confectionery Coating: 337 listings averaging 70.8/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Inactive Dried Yeast; Organic Mizuna; Roasted Red Peppers.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Confectionery Coating record
Use the 337-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Confectionery Coating before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Confectionery Coating with a peer such as “Inactive Dried Yeast” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open 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 Confectionery Coating sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Confectionery Coating is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Confectionery Coating? ▼
Confectionery Coating ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,362 of 247,206), appearing in 337 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Confectionery Coating so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Confectionery Coating appears in 337 products (#1,362 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Confectionery 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.