Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40
Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 appears in 3 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
Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 appears in 3 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.
- 3
- catalogued products
- #35,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 83%
- 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
66.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 as the trigger. Open records such as Peanut Butter Flavored Cupcakes; Caramel Apples; Soft drink and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 58.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 83% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
66.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 3 of 3 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.
Upper-half catalog placement for Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 (#35,091)
- Usage rank
- #35,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 83%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 3 products listing it (mean slot 34.7). Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 usually falls near the end 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.
Products Containing Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40
All 3 indexed products that name Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40:
Count and score peers around flagged Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40
Co-flag rate 66.7% makes peer triage useful: Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 covers 3 products (mean 58.3/100).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 record
3 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40
How should I read safety signals when Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
66.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 show up across the catalog? ▼
Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fd&c Blue #1 And Fd&c Red #40). 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.