Ferric Oxide
Ferric Oxide carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Ferric Oxide appears in 2 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Color Additive.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 54%
- 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.
Ferric Oxide: above-median product count (beats 81.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 54%
- Averaged label depth puts Ferric Oxide in the lower half of the list (54% of list length, mean slot 36.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
How to use this page
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 Ferric Oxide as the trigger. Open records such as Ice Cream; Spicy chicken on old fashion bun and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 54% 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 2 of 2 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.
Function
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, PROCESSING AID
Products Containing Ferric Oxide
Full indexed set for Ferric Oxide — 2 products:
Count and score peers around flagged Ferric Oxide
Flag-heavy neighborhood — keep count peers and score peers on separate axes for Ferric Oxide (2 products).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Ferric Oxide evidence
2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Ferric Oxide are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Ferric Oxide before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. 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 Ferric Oxide
How should I read safety signals when Ferric Oxide 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 Ferric Oxide is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Ferric Oxide scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Color Additive". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Ferric Oxide show up across the catalog? ▼
Ferric Oxide sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What function does Ferric Oxide serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Ferric Oxide is recorded as a color or coloring adjunct, processing aid in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Ferric Oxide). 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.