Frosting
Frosting appears in 55 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
Frosting appears in 55 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.
- 55
- catalogued products
- #4,670
- usage rank of 247,206
- 23
- named brands represented
- 37%
- 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
56.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Frosting as the trigger. Open records such as 1/4 Sheet White Cake With Colored Icing; Birthday Cake Cake Pops; Blue Bird Bakeries, Frosted Donuts and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 60.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 37% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
56.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 55 of 55 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.
Frosting: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,670 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,670
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 61 others that also appear in exactly 55 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 37%
- Mean relative depth 37% across 55 parsed labels, slot 16.0 on average. Frosting tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Frosting
Across the 55 products on this site that list Frosting, 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 32.5x more often with Frosting than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Frosting products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 25 | 45.5% | 1.4% |
| Blue 1 | 21 | 38.2% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 20 | 36.4% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 20 | 36.4% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 18 | 32.7% | 3.4% |
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 Frosting
Products Containing Frosting
16 busy labels from the 55 indexed products that list Frosting:
Frosting vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Frosting sits among other busy catalog rows (55 products, mean score 60.5/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: 100% Organic Grass Fed Beef · Acai Juice · Added As Preservatives. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Frosting page
Use the 55-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Frosting to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare Frosting with a peer such as “100% Organic Grass Fed Beef” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Frosting sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
56.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Frosting is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Frosting? ▼
Frosting ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,670 of 247,206), appearing in 55 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Frosting so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Frosting appears in 55 products (#4,670 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Frosting). 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.