If Colored
If Colored appears in 213 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
If Colored appears in 213 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.
- 213
- catalogued products
- #1,868
- usage rank of 247,206
- 72
- named brands represented
- 82%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 44 of 213 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Adams Reserve, New York Extra Sharp Cheddar; Adams Reserve, New York Extra Sharp Cheddar; Adams reserve, new york extra sharp cheddar cheese to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 25–100 score range to If Colored itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Dairies supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
44 of 213 linked records have some flagged component
All 206 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 25–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
If Colored sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,868 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,868
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 213 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 82%
- Mean relative depth 82% across 213 parsed labels, slot 18.0 on average. If Colored tends to sit near the end 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 If Colored
Across the 213 products on this site that list If Colored, 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. Sodium Nitrite shows up about 2.9x more often with If Colored than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of If Colored products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 15 | 7% | 2.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 12 | 5.6% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 11 | 5.2% | 4.5% |
| BHA | 7 | 3.3% | 0.7% |
| BHT | 5 | 2.3% | 1.1% |
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 If Colored
Products Containing If Colored
High-volume slice (16 of 213) for products naming If Colored:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Beef Tallow”)
High-volume peers for If Colored: 213 products, mean screening score 95.3/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Beef Tallow · Broccoli Florets · Green Chilies. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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.
Using the If Colored evidence
213 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on If Colored are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing If Colored before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare If Colored with a peer such as “Beef Tallow” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does If Colored carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to If Colored. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with If Colored? ▼
If Colored ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,868 of 247,206), appearing in 213 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is If Colored so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet If Colored appears in 213 products (#1,868 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (If Colored). 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.