Licorice Extract
Licorice Extract appears in 177 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
Licorice Extract appears in 177 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.
- 177
- catalogued products
- #2,104
- usage rank of 247,206
- 77
- named brands represented
- 72%
- 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
54.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Licorice Extract as the trigger. Open records such as America's choice, licorice allsorts; Amport foods, licorice allsorts; ARIH DUAL BIOTIC SODA - Berry Bliss and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 79.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 72% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
54.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 175 of 176 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.
Licorice Extract: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,104 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,104
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 8 others that also appear in exactly 177 products, listed in more products than 99.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 72%
- Mean relative depth 72% across 177 parsed labels, slot 13.8 on average. Licorice Extract tends to sit in the lower half of the 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 Licorice Extract
Across the 177 products on this site that list Licorice Extract, 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. Red 40 shows up about 5.4x more often with Licorice Extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Licorice Extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 52 | 29.4% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 37 | 20.9% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 37 | 20.9% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 27 | 15.3% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 9 | 5.1% | 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 Licorice Extract
Products Containing Licorice Extract
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 177 indexed products containing Licorice Extract:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Added For Color”)
High-volume peers for Licorice Extract: 177 products, mean screening score 79.4/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Added For Color; Anhydrous Milkfat; Bacon Fat. 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 Licorice Extract evidence
Use the 177-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 Licorice Extract to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Licorice Extract next to “Anhydrous Milkfat” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Licorice Extract
How should I read safety signals when Licorice Extract sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
54.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Licorice Extract is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Licorice Extract? ▼
Licorice Extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,104 of 247,206), appearing in 177 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Licorice Extract so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Licorice Extract appears in 177 products (#2,104 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Licorice Extract). 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.