Mandarin Oranges
Mandarin Oranges appears in 211 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
Mandarin Oranges appears in 211 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.
- 211
- catalogued products
- #1,877
- usage rank of 247,206
- 66
- named brands represented
- 9%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 43 of 211 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Asian Style Salad With Chicken; California Broccoli Salad; California Mandarins to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Mandarin Oranges itself. The ingredient most often sits near the top of the captured list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
43 of 211 linked records have some flagged component
All 202 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 3, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 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.
High-volume listing for Mandarin Oranges - usage rank #1,877
- Usage rank
- #1,877
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 9 others that also appear in exactly 211 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 9%
- Mean relative depth 9% across 211 parsed labels, slot 3.8 on average. Mandarin Oranges tends to sit near the top of the captured 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 Mandarin Oranges
Across the 211 products on this site that list Mandarin Oranges, 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. Sucralose shows up about 3.5x more often with Mandarin Oranges than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Mandarin Oranges products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 20 | 9.5% | 2.7% |
| Carrageenan | 13 | 6.2% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 6 | 7 | 3.3% | 3.4% |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 6 | 2.8% | 1.8% |
| Red 40 | 5 | 2.4% | 5.4% |
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 Mandarin Oranges
Products Containing Mandarin Oranges
High-volume slice (16 of 211) for products naming Mandarin Oranges:
High-volume peers for Mandarin Oranges beside “Acidity Regulators”
Mandarin Oranges sits among other busy catalog rows (211 products, mean score 94.7/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Acidity Regulators · Bourbon · Leek. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Mandarin Oranges page
211 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Mandarin Oranges are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Mandarin Oranges to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Mandarin Oranges next to “Bourbon” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Mandarin Oranges 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 Mandarin Oranges. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mandarin Oranges? ▼
Mandarin Oranges ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,877 of 247,206), appearing in 211 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Mandarin Oranges so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mandarin Oranges appears in 211 products (#1,877 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mandarin Oranges). 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.