Orange Zest
Orange Zest appears in 86 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
Orange Zest appears in 86 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.
- 86
- catalogued products
- #3,489
- usage rank of 247,206
- 48
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Orange Zest - usage rank #3,489
- Usage rank
- #3,489
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 35 others that also appear in exactly 86 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 86 products listing it (mean slot 16.0). Orange Zest usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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
Use prevalence before concern
Only 11.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Orange Zest spans 48 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Albacore tuna pasta, albacore tuna; Appetizer olives pitted kalamata with orange zest; Artisan Blend Appetizer Olives In Dipping Oil when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
48 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 56 of 84 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Orange Zest
Across the 86 products on this site that list Orange Zest, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Orange Zest products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | 7% | 5.7% |
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 Orange Zest
Products Containing Orange Zest
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 86 indexed products containing Orange Zest:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Apple Sauce”)
Top-decile company for Orange Zest: 86 listings averaging 98.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Apple Sauce; Artificial Chicken Flavor; Basil Leaf.
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 Orange Zest evidence
Start from Orange Zest's 86 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Orange Zest and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Orange Zest next to “Artificial Chicken Flavor” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Orange Zest
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Orange Zest? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Orange Zest, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#3,489 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Orange Zest? ▼
Orange Zest ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,489 of 247,206), appearing in 86 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Orange Zest so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Orange Zest appears in 86 products (#3,489 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Orange Zest). 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.