Paprika Extracts

Paprika Extracts appears in 323 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

Paprika Extracts appears in 323 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.

323
catalogued products
#1,412
usage rank of 247,206
46
named brands represented
86%
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: 88 of 323 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 100% Whole Grain Garden Salsa; All Dressed Flavored Potato Chips, All Dressed; Animal Cookies to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Paprika Extracts itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

88 of 323 linked records have some flagged component

All 323 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, 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 Paprika Extracts - usage rank #1,412

Usage rank
#1,412
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 3 others that also appear in exactly 323 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
86%
Mean relative depth 86% across 323 parsed labels, slot 25.0 on average. Paprika Extracts tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.

What else is usually in the same product as Paprika Extracts

Across the 323 products on this site that list Paprika Extracts, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 3.6x more often with Paprika Extracts than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +14.7ppCaramel Coloring+14.7ppYellow 6: +2.8ppYellow 6+2.8ppYellow 5: +0.8ppYellow 5+0.8ppRed 40: -1.4ppRed 40-1.4ppBlue 1: -2.3ppBlue 1-2.3pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Paprika Extracts products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Caramel Coloring
14.7pp
Yellow 6
2.8pp
Yellow 5
0.8pp
Red 40
-1.4pp
Blue 1
-2.3pp
Additive Shared products Share of Paprika Extracts products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 66 20.4% 5.7%
Yellow 6 20 6.2% 3.4%
Yellow 5 18 5.6% 4.8%
Red 40 13 4% 5.4%
Blue 1 6 1.9% 4.2%

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 Paprika Extracts

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 20406080100120 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Paprika Extracts
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Paprika Extracts vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Paprika Extracts sits among other busy catalog rows (323 products, mean score 93.7/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Annatto Extract For Color; Cultured Pasteurized Grade A Milk; Magnesium Citrate. 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

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Next steps from the Paprika Extracts page

323 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Paprika Extracts are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Paprika Extracts to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
  • Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Paprika Extracts — common follow-ups

Does Paprika Extracts 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 Paprika Extracts. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Paprika Extracts?

Paprika Extracts ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,412 of 247,206), appearing in 323 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Paprika Extracts so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Paprika Extracts appears in 323 products (#1,412 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Paprika Extracts). 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.