Pastel Coating
Pastel Coating appears in 56 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
Pastel Coating appears in 56 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.
- 56
- catalogued products
- #4,615
- usage rank of 247,206
- 7
- named brands represented
- 28%
- 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: 22 of 56 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy; Assorted chocolate candy & dark chocolates; Assorted Sugar Free Chocolate Candy to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 25–100 score range to Pastel Coating itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
22 of 56 linked records have some flagged component
All 56 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.
Pastel Coating sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,615 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,615
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 54 others that also appear in exactly 56 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 28%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 56 products listing it (mean slot 8.3). Pastel Coating usually falls in the upper half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Pastel Coating
Across the 56 products on this site that list Pastel Coating, 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 5x more often with Pastel Coating than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Pastel Coating products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 15 | 26.8% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 8 | 14.3% | 4.2% |
| Blue 2 | 5 | 8.9% | 0.9% |
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 Pastel Coating
Products Containing Pastel Coating
16 busy labels from the 56 indexed products that list Pastel Coating:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Almond Base”)
Top-decile company for Pastel Coating: 56 listings averaging 85.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Almond Base; Apples With Calcium Ascorbate To Promote Whiteness And Maintain Texture; Beta-carotene For Color.
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.
What to do with this Pastel Coating record
Start from Pastel Coating's 56 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Pastel Coating and read how the term sits on real packages. 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. 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 Pastel Coating
Does Pastel Coating 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 Pastel Coating. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Pastel Coating? ▼
Pastel Coating ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,615 of 247,206), appearing in 56 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Pastel Coating so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Pastel Coating appears in 56 products (#4,615 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Pastel Coating). 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.