Red 40 And Blue 1
Red 40 And Blue 1 appears in 123 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
Red 40 And Blue 1 appears in 123 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.
- 123
- catalogued products
- #2,727
- usage rank of 247,206
- 51
- named brands represented
- 93%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
61.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Red 40 And Blue 1 as the trigger. Open records such as Arbol Frutal Jamaica; Axelrod, fat free yogurt, blueberry; Axelrod, fat free yogurt, mixed berry and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 83.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 93% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
61.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 123 of 123 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.
Red 40 And Blue 1: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,727 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,727
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 13 others that also appear in exactly 123 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 93%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 123 products listing it (mean slot 13.5). Red 40 And Blue 1 usually falls near the end of the captured 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 Red 40 And Blue 1
Across the 123 products on this site that list Red 40 And Blue 1, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 4.7x more often with Red 40 And Blue 1 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Red 40 And Blue 1 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 26 | 21.1% | 4.5% |
| Aspartame | 22 | 17.9% | 0.9% |
| Yellow 5 | 19 | 15.4% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 17 | 13.8% | 3.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 9 | 7.3% | 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 Red 40 And Blue 1
Products Containing Red 40 And Blue 1
16 busy labels from the 123 indexed products that list Red 40 And Blue 1:
High-volume peers for Red 40 And Blue 1 beside “Bread Crumb”
Top-decile company for Red 40 And Blue 1: 123 listings averaging 83.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Bread Crumb · Clam Broth · Cracked Black Pepper.
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.
What to do with this Red 40 And Blue 1 record
123 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Red 40 And Blue 1 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Red 40 And Blue 1 and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Red 40 And Blue 1 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
61.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Red 40 And Blue 1 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Red 40 And Blue 1? ▼
Red 40 And Blue 1 ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,727 of 247,206), appearing in 123 indexed products led by Dairies. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Red 40 And Blue 1 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Red 40 And Blue 1 appears in 123 products (#2,727 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Red 40 And Blue 1). 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.