Red Cabbage
Red Cabbage appears in 786 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 Cabbage appears in 786 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.
- 786
- catalogued products
- #770
- usage rank of 247,206
- 180
- named brands represented
- 58%
- 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: 164 of 786 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 3 Color Dell Coleslaw; Ahold, raspberry & creme sandwich cookies, naturally flavored raspberry & creme sandwich cookies; American Blend to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Red Cabbage itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
164 of 786 linked records have some flagged component
All 762 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 Red Cabbage - usage rank #770
- Usage rank
- #770
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 58%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 786 products listing it (mean slot 17.2). Red Cabbage 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.
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 Cabbage
Across the 786 products on this site that list Red Cabbage, 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 1.8x more often with Red Cabbage than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Red Cabbage products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 63 | 8% | 4.5% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 46 | 5.9% | 2.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 46 | 5.9% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 19 | 2.4% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 18 | 2.3% | 4.8% |
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 Cabbage
Products Containing Red Cabbage
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 786 indexed products containing Red Cabbage:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Bleached Enriched Flour”)
Red Cabbage sits among other busy catalog rows (786 products, mean score 95.7/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Bleached Enriched Flour · Amaranth · Organic Coconut Water. 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 Red Cabbage page
786 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Red Cabbage are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Red Cabbage before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Place Red Cabbage next to “Amaranth” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Red Cabbage 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 Red Cabbage. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Red Cabbage? ▼
Red Cabbage ranks in the top decile by product count (#770 of 247,206), appearing in 786 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 Red Cabbage so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Red Cabbage appears in 786 products (#770 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Red Cabbage). 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.