Red Coloring
Red Coloring appears in 11 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 Coloring appears in 11 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.
- 11
- catalogued products
- #14,190
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 83%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
72.7% 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 Coloring as the trigger. Open records such as Assorted Truffle Collection; Daily chef, tea cakes, red velvet; Holiday Cookie Collection, Holiday and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 55.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 83% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
72.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 10 of 11 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 Coloring sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#14,190 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #14,190
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 989 others that also appear in exactly 11 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 83%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 11 products listing it (mean slot 39.1). Red Coloring 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.
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 do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 11 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 Coloring
Products Containing Red Coloring
11 busy labels from the 11 indexed products that list Red Coloring:
High-volume peers for Red Coloring
Top-decile company for Red Coloring: 11 listings averaging 55.5/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Red Coloring evidence
11 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Red Coloring are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Red Coloring before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Red Coloring — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Red Coloring sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
72.7% 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 Coloring is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Red Coloring? ▼
Red Coloring ranks in the top decile by product count (#14,190 of 247,206), appearing in 11 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Red Coloring so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Red Coloring appears in 11 products (#14,190 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Red Coloring). 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.