Rojo 40
Rojo 40 appears in 29 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
Rojo 40 appears in 29 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.
- 29
- catalogued products
- #7,222
- usage rank of 247,206
- 12
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
69% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Rojo 40 as the trigger. Open records such as Apple jacks; Apple Jacks; Chocolate Strawberry and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 50.5/100 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.
69% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 27 of 27 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.
Rojo 40 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,222 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,222
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 199 others that also appear in exactly 29 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 83%
- Mean relative depth 83% across 29 parsed labels, slot 36.9 on average. Rojo 40 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.
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 Rojo 40
Products Containing Rojo 40
16 busy labels from the 29 indexed products that list Rojo 40:
Rojo 40 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Rojo 40 sits among other busy catalog rows (29 products, mean score 50.5/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
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 Rojo 40 record
Use the 29-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Rojo 40 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Rojo 40 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
69% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Rojo 40 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Rojo 40? ▼
Rojo 40 ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,222 of 247,206), appearing in 29 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 Rojo 40 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Rojo 40 appears in 29 products (#7,222 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Rojo 40). 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.