Saffron
Saffron appears in 121 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
Saffron appears in 121 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.
- 121
- catalogued products
- #2,754
- usage rank of 247,206
- 52
- named brands represented
- 78%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Saffron - usage rank #2,754
- Usage rank
- #2,754
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 14 others that also appear in exactly 121 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Averaged label depth puts Saffron near the end of the captured list (78% of list length, mean slot 15.4). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 10.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Saffron spans 52 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 90 Second Yellow; A taste of thai, quick meal yellow curry noodles; Adobo All Purpose Seasoning when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
52 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 110 of 119 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Saffron
Across the 121 products on this site that list Saffron, 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.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Saffron products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 5.8% | 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 Saffron
Products Containing Saffron
High-volume slice (16 of 121) for products naming Saffron:
Saffron vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Saffron: 121 products, mean screening score 97.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cane Vinegar; Caramel Swirl; Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 Saffron record
Use the 121-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Saffron before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Saffron next to “Caramel Swirl” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Saffron? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Saffron, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,754 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Saffron? ▼
Saffron ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,754 of 247,206), appearing in 121 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 Saffron so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Saffron appears in 121 products (#2,754 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Saffron). 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.