Spice & Coloring
Spice & Coloring appears in 98 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
Spice & Coloring appears in 98 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.
- 98
- catalogued products
- #3,174
- usage rank of 247,206
- 24
- named brands represented
- 84%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 31 of 98 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 8 hot dog potato rolls; Ball Park Tailgaters; Burger Bun to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Spice & Coloring itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
31 of 98 linked records have some flagged component
All 98 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.
Spice & Coloring: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,174 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,174
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 23 others that also appear in exactly 98 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 84%
- Mean relative depth 84% across 98 parsed labels, slot 28.9 on average. Spice & Coloring 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Spice & Coloring
Across the 98 products on this site that list Spice & Coloring, 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. Potassium Iodate shows up about 316.5x more often with Spice & Coloring than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Spice & Coloring products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium Iodate | 62 | 63.3% | 0.2% |
| Sucralose | 17 | 17.3% | 2.7% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 7.1% | 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 Spice & Coloring
Products Containing Spice & Coloring
16 busy labels from the 98 indexed products that list Spice & Coloring:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Active Yogurt Cultures With L. Bulgaricus”)
Top-decile company for Spice & Coloring: 98 listings averaging 93.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Active Yogurt Cultures With L. Bulgaricus; Anti-caking Agents; Asiago.
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 Spice & Coloring page
98 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Spice & Coloring are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Spice & Coloring to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Spice & Coloring next to “Anti-caking Agents” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- 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 Spice & Coloring 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 Spice & Coloring. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Spice & Coloring? ▼
Spice & Coloring ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,174 of 247,206), appearing in 98 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 Spice & Coloring so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Spice & Coloring appears in 98 products (#3,174 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Spice & 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.