Spice And Color
Spice And Color appears in 111 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 And Color appears in 111 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.
- 111
- catalogued products
- #2,917
- usage rank of 247,206
- 29
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
64% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Spice And Color as the trigger. Open records such as Barbecue baked beans, barbecue; Basil Chicken Chili With Beans; Beastly sliders, plant-based burger patty with pea protein and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 86.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 78% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
64% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 111 of 111 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.
High-volume listing for Spice And Color - usage rank #2,917
- Usage rank
- #2,917
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 16 others that also appear in exactly 111 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 78%
- Mean relative depth 78% across 111 parsed labels, slot 32.2 on average. Spice And Color tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Spice And Color
Across the 111 products on this site that list Spice And Color, 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. TBHQ shows up about 97.2x more often with Spice And Color than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Spice And Color products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBHQ | 54 | 48.6% | 0.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 35 | 31.5% | 5.7% |
| Yellow 5 | 10 | 9% | 4.8% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 5 | 4.5% | 2.4% |
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 And Color
Products Containing Spice And Color
High-volume slice (16 of 111) for products naming Spice And Color:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Aloe Vera Gel”)
Top-decile company for Spice And Color: 111 listings averaging 86.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Aloe Vera Gel · Candelilla Wax · Carrot Extract.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Spice And Color page
Use the 111-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Spice And Color before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. 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
How should I read safety signals when Spice And Color sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
64% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Spice And Color is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Spice And Color? ▼
Spice And Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,917 of 247,206), appearing in 111 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Spice And Color so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Spice And Color appears in 111 products (#2,917 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Spice And Color). 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.