Spirulina Extract Color
Spirulina Extract Color appears in 56 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
Spirulina Extract Color appears in 56 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.
- 56
- catalogued products
- #4,615
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- named brands represented
- 77%
- 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.
Spirulina Extract Color: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,615 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,615
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 54 others that also appear in exactly 56 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 77%
- Averaged label depth puts Spirulina Extract Color near the end of the captured list (77% of list length, mean slot 17.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 19.6% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Spirulina Extract Color spans 13 named brands and is led by the Snacks group. Start with Beary Tiny Gummies; birthday protein bar; Caramel Flavored Crispy Marshmallow Squares, Caramel when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.7/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
13 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 56 of 56 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 Spirulina Extract Color
Across the 56 products on this site that list Spirulina Extract 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. Carrageenan shows up about 3.2x more often with Spirulina Extract Color than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Spirulina Extract Color products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 8 | 14.3% | 4.5% |
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 Spirulina Extract Color
Products Containing Spirulina Extract Color
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 56 indexed products containing Spirulina Extract Color:
High-volume peers for Spirulina Extract Color beside “Almond Base”
Top-decile company for Spirulina Extract Color: 56 listings averaging 96.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Almond Base · Apples With Calcium Ascorbate To Promote Whiteness And Maintain Texture · Beta-carotene For Color.
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.
What to do with this Spirulina Extract Color record
56 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Spirulina Extract Color are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Spirulina Extract Color and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- 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 Spirulina Extract Color? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Spirulina Extract Color, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,615 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Spirulina Extract Color? ▼
Spirulina Extract Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,615 of 247,206), appearing in 56 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Spirulina Extract Color so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Spirulina Extract Color appears in 56 products (#4,615 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Spirulina Extract 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.