Turmeric Color

Turmeric Color appears in 295 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

Turmeric Color appears in 295 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.

295
catalogued products
#1,503
usage rank of 247,206
94
named brands represented
80%
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

Audit the co-occurring flags first

51.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Turmeric Color as the trigger. Open records such as 12 Slider Potato Rolls (1); 24 Party Potato Rolls; Alpina, bon yurt low fat yogurt and fruit rings, vanilla and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 80.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 80% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

51.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 293 of 294 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 Turmeric Color - usage rank #1,503

Usage rank
#1,503
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 295 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
80%
Averaged label depth puts Turmeric Color near the end of the captured list (80% of list length, mean slot 26.7). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.

What else is usually in the same product as Turmeric Color

Across the 295 products on this site that list Turmeric 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 3.8x more often with Turmeric Color than in the catalogue at large.

Carrageenan: +12.4ppCarrageenan+12.4ppRed 40: +10.2ppRed 40+10.2ppYellow 6: +9.8ppYellow 6+9.8ppCaramel Coloring: +6.5ppCaramel Coloring+6.5ppPolysorbate 60: +10.1ppPolysorbate 60+10.1pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Turmeric Color products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Carrageenan
12.4pp
Red 40
10.2pp
Yellow 6
9.8pp
Caramel Coloring
6.5pp
Polysorbate 60
10.1pp
Additive Shared products Share of Turmeric Color products Share of all products
Carrageenan 50 16.9% 4.5%
Red 40 46 15.6% 5.4%
Yellow 6 39 13.2% 3.4%
Caramel Coloring 36 12.2% 5.7%
Polysorbate 60 34 11.5% 1.4%

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 Turmeric Color

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 16 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 020406080100120 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Turmeric Color
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

High-volume peers for Turmeric Color beside “Vegetable Gums”

Top-decile company for Turmeric Color: 295 listings averaging 80.8/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Vegetable Gums; Lobster; Sparkling Water.

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.

Using the Turmeric Color evidence

295 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Turmeric Color are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Turmeric 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. 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.

Questions readers ask about Turmeric Color

How should I read safety signals when Turmeric Color sits in heavily flagged products?

51.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Turmeric Color is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Turmeric Color?

Turmeric Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,503 of 247,206), appearing in 295 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Turmeric Color so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Turmeric Color appears in 295 products (#1,503 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Turmeric 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.