Turmeric Extract Color

Turmeric Extract Color appears in 238 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 Extract Color appears in 238 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.

238
catalogued products
#1,746
usage rank of 247,206
32
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.

What this page can and cannot answer

Audit the co-occurring flags first

59.2% 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 Extract Color as the trigger. Open records such as Apple jacks; Apple Jacks; Apple Jacks breakfast cereal and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 62.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 77% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

59.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 230 of 236 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.

Turmeric Extract Color: top-decile catalog footprint (#1,746 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#1,746
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 5 others that also appear in exactly 238 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
77%
Averaged label depth puts Turmeric Extract Color near the end of the captured list (77% of list length, mean slot 29.1). 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.

What else is usually in the same product as Turmeric Extract Color

Across the 238 products on this site that list Turmeric 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. Red 40 shows up about 8.2x more often with Turmeric Extract Color than in the catalogue at large.

Red 40: +38.7ppRed 40+38.7ppBlue 1: +39.9ppBlue 1+39.9ppYellow 6: +34ppYellow 6+34ppCaramel Coloring: +13.2ppCaramel Coloring+13.2ppYellow 5: +8.6ppYellow 5+8.6pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Turmeric Extract 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.

Red 40
38.7pp
Blue 1
39.9pp
Yellow 6
34pp
Caramel Coloring
13.2pp
Yellow 5
8.6pp
Additive Shared products Share of Turmeric Extract Color products Share of all products
Red 40 105 44.1% 5.4%
Blue 1 105 44.1% 4.2%
Yellow 6 89 37.4% 3.4%
Caramel Coloring 45 18.9% 5.7%
Yellow 5 32 13.4% 4.8%

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 Extract 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 050100150 0246 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Turmeric Extract 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.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Beta Carotene Color”)

High-volume peers for Turmeric Extract Color: 238 products, mean screening score 62.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Beta Carotene Color; Jalapeno Pepper Powder; Nonfat Dry Milk Powder. 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

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Turmeric Extract Color page

Use the 238-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Open the product sample for Turmeric 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. 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

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

59.2% 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 Extract 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 Extract Color?

Turmeric Extract Color ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,746 of 247,206), appearing in 238 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Turmeric Extract Color so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Turmeric Extract Color appears in 238 products (#1,746 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Turmeric 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.