Vitamin B₂

Vitamin B₂ appears in 102 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

Vitamin B₂ appears in 102 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.

102
catalogued products
#3,094
usage rank of 247,206
21
named brands represented
65%
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.

Reading this ingredient record

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 50 of 102 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Applepie toast crunch; Barre Lucky Charms Treats King Size; Boo Berry to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Vitamin B₂ itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

50 of 102 linked records have some flagged component

All 102 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.

High-volume listing for Vitamin B₂ - usage rank #3,094

Usage rank
#3,094
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 21 others that also appear in exactly 102 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
65%
Mean relative depth 65% across 102 parsed labels, slot 22.5 on average. Vitamin B₂ tends to sit in the lower half of the 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 Vitamin B₂

Across the 102 products on this site that list Vitamin B₂, 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 4x more often with Vitamin B₂ than in the catalogue at large.

Red 40: +16.2ppRed 40+16.2ppCaramel Coloring: +15.9ppCaramel Coloring+15.9ppBlue 1: +11.5ppBlue 1+11.5ppYellow 6: +5.4ppYellow 6+5.4ppYellow 5: +3ppYellow 5+3pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Vitamin B₂ 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
16.2pp
Caramel Coloring
15.9pp
Blue 1
11.5pp
Yellow 6
5.4pp
Yellow 5
3pp
Additive Shared products Share of Vitamin B₂ products Share of all products
Red 40 22 21.6% 5.4%
Caramel Coloring 22 21.6% 5.7%
Blue 1 16 15.7% 4.2%
Yellow 6 9 8.8% 3.4%
Yellow 5 8 7.8% 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 Vitamin B₂

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 Vitamin B₂
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 Vitamin B₂ beside “Ada”

Top-decile company for Vitamin B₂: 102 listings averaging 82.9/100. Nearest count peers include “Ada”, “Apple Extract”, “Baby Corn”.

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.

Using the Vitamin B₂ evidence

102 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Vitamin B₂ are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Check the listed products containing Vitamin B₂ before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
  • Compare Vitamin B₂ with a peer such as “Ada” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Vitamin B₂ 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 Vitamin B₂. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Vitamin B₂?

Vitamin B₂ ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,094 of 247,206), appearing in 102 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 Vitamin B₂ so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vitamin B₂ appears in 102 products (#3,094 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vitamin B₂). 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.