Food coloring

Quality:

Food coloring - substance that imparts color when it is added to food or drink. Article "Food coloring" in English Wikipedia has 92.9 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 99 references and 17 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In July 2024 the article "Food coloring" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Food coloring", its content was written by 428 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1199 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 519 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2712 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #203 in January 2003
  • Global: #720 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #14565 in September 2015
  • Global: #19783 in November 2013

There are 32 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Food coloring
92.8762
2Turkish (tr)
Gıda boyası
46.0283
3Simple English (simple)
Food coloring
39.1069
4French (fr)
Colorant alimentaire
38.8188
5German (de)
Lebensmittelfarbstoff
38.0447
6Chinese (zh)
食用色素
37.509
7Spanish (es)
Colorante alimentario
33.1892
8Lithuanian (lt)
Maisto dažiklis
30.878
9Indonesian (id)
Pewarna makanan
30.3319
10Malay (ms)
Pewarna makanan
29.1175
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Food coloring" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Food coloring
4 287 343
2Japanese (ja)
着色料
1 183 774
3German (de)
Lebensmittelfarbstoff
889 153
4Spanish (es)
Colorante alimentario
840 769
5French (fr)
Colorant alimentaire
550 595
6Chinese (zh)
食用色素
509 967
7Polish (pl)
Barwniki spożywcze
408 085
8Portuguese (pt)
Corante alimentar
293 310
9Italian (it)
Colorante alimentare
288 630
10Russian (ru)
Пищевые красители
239 690
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Food coloring" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Food coloring
8 224
2Chinese (zh)
食用色素
1 958
3German (de)
Lebensmittelfarbstoff
1 326
4Japanese (ja)
着色料
1 198
5Spanish (es)
Colorante alimentario
788
6French (fr)
Colorant alimentaire
709
7Hebrew (he)
צבע מאכל
703
8Thai (th)
สีผสมอาหาร
670
9Russian (ru)
Пищевые красители
624
10Indonesian (id)
Pewarna makanan
418
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Food coloring" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Food coloring
428
2German (de)
Lebensmittelfarbstoff
174
3Hebrew (he)
צבע מאכל
83
4French (fr)
Colorant alimentaire
73
5Italian (it)
Colorante alimentare
52
6Japanese (ja)
着色料
50
7Russian (ru)
Пищевые красители
40
8Polish (pl)
Barwniki spożywcze
25
9Chinese (zh)
食用色素
25
10Spanish (es)
Colorante alimentario
23
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in July 2024

Language versions of the article "Food coloring" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Food coloring
3
2Spanish (es)
Colorante alimentario
1
3French (fr)
Colorant alimentaire
1
4Arabic (ar)
ملون غذائي
0
5Azerbaijani (az)
Qida boyaları
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Оцветители за храни
0
7Czech (cs)
Potravinářské barvivo
0
8German (de)
Lebensmittelfarbstoff
0
9Estonian (et)
Toiduvärvid
0
10Persian (fa)
رنگ‌های خوراکی
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Food coloring" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Food coloring
519
2Japanese (ja)
着色料
281
3Arabic (ar)
ملون غذائي
206
4French (fr)
Colorant alimentaire
197
5German (de)
Lebensmittelfarbstoff
194
6Russian (ru)
Пищевые красители
155
7Hebrew (he)
צבע מאכל
149
8Polish (pl)
Barwniki spożywcze
115
9Portuguese (pt)
Corante alimentar
108
10Spanish (es)
Colorante alimentario
104
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ملون غذائي
azAzerbaijani
Qida boyaları
bgBulgarian
Оцветители за храни
csCzech
Potravinářské barvivo
deGerman
Lebensmittelfarbstoff
enEnglish
Food coloring
esSpanish
Colorante alimentario
etEstonian
Toiduvärvid
faPersian
رنگ‌های خوراکی
fiFinnish
Elintarvikeväri
frFrench
Colorant alimentaire
heHebrew
צבע מאכל
hyArmenian
Սննդային ներկանյութեր
idIndonesian
Pewarna makanan
itItalian
Colorante alimentare
jaJapanese
着色料
koKorean
착색제
ltLithuanian
Maisto dažiklis
msMalay
Pewarna makanan
nlDutch
Voedingskleurstof
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Konditorfarge
noNorwegian
Konditorfarge
plPolish
Barwniki spożywcze
ptPortuguese
Corante alimentar
ruRussian
Пищевые красители
simpleSimple English
Food coloring
svSwedish
Livsmedelsfärgämnen
thThai
สีผสมอาหาร
trTurkish
Gıda boyası
ukUkrainian
Харчові барвники
viVietnamese
Màu thực phẩm
zhChinese
食用色素

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#14565
09.2015
Global:
#19783
11.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#203
01.2003
Global:
#720
01.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

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Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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