Autolyzed Yeast
Autolyzed Yeast appears in 775 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
Autolyzed Yeast appears in 775 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.
- 775
- catalogued products
- #782
- usage rank of 247,206
- 246
- named brands represented
- 66%
- 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: 376 of 775 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 90 sec rice; Ahold, creamy italian dressing; Albrecht's Delafield Market, Cajun Crunch Mix to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Autolyzed Yeast itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
376 of 775 linked records have some flagged component
All 770 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.
Autolyzed Yeast sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#782 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #782
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 775 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 66%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 775 products listing it (mean slot 21.9). Autolyzed Yeast usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Autolyzed Yeast
Across the 775 products on this site that list Autolyzed Yeast, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 4.8x more often with Autolyzed Yeast than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Autolyzed Yeast products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 213 | 27.5% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 88 | 11.4% | 2.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 60 | 7.7% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 59 | 7.6% | 3.4% |
| Carrageenan | 43 | 5.5% | 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 Autolyzed Yeast
Products Containing Autolyzed Yeast
High-volume slice (16 of 775) for products naming Autolyzed Yeast:
High-volume peers for Autolyzed Yeast beside “Asiago Cheese”
Top-decile company for Autolyzed Yeast: 775 listings averaging 89.5/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Asiago Cheese · Spinach Powder · Raspberry.
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 Autolyzed Yeast evidence
Use the 775-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Autolyzed Yeast and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Autolyzed Yeast next to “Spinach Powder” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Autolyzed Yeast
Does Autolyzed Yeast 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 Autolyzed Yeast. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Autolyzed Yeast? ▼
Autolyzed Yeast ranks in the top decile by product count (#782 of 247,206), appearing in 775 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Autolyzed Yeast so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Autolyzed Yeast appears in 775 products (#782 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Autolyzed Yeast). 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.