Autolyzed yeast extract
Autolyzed yeast extract carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 4,121 indexed US food products. CSPI rates it “Certain People Should Avoid.”
Source-backed answer
Autolyzed yeast extract appears in 4,121 catalogued products. CSPI rates it “Certain People Should Avoid.” No FDA SAFFA status is attached. Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 4,121
- catalogued products
- #251
- usage rank of 247,206
- 799
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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.
Autolyzed yeast extract sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#251 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #251
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, listed in more products than 99.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Averaged label depth puts Autolyzed yeast extract in the lower half of the list (63% of list length, mean slot 22.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
50.6% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Autolyzed yeast extract as the trigger. Open records such as 16 Bean Soup Mix; 3 Color 5 Cheese Tortelloni; 365 everyday value, chicken taquitos and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 89.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 63% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
50.6% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 4076 of 4116 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Autolyzed yeast extract
Across the 4,121 products on this site that list Autolyzed yeast extract, 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 5.1x more often with Autolyzed yeast extract than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Autolyzed yeast extract products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 1,209 | 29.3% | 5.7% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 362 | 8.8% | 2.4% |
| Carrageenan | 317 | 7.7% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 5 | 268 | 6.5% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 263 | 6.4% | 3.4% |
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.
Function
Flavoring
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 extract
Products Containing Autolyzed yeast extract
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 4,121 indexed products containing Autolyzed yeast extract:
Autolyzed yeast extract vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Autolyzed yeast extract: 4,121 products, mean screening score 89.6/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Calcium Phosphate; Color Added; Apple Cider Vinegar. 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.
What to do with this Autolyzed yeast extract record
4,121 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Autolyzed yeast extract are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Autolyzed yeast extract before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Autolyzed yeast extract with a peer such as “Calcium Phosphate” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Autolyzed yeast extract — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Autolyzed yeast extract sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
50.6% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Autolyzed yeast extract is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Autolyzed yeast extract scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale and CSPI lists it as "Certain People Should Avoid". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Autolyzed yeast extract? ▼
Autolyzed yeast extract ranks in the top decile by product count (#251 of 247,206), appearing in 4,121 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Autolyzed yeast extract serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Autolyzed yeast extract is recorded as a flavoring in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Autolyzed yeast extract). 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.