Blue 1 & 2 Lake
Blue 1 & 2 Lake appears in 92 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
Blue 1 & 2 Lake appears in 92 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.
- 92
- catalogued products
- #3,310
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Blue 1 & 2 Lake as the trigger. Open records such as 49 Assorted Flavors Jelly Beans; 49 Flavors Jelly Beans; 50 Flavors Jelly Beans and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 32.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 75% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 92 of 92 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.
Blue 1 & 2 Lake: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,310 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,310
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 41 others that also appear in exactly 92 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Mean relative depth 75% across 92 parsed labels, slot 24.5 on average. Blue 1 & 2 Lake tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Blue 1 & 2 Lake
Across the 92 products on this site that list Blue 1 & 2 Lake, 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 16.5x more often with Blue 1 & 2 Lake than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Blue 1 & 2 Lake products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 82 | 89.1% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 50 | 54.3% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 22 | 23.9% | 4.8% |
| Red 3 | 11 | 12% | 1.1% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 10 | 10.9% | 2.1% |
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 Blue 1 & 2 Lake
Products Containing Blue 1 & 2 Lake
16 busy labels from the 92 indexed products that list Blue 1 & 2 Lake:
High-volume peers for Blue 1 & 2 Lake beside “100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour”
Top-decile company for Blue 1 & 2 Lake: 92 listings averaging 32.2/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour · Added To Maintain Color · With Alkali.
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.
Next steps from the Blue 1 & 2 Lake page
Use the 92-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Blue 1 & 2 Lake before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Blue 1 & 2 Lake next to “Added To Maintain Color” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Blue 1 & 2 Lake sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Blue 1 & 2 Lake is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Blue 1 & 2 Lake? ▼
Blue 1 & 2 Lake ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,310 of 247,206), appearing in 92 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Blue 1 & 2 Lake so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Blue 1 & 2 Lake appears in 92 products (#3,310 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Blue 1 & 2 Lake). 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.