Blue 40 Lake
Blue 40 Lake appears in 2 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 40 Lake appears in 2 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.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 0
- named brands represented
- 85%
- 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
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 40 Lake as the trigger. Open records such as Albertsons bakery; Pancake & waffle complete mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 85% 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 2 of 2 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 40 Lake ranks above 81.3% of catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 85%
- Mean relative depth 85% across 2 parsed labels, slot 33.0 on average. Blue 40 Lake tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
Products Containing Blue 40 Lake
Full indexed set for Blue 40 Lake — 2 products:
Nationwide peers near this flagged-ingredient footprint
Co-flag rate 100% makes peer triage useful: Blue 40 Lake covers 2 products (mean 82.5/100).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Blue 40 Lake page
2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Blue 40 Lake are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Blue 40 Lake and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Blue 40 Lake
How should I read safety signals when Blue 40 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 40 Lake is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Blue 40 Lake show up across the catalog? ▼
Blue 40 Lake sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206). Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Blue 40 Lake so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Blue 40 Lake. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Blue 40 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.