Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5
Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 appears in 1 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
Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 appears in 1 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.
- 1
- catalogued products
- #71,300
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 60%
- 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 Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 as the trigger. Open records such as Old fashioned mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 50.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 60% 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 1 of 1 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.
Upper-half catalog placement for Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 (#71,300)
- Usage rank
- #71,300
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 175,906 others that also appear in exactly 1 product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 60%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1 product listing it (mean slot 4.0). Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 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.
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.
Products Containing Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5
Full indexed set for Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 — 1 product:
Count and score peers around flagged Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5
Co-flag rate 100% makes peer triage useful: Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 covers 1 products (mean 50/100).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 record
Start from Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5's 1 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 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 Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 show up across the catalog? ▼
Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 sits above the median for catalog prevalence (1 products, #71,300 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5. Its in the lower half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Color Added Red 40 Yellow 5). 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.