Fd&c Blue #1 Lake
Fd&c Blue #1 Lake appears in 123 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
Fd&c Blue #1 Lake appears in 123 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.
- 123
- catalogued products
- #2,727
- usage rank of 247,206
- 30
- named brands represented
- 79%
- 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
77.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Fd&c Blue #1 Lake as the trigger. Open records such as Assorted Cupcakes; Blo'hole Blast; Bubble Gum and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 61.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 79% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
77.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 123 of 123 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.
Fd&c Blue #1 Lake: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,727 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,727
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 13 others that also appear in exactly 123 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 123 parsed labels, slot 27.0 on average. Fd&c Blue #1 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Fd&c Blue #1 Lake
Across the 123 products on this site that list Fd&c Blue #1 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. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 29.6x more often with Fd&c Blue #1 Lake than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fd&c Blue #1 Lake products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 51 | 41.5% | 1.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 39 | 31.7% | 2.1% |
| Red 3 | 37 | 30.1% | 1.1% |
| Red 40 | 35 | 28.5% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 33 | 26.8% | 4.8% |
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 Fd&c Blue #1 Lake
Products Containing Fd&c Blue #1 Lake
High-volume slice (16 of 123) for products naming Fd&c Blue #1 Lake:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Bread Crumb”)
High-volume peers for Fd&c Blue #1 Lake: 123 products, mean screening score 61.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Bread Crumb; Clam Broth; Cracked Black Pepper. 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 Fd&c Blue #1 Lake record
Use the 123-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Fd&c Blue #1 Lake before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Fd&c Blue #1 Lake next to “Clam Broth” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 Fd&c Blue #1 Lake
How should I read safety signals when Fd&c Blue #1 Lake sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
77.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Fd&c Blue #1 Lake is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fd&c Blue #1 Lake? ▼
Fd&c Blue #1 Lake ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,727 of 247,206), appearing in 123 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fd&c Blue #1 Lake so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fd&c Blue #1 Lake appears in 123 products (#2,727 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fd&c Blue #1 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.