Fd&c Yellow # 5
Fd&c Yellow # 5 appears in 46 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 Yellow # 5 appears in 46 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.
- 46
- catalogued products
- #5,260
- usage rank of 247,206
- 22
- named brands represented
- 81%
- 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
56.5% 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 Yellow # 5 as the trigger. Open records such as Aloe; Baby Cucumber Pickles; Beverages, peach pear and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 84.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 81% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
56.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 46 of 46 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.
High-volume listing for Fd&c Yellow # 5 - usage rank #5,260
- Usage rank
- #5,260
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 72 others that also appear in exactly 46 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 81%
- Mean relative depth 81% across 46 parsed labels, slot 19.6 on average. Fd&c Yellow # 5 tends to sit near the end of the captured 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 Fd&c Yellow # 5
Across the 46 products on this site that list Fd&c Yellow # 5, 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. Titanium Dioxide shows up about 13.5x more often with Fd&c Yellow # 5 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fd&c Yellow # 5 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanium Dioxide | 13 | 28.3% | 2.1% |
| Blue 1 | 6 | 13% | 4.2% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 5 | 10.9% | 1.3% |
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 Yellow # 5
Products Containing Fd&c Yellow # 5
16 busy labels from the 46 indexed products that list Fd&c Yellow # 5:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Fd&c Yellow # 5: 46 products, mean screening score 84.5/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Fd&c Yellow # 5 evidence
Start from Fd&c Yellow # 5's 46 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Fd&c Yellow # 5 and read how the term sits on real packages. 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. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Fd&c Yellow # 5 — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Fd&c Yellow # 5 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
56.5% 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 Yellow # 5 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 Yellow # 5? ▼
Fd&c Yellow # 5 ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,260 of 247,206), appearing in 46 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fd&c Yellow # 5 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fd&c Yellow # 5 appears in 46 products (#5,260 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fd&c 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.