Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake
Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake appears in 121 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 #6 Lake appears in 121 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.
- 121
- catalogued products
- #2,754
- usage rank of 247,206
- 36
- 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
62% 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 #6 Lake as the trigger. Open records such as 7-eleven, sugar cookie; APPLE LICORICE; Aunt jemima, griddle melts, sausage, ham & bacon and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 64.8/100 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.
62% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 121 of 121 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 Yellow #6 Lake: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,754 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,754
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 14 others that also appear in exactly 121 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 79%
- Mean relative depth 79% across 121 parsed labels, slot 26.4 on average. Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake
Across the 121 products on this site that list Fd&c Yellow #6 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 6.2x more often with Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 36 | 29.8% | 4.8% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 35 | 28.9% | 2.1% |
| Red 3 | 32 | 26.4% | 1.1% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 31 | 25.6% | 1.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 29 | 24% | 3.4% |
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 #6 Lake
Products Containing Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake
High-volume slice (16 of 121) for products naming Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Cane Vinegar”)
Top-decile company for Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake: 121 listings averaging 64.8/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Cane Vinegar; Caramel Swirl; Kaffir Lime Peel.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 #6 Lake evidence
121 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Place Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake next to “Caramel Swirl” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
62% 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 #6 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 Yellow #6 Lake? ▼
Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,754 of 247,206), appearing in 121 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fd&c Yellow #6 Lake appears in 121 products (#2,754 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fd&c Yellow #6 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.