Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40
Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 appears in 5 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 And Red 40 appears in 5 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.
- 5
- catalogued products
- #24,708
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 95%
- 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
80% 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 And Red 40 as the trigger. Open records such as Assorted food colors; Gelatin Dessert; T&L Baking Co, Homestyle Delicious Glazed Pound Cake, Sour Cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 82.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 95% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
80% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 5 of 5 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 5 And Red 40 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#24,708 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #24,708
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4,103 others that also appear in exactly 5 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 95%
- Averaged label depth puts Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 near the end of the captured list (95% of list length, mean slot 25.8). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 5 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 And Red 40
Products Containing Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40
A sample of 5 high-volume listings among the 5 indexed products containing Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40:
Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 sits among other busy catalog rows (5 products, mean score 82/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 record
5 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- 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.
Questions readers ask about Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40
How should I read safety signals when Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
80% 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 And Red 40 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 And Red 40? ▼
Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 ranks in the top decile by product count (#24,708 of 247,206), appearing in 5 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 And Red 40 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40 appears in 5 products (#24,708 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fd&c Yellow 5 And Red 40). 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.