Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake
Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake appears in 54 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 54 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.
- 54
- catalogued products
- #4,732
- usage rank of 247,206
- 21
- named brands represented
- 73%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
72.2% 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 Yellow 6 Lake as the trigger. Open records such as Blow Pop, Bubble Gum Filled Lollipops; Butterscotch Flavored Peanut Butter Stock; California sungold pistachios, white chocolate pumpkin pie almonds and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 62.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 73% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
72.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 54 of 54 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 6 Lake - usage rank #4,732
- Usage rank
- #4,732
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 46 others that also appear in exactly 54 products, listed in more products than 98.1% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 54 products listing it (mean slot 24.0). Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake
Across the 54 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. Red 3 shows up about 35.4x 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 3 | 21 | 38.9% | 1.1% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 18 | 33.3% | 1.4% |
| Blue 1 | 16 | 29.6% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 15 | 27.8% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 15 | 27.8% | 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
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 54 indexed products containing Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake:
High-volume peers for Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake beside “1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate”
Top-decile company for Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake: 54 listings averaging 62.7/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 1/10 Of 1% Sodium Benzoate · Annatto And Paprika Extract · Blueberry Bits.
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 Yellow 6 Lake record
Start from Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake's 54 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Fd&c Yellow 6 Lake to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
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? ▼
72.2% 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 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 (#4,732 of 247,206), appearing in 54 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 54 products (#4,732 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.