Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6
Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 appears in 3 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 No 5 & 6 appears in 3 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.
- 3
- catalogued products
- #35,091
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 72%
- 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
66.7% 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 No 5 & 6 as the trigger. Open records such as Gummi Butterflies; Sour Crawlers; Sour Peach Rings and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 90.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 72% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
66.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 3 of 3 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 No 5 & 6 ranks above 85.8% of catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #35,091
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 11,093 others that also appear in exactly 3 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 72%
- Averaged label depth puts Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 in the lower half of the list (72% of list length, mean slot 10.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Products Containing Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6
Full indexed set for Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 — 3 products:
Count and score peers around flagged Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6
Co-flag rate 66.7% makes peer triage useful: Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 covers 3 products (mean 90/100).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 record
3 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
66.7% 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 No 5 & 6 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 show up across the catalog? ▼
Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 sits above the median for catalog prevalence (3 products, #35,091 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6. Its in the lower half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fd&c Yellow No 5 & 6). 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.