Green 5
Green 5 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
Green 5 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
- 94%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Green 5 as the trigger. Open records such as Antibacterial Dishwashing Liquid; Dove Men Care bar soap; Dawn ultra antibacterial and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 78.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 94% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1 of 1 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.
Upper-half catalog placement for Green 5 (#35,091)
- 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
- 94%
- Mean relative depth 94% across 3 parsed labels, slot 14.7 on average. Green 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.
Products Containing Green 5
All 3 indexed products that name Green 5:
Count and score peers around flagged Green 5
Co-flag rate 100% makes peer triage useful: Green 5 covers 3 products (mean 78.3/100).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Green 5 evidence
Use the 3-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Green 5 and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Green 5 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Green 5 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Green 5 show up across the catalog? ▼
Green 5 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 Green 5 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Green 5. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Green 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.