Includes Yellow 5
Includes Yellow 5 appears in 70 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
Includes Yellow 5 appears in 70 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.
- 70
- catalogued products
- #3,970
- usage rank of 247,206
- 13
- 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
92.9% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Includes Yellow 5 as the trigger. Open records such as 12 gourmet candy canes; Blue bell pistachio almond; Boston Creme Rolls and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 15.4/100 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.
92.9% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 70 of 70 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 Includes Yellow 5 - usage rank #3,970
- Usage rank
- #3,970
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 40 others that also appear in exactly 70 products, listed in more products than 98.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Mean relative depth 73% across 70 parsed labels, slot 25.5 on average. Includes Yellow 5 tends to sit in the lower half of the 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Includes Yellow 5
Across the 70 products on this site that list Includes Yellow 5, 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 40 shows up about 16.1x more often with Includes Yellow 5 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Includes Yellow 5 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 61 | 87.1% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 61 | 87.1% | 3.4% |
| Blue 1 | 60 | 85.7% | 4.2% |
| Blue 2 | 49 | 70% | 0.9% |
| Yellow 5 | 48 | 68.6% | 4.8% |
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 Includes Yellow 5
Products Containing Includes Yellow 5
High-volume slice (16 of 70) for products naming Includes Yellow 5:
High-volume peers for Includes Yellow 5 beside “Natural And Artificial Flavour”
Top-decile company for Includes Yellow 5: 70 listings averaging 15.4/100. Nearest count peers include “Natural And Artificial Flavour”, “Bakers Yeast”, “Base”.
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.
What to do with this Includes Yellow 5 record
70 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Includes Yellow 5 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Includes Yellow 5 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare Includes Yellow 5 with a peer such as “Natural And Artificial Flavour” on 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. 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 Includes Yellow 5 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
92.9% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Includes Yellow 5 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Includes Yellow 5? ▼
Includes Yellow 5 ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,970 of 247,206), appearing in 70 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Includes Yellow 5 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Includes Yellow 5 appears in 70 products (#3,970 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Includes Yellow 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.