Xanthan Gum Yellow 5
Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 appears in 1 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
Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 appears in 1 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.
- 1
- catalogued products
- #71,300
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 96%
- 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
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 Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 as the trigger. Open records such as Shadow cake and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 55.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 96% 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 Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 (#71,300)
- Usage rank
- #71,300
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 175,906 others that also appear in exactly 1 product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 96%
- Averaged label depth puts Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 near the end of the captured list (96% of list length, mean slot 55.0). 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.
Products Containing Xanthan Gum Yellow 5
All 1 indexed product that name Xanthan Gum Yellow 5:
Nationwide peers near this flagged-ingredient footprint
With 100% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 spans 1 products at 55/100 average screening score.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 page
1 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- 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 Xanthan Gum Yellow 5
How should I read safety signals when Xanthan Gum Yellow 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 Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 show up across the catalog? ▼
Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 sits above the median for catalog prevalence (1 products, #71,300 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Xanthan Gum Yellow 5 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Xanthan Gum Yellow 5. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Xanthan Gum 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.