Yellow
Yellow appears in 129 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
Yellow appears in 129 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.
- 129
- catalogued products
- #2,620
- usage rank of 247,206
- 76
- named brands represented
- 76%
- 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
51.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Yellow as the trigger. Open records such as 100% Plant-Based Food Colors; Albert's Pizza, Roasted Vegan; Apple Mix Candy Corn and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 75.2/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 76% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 108 of 121 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.
Yellow: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,620 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,620
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 18 others that also appear in exactly 129 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 76%
- Mean relative depth 76% across 129 parsed labels, slot 18.0 on average. Yellow tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Yellow
Across the 129 products on this site that list Yellow, 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 4.4x more often with Yellow than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Yellow products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 31 | 24% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 23 | 17.8% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 23 | 17.8% | 3.4% |
| Blue 1 | 18 | 14% | 4.2% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 14 | 10.9% | 2.1% |
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 Yellow
Products Containing Yellow
16 busy labels from the 129 indexed products that list Yellow:
High-volume peers for Yellow beside “Algin”
Top-decile company for Yellow: 129 listings averaging 75.2/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Algin · Applesauce · Apricots With Sulfur Dioxide.
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.
Next steps from the Yellow page
129 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Yellow are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing Yellow before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- 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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Yellow
How should I read safety signals when Yellow sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Yellow is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Yellow? ▼
Yellow ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,620 of 247,206), appearing in 129 indexed products led by Undefined. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yellow so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yellow appears in 129 products (#2,620 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow). 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.