Yellow # 5
Yellow # 5 appears in 48 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 # 5 appears in 48 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.
- 48
- catalogued products
- #5,109
- usage rank of 247,206
- 22
- named brands represented
- 81%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 22 of 48 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Belgian White Chocolate; Chocolate Nut Trail Mix; Diebergs Markets, Fruit Slices Candy to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 50–100 score range to Yellow # 5 itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
22 of 48 linked records have some flagged component
All 48 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 50–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Yellow # 5: top-decile catalog footprint (#5,109 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,109
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 66 others that also appear in exactly 48 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 81%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 48 products listing it (mean slot 18.9). Yellow # 5 usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Yellow # 5
Across the 48 products on this site that list 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. Sucralose shows up about 5.4x more often with Yellow # 5 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Yellow # 5 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 7 | 14.6% | 2.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 5 | 10.4% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 5 | 10.4% | 5.7% |
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 # 5
Products Containing Yellow # 5
16 busy labels from the 48 indexed products that list Yellow # 5:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Yellow # 5: 48 listings averaging 93/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Yellow # 5 evidence
48 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Yellow # 5 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Yellow # 5 and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Yellow # 5 carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Yellow # 5. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Yellow # 5? ▼
Yellow # 5 ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,109 of 247,206), appearing in 48 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yellow # 5 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yellow # 5 appears in 48 products (#5,109 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (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.