Yellow #6
Yellow #6 appears in 1,482 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 #6 appears in 1,482 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.
- 1,482
- catalogued products
- #515
- usage rank of 247,206
- 403
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
57.2% 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 #6 as the trigger. Open records such as 1/4 Sheet White Cake With Colored Icing; 100% Vitamin C Orange Strawberry; 100% Vitamin C, Orange Pineapple and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 85.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 81% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
57.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1482 of 1482 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 Yellow #6 - usage rank #515
- Usage rank
- #515
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 1,482 products, listed in more products than 99.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 81%
- Mean relative depth 81% across 1,482 parsed labels, slot 18.9 on average. Yellow #6 tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
What else is usually in the same product as Yellow #6
Across the 1,482 products on this site that list Yellow #6, 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. Yellow 5 shows up about 4.5x more often with Yellow #6 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Yellow #6 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 321 | 21.7% | 4.8% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 214 | 14.4% | 2.1% |
| Caramel Coloring | 103 | 7% | 5.7% |
| Sucralose | 99 | 6.7% | 2.7% |
| Carrageenan | 93 | 6.3% | 4.5% |
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 #6
Products Containing Yellow #6
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 1,482 indexed products containing Yellow #6:
High-volume peers for Yellow #6 beside “Malt Extract”
Top-decile company for Yellow #6: 1,482 listings averaging 85.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Malt Extract; Cauliflower; Tree Nuts.
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.
Using the Yellow #6 evidence
1,482 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Yellow #6 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Yellow #6 and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Compare Yellow #6 with a peer such as “Malt Extract” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Yellow #6 — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Yellow #6 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
57.2% 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 #6 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Yellow #6? ▼
Yellow #6 ranks in the top decile by product count (#515 of 247,206), appearing in 1,482 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yellow #6 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yellow #6 appears in 1,482 products (#515 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow #6). 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.