And Yellow 5 & 6
And Yellow 5 & 6 appears in 496 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
And Yellow 5 & 6 appears in 496 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.
- 496
- catalogued products
- #1,045
- usage rank of 247,206
- 109
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
89.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify And Yellow 5 & 6 as the trigger. Open records such as 16 Count Fruit Flavored Variety Pack; 49 Assorted Flavors Jelly Beans; 49 Flavors Jelly Beans and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 51.2/100 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.
89.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 494 of 496 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 And Yellow 5 & 6 - usage rank #1,045
- Usage rank
- #1,045
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 496 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 73%
- Averaged label depth puts And Yellow 5 & 6 in the lower half of the list (73% of list length, mean slot 26.4). 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.
What else is usually in the same product as And Yellow 5 & 6
Across the 496 products on this site that list And Yellow 5 & 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. Red 40 shows up about 12.5x more often with And Yellow 5 & 6 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of And Yellow 5 & 6 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 335 | 67.5% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 316 | 63.7% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 81 | 16.3% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 72 | 14.5% | 4.5% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 68 | 13.7% | 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 And Yellow 5 & 6
Products Containing And Yellow 5 & 6
16 busy labels from the 496 indexed products that list And Yellow 5 & 6:
High-volume peers for And Yellow 5 & 6 beside “Capers”
Top-decile company for And Yellow 5 & 6: 496 listings averaging 51.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Capers; Minced Garlic; Apple Powder.
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.
Next steps from the And Yellow 5 & 6 page
496 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on And Yellow 5 & 6 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Check the listed products containing And Yellow 5 & 6 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Compare And Yellow 5 & 6 with a peer such as “Capers” on 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. Open 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 And Yellow 5 & 6 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
89.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming And Yellow 5 & 6 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with And Yellow 5 & 6? ▼
And Yellow 5 & 6 ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,045 of 247,206), appearing in 496 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is And Yellow 5 & 6 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet And Yellow 5 & 6 appears in 496 products (#1,045 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (And Yellow 5 & 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.