Yellow 5 And Blue 1
Yellow 5 And Blue 1 appears in 86 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 And Blue 1 appears in 86 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.
- 86
- catalogued products
- #3,489
- usage rank of 247,206
- 34
- named brands represented
- 95%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
83.7% 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 5 And Blue 1 as the trigger. Open records such as A premium ice cream; Assorted Fish Candy; Assorted Swedish Fish and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 67.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 95% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
83.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 86 of 86 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 5 And Blue 1 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,489 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,489
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 35 others that also appear in exactly 86 products, listed in more products than 98.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 95%
- Mean relative depth 95% across 86 parsed labels, slot 11.9 on average. Yellow 5 And Blue 1 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 5 And Blue 1
Across the 86 products on this site that list Yellow 5 And Blue 1, 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 12.9x more often with Yellow 5 And Blue 1 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Yellow 5 And Blue 1 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 60 | 69.8% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 6 | 29 | 33.7% | 3.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 14 | 16.3% | 2.1% |
| Blue 1 | 5 | 5.8% | 4.2% |
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 And Blue 1
Products Containing Yellow 5 And Blue 1
16 busy labels from the 86 indexed products that list Yellow 5 And Blue 1:
High-volume peers for Yellow 5 And Blue 1 beside “Apple Sauce”
High-volume peers for Yellow 5 And Blue 1: 86 products, mean screening score 67.5/100. Nearest count peers include “Apple Sauce”, “Artificial Chicken Flavor”, “Basil Leaf”. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
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 5 And Blue 1 page
86 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Yellow 5 And Blue 1 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Yellow 5 And Blue 1 and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Compare Yellow 5 And Blue 1 with a peer such as “Apple Sauce” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the 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 Yellow 5 And Blue 1 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
83.7% 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 5 And Blue 1 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Yellow 5 And Blue 1? ▼
Yellow 5 And Blue 1 ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,489 of 247,206), appearing in 86 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yellow 5 And Blue 1 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yellow 5 And Blue 1 appears in 86 products (#3,489 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow 5 And Blue 1). 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.