Yellow 6 And Red 40
Yellow 6 And Red 40 appears in 29 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 And Red 40 appears in 29 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.
- 29
- catalogued products
- #7,222
- usage rank of 247,206
- 17
- named brands represented
- 92%
- 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
72.4% 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 And Red 40 as the trigger. Open records such as Assorted Flavors Freezer Pops, Assorted; Assorted Flavors Freezer Pops, Assorted; Caffeine Free Orange Soda, Orange and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 71.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 92% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
72.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 29 of 29 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 6 And Red 40 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#7,222 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #7,222
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 199 others that also appear in exactly 29 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 92%
- Averaged label depth puts Yellow 6 And Red 40 near the end of the captured list (92% of list length, mean slot 13.0). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
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 And Red 40
Products Containing Yellow 6 And Red 40
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 29 indexed products containing Yellow 6 And Red 40:
Yellow 6 And Red 40 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Yellow 6 And Red 40: 29 products, mean screening score 71.7/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Yellow 6 And Red 40 record
Use the 29-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Yellow 6 And Red 40 and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Yellow 6 And Red 40
How should I read safety signals when Yellow 6 And Red 40 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
72.4% 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 And Red 40 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 And Red 40? ▼
Yellow 6 And Red 40 ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,222 of 247,206), appearing in 29 indexed products led by Beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yellow 6 And Red 40 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yellow 6 And Red 40 appears in 29 products (#7,222 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow 6 And Red 40). 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.