Yellow 6 Lak
Yellow 6 Lak appears in 2 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 Lak appears in 2 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.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 100%
- 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
100% 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 Lak as the trigger. Open records such as Bark; Gourmet Juicy Jelly Beans and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 0.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 100% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2 of 2 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 Lak ranks above 81.3% of catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 100%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 2 products listing it (mean slot 18.0). Yellow 6 Lak 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.
Products Containing Yellow 6 Lak
Every indexed product currently listing Yellow 6 Lak (2 total):
Similar catalog profiles where co-flags already cluster
Co-flag rate 100% makes peer triage useful: Yellow 6 Lak covers 2 products (mean 0/100).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Yellow 6 Lak page
2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Yellow 6 Lak are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Yellow 6 Lak to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s 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.
Questions readers ask about Yellow 6 Lak
How should I read safety signals when Yellow 6 Lak sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% 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 Lak is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Yellow 6 Lak show up across the catalog? ▼
Yellow 6 Lak sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 2 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Yellow 6 Lak so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Yellow 6 Lak. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow 6 Lak). 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.