Yellow 8
Yellow 8 appears in 4 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 8 appears in 4 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.
- 4
- catalogued products
- #28,812
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 85%
- 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 8 as the trigger. Open records such as Thick cut vegetarian bacon strips, applewood black pepper; Candies; Candy, chewy and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 22.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 85% 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 4 of 4 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 8: above-median product count (beats 88.3% of ranked ingredients)
- Usage rank
- #28,812
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 6,278 others that also appear in exactly 4 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 85%
- Averaged label depth puts Yellow 8 near the end of the captured list (85% of list length, mean slot 28.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 4 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 8
Products Containing Yellow 8
Every indexed product currently listing Yellow 8 (4 total):
Similar catalog profiles where co-flags already cluster
Co-flag rate 100% makes peer triage useful: Yellow 8 covers 4 products (mean 22.5/100).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Yellow 8 evidence
4 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Yellow 8 are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Yellow 8 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. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. 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 8 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 8 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Yellow 8 show up across the catalog? ▼
Yellow 8 sits above the median for catalog prevalence (4 products, #28,812 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Yellow 8 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Yellow 8. Its near the end of the captured list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow 8). 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.