Yellow Lake 6
Yellow Lake 6 appears in 28 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 Lake 6 appears in 28 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.
- 28
- catalogued products
- #7,422
- usage rank of 247,206
- 15
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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
64.3% 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 Lake 6 as the trigger. Open records such as Bakery style cookie mix; Cheddar blend, snack mix; Chicken Soup Base and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 72.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 75% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
64.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 28 of 28 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 Yellow Lake 6 - usage rank #7,422
- Usage rank
- #7,422
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 182 others that also appear in exactly 28 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 28 products listing it (mean slot 39.5). Yellow Lake 6 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.
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 Lake 6
Products Containing Yellow Lake 6
16 busy labels from the 28 indexed products that list Yellow Lake 6:
High-volume peers for Yellow Lake 6
Yellow Lake 6 sits among other busy catalog rows (28 products, mean score 72.9/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Yellow Lake 6 page
Use the 28-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Yellow Lake 6 to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare another ingredient’s 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. 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 Lake 6 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
64.3% 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 Lake 6 is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Yellow Lake 6? ▼
Yellow Lake 6 ranks in the top decile by product count (#7,422 of 247,206), appearing in 28 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yellow Lake 6 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yellow Lake 6 appears in 28 products (#7,422 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow Lake 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.