Yellow Lakes 5 & 6
Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 appears in 37 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 Lakes 5 & 6 appears in 37 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.
- 37
- catalogued products
- #6,126
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
59.5% 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 Lakes 5 & 6 as the trigger. Open records such as Betty Crocker Rainbow Chocolate Candy Cookie Mix; Betty Crocker Scalloped Potatoes; Cheeseburger macaroni and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 81.2/100 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.
59.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 37 of 37 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 Lakes 5 & 6 sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#6,126 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,126
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 98 others that also appear in exactly 37 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Mean relative depth 75% across 37 parsed labels, slot 34.0 on average. Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Yellow Lakes 5 & 6
Across the 37 products on this site that list Yellow Lakes 5 & 6, 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 6.5x more often with Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 13 | 35.1% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 6 | 16.2% | 4.2% |
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | 16.2% | 5.7% |
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 Lakes 5 & 6
Products Containing Yellow Lakes 5 & 6
16 busy labels from the 37 indexed products that list Yellow Lakes 5 & 6:
Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 vs other top-decile catalog footprints
High-volume peers for Yellow Lakes 5 & 6: 37 products, mean screening score 81.2/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 record
Use the 37-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. 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.
Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
59.5% 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 Lakes 5 & 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 Lakes 5 & 6? ▼
Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,126 of 247,206), appearing in 37 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Yellow Lakes 5 & 6 appears in 37 products (#6,126 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Yellow Lakes 5 & 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.