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FD&C yellow no. 5 aluminum lake

CAS 12225-21-7

Also registered as 4 other CAS numbers

1342-48-9 · 12227-69-9 · 15790-06-4 · 53026-63-4

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

FD&C yellow no. 5 aluminum lake in plain language

What it is

Also known as C.I. Pigment Yellow 100 · C.I. 19140:1 · C.I. Acid Yellow 23-aluminum lake · FD&C yellow no. 5, aluminum lake · FD&C yellow No. 5 aluminum lake (C.I. Pigment yellow 100) · Food Yellow No. 4-aluminum lake

Show all 12 names

Japan Yellow 4 lake · acid yellow 23 aluminum lake · fd&c yellow #5 aluminum lake · fd&c yellow 5 lake · yellow 5 aluminum lake · yellow 5 lake

What it does

Used in consumer products as a colourant.

  • Colourant
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. FD&C yellow no. 5 aluminum lake appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • Inactive ingredient in US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • Pharma
  • Food
  • Industrial
  • USFDAinactive ingredient database8 entries — 2 administration routes
    • Route: ORAL; Dosage form: CAPSULE; Potency: 0.09 mgSource →
    • Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET; Potency: 33 mgSource →
    • Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET, CHEWABLE; Maximum daily exposure: 3 mgSource →
    • Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET, COATED; Potency: 0.14 mgSource →
    • Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE; Potency: 0.2 mgSource →
    • Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET, FILM COATED; Potency: 10 mgSource →
    • Route: ORAL; Dosage form: TABLET, ORALLY DISINTEGRATING; Potency: 1.2 mgSource →
    • Route: SUBLINGUAL; Dosage form: TABLET; Potency: 0.03 mgSource →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1799 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Construction, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Pigment.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1799 composition records across product categories including Personal care, Construction, Cleaning products and household care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Dye, Pigment.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for FD&C yellow no. 5 aluminum lake. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

  • JECFA

    Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

    No JECFA evaluation on file.

  • EFSA

    European Food Safety Authority

    No EFSA opinion on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for FD&C yellow no. 5 aluminum lake yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated may 7, 2015

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA Inactive Ingredient Database

    regulatory · updated 2026-01-09

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed FD&C yellow no. 5 aluminum lake in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

1,799

Named organisations

6

Personal careConstructionCleaning products and household careFood and drugIndustrial products

Typical roles

Colourant
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include FD&C yellow no. 5 aluminum lake; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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