Anchovies
Anchovies appears in 1,083 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
Anchovies appears in 1,083 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.
- 1,083
- catalogued products
- #632
- usage rank of 247,206
- 412
- named brands represented
- 61%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 448 of 1083 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1939 Local Bbq Sauce; 5 crab cakes; A classic caesar dressing to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Anchovies itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
448 of 1,083 linked records have some flagged component
All 1065 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 0–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Anchovies sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#632 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #632
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 1,083 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 61%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 1,083 products listing it (mean slot 20.9). Anchovies usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Anchovies
Across the 1,083 products on this site that list Anchovies, 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 6.3x more often with Anchovies than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Anchovies products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 390 | 36% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 46 | 4.2% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 33 | 3% | 1.3% |
| Sodium Nitrite | 26 | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| TBHQ | 19 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
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 Anchovies
Products Containing Anchovies
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 1,083 indexed products containing Anchovies:
Anchovies vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Anchovies: 1,083 listings averaging 96.2/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Almond Butter; Nonfat Milk Solids; Olives.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Anchovies record
Use the 1,083-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Anchovies and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Place Anchovies next to “Nonfat Milk Solids” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Anchovies carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Anchovies. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Anchovies? ▼
Anchovies ranks in the top decile by product count (#632 of 247,206), appearing in 1,083 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Anchovies so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Anchovies appears in 1,083 products (#632 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Anchovies). 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.