Crabstick
Crabstick appears in 39 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
Crabstick appears in 39 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.
- 39
- catalogued products
- #5,893
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 29%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
51.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Crabstick as the trigger. Open records such as American special roll wr; Cali Cream Cheese Roll Wr, Cali Cream Cheese; California Roll Wr, California and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 97.4/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 29% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
51.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 39 of 39 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 Crabstick - usage rank #5,893
- Usage rank
- #5,893
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 113 others that also appear in exactly 39 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 29%
- Mean relative depth 29% across 39 parsed labels, slot 16.8 on average. Crabstick tends to sit in the upper half of the 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 Crabstick
Across the 39 products on this site that list Crabstick, 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 9x more often with Crabstick than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Crabstick products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 20 | 51.3% | 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 Crabstick
Products Containing Crabstick
High-volume slice (16 of 39) for products naming Crabstick:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Crabstick sits among other busy catalog rows (39 products, mean score 97.4/100). 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 Crabstick page
Use the 39-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 Crabstick to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Crabstick — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Crabstick sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
51.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Crabstick is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Crabstick? ▼
Crabstick ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,893 of 247,206), appearing in 39 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Crabstick so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Crabstick appears in 39 products (#5,893 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Crabstick). 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.