Fermented Shrimp Sauce

Fermented Shrimp Sauce appears in 6 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

Fermented Shrimp Sauce appears in 6 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.

6
catalogued products
#21,732
usage rank of 247,206
2
named brands represented
77%
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.

High-volume listing for Fermented Shrimp Sauce - usage rank #21,732

Usage rank
#21,732
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,975 others that also appear in exactly 6 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
77%
Averaged label depth puts Fermented Shrimp Sauce near the end of the captured list (77% of list length, mean slot 13.3). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

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 to use this page

A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance

No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Fermented Shrimp Sauce reaches 2 named brands, most often appears under Plant-based foods and beverages, and typically sits near the end of the captured list. Product examples include Kimchi; Kimchi Sliced Napa Cabbage; Naturally Fermented Kimchi. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.

0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient

Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (4 of 4), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.

Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 6 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 Fermented Shrimp Sauce

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 6 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 99.9100.0100.0100100.0100.0100.1 00.00.00.1 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Fermented Shrimp Sauce KimchiKimchi Sliced Napa CabbageNaturally Fermented KimchiPonytail RadishCut cabbage kimchiGangnam Kimchi
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Products Containing Fermented Shrimp Sauce

6 busy labels from the 6 indexed products that list Fermented Shrimp Sauce:

Download these 6 product rows (CSV) 6 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Fermented Shrimp Sauce vs other top-decile catalog footprints

High-volume peers for Fermented Shrimp Sauce: 6 products, mean screening score 100/100. 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.

Using the Fermented Shrimp Sauce evidence

6 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Fermented Shrimp Sauce are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Check the listed products containing Fermented Shrimp Sauce before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
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This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Fermented Shrimp Sauce

Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Fermented Shrimp Sauce?

This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Fermented Shrimp Sauce, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#21,732 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.

Which product shelves show up most often with Fermented Shrimp Sauce?

Fermented Shrimp Sauce ranks in the top decile by product count (#21,732 of 247,206), appearing in 6 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 Fermented Shrimp Sauce so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fermented Shrimp Sauce appears in 6 products (#21,732 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fermented Shrimp Sauce). 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.