Fermented Soybean Paste
Fermented Soybean Paste appears in 53 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 Soybean Paste appears in 53 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.
- 53
- catalogued products
- #4,779
- usage rank of 247,206
- 20
- named brands represented
- 36%
- 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: 19 of 53 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Bang bang chicken; Bibimbap Freeze-dried Mixed Rice Bowl; Blue dragon, honey teriyaki sauce to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 50–100 score range to Fermented Soybean Paste itself. The ingredient most often sits in the upper half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
19 of 53 linked records have some flagged component
All 52 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 50–100 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.
Fermented Soybean Paste: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,779 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,779
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 65 others that also appear in exactly 53 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 36%
- Mean relative depth 36% across 53 parsed labels, slot 15.0 on average. Fermented Soybean Paste 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 Fermented Soybean Paste
Across the 53 products on this site that list Fermented Soybean Paste, 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 5x more often with Fermented Soybean Paste than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Fermented Soybean Paste products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 15 | 28.3% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 8 | 15.1% | 5.4% |
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 Fermented Soybean Paste
Products Containing Fermented Soybean Paste
16 busy labels from the 53 indexed products that list Fermented Soybean Paste:
Fermented Soybean Paste vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Fermented Soybean Paste: 53 listings averaging 94/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 100% Pure Maple Syrup · Acido Citrico · Anise Seed.
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.
Next steps from the Fermented Soybean Paste page
Start from Fermented Soybean Paste's 53 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Fermented Soybean Paste and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Fermented Soybean Paste
Does Fermented Soybean Paste 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 Fermented Soybean Paste. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Fermented Soybean Paste? ▼
Fermented Soybean Paste ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,779 of 247,206), appearing in 53 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Fermented Soybean Paste so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fermented Soybean Paste appears in 53 products (#4,779 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fermented Soybean Paste). 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.