Fish

Fish appears in 942 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

Fish appears in 942 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.

942
catalogued products
#689
usage rank of 247,206
406
named brands represented
64%
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: 216 of 942 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 1 Oz Whole Grain Fish Stx; 100% Whey Protein Vanilla Flavor Protein Powder; 3rd Trimester Prenatal Pack to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 0–100 score range to Fish itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Seafood supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

216 of 942 linked records have some flagged component

All 848 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.

High-volume listing for Fish - usage rank #689

Usage rank
#689
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 943 products, listed in more products than 99.7% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
64%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 943 products listing it (mean slot 18.7). Fish 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 Fish

Across the 942 products on this site that list Fish, 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 2.1x more often with Fish than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +6.1ppCaramel Coloring+6.1ppCarrageenan: +1.1ppCarrageenan+1.1ppSucralose: -0.5ppSucralose-0.5ppTitanium Dioxide: +0.1ppTitanium Dioxide+0.1ppAspartame: +0.3ppAspartame+0.3pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Fish products only. Source: Open Food Facts ingredient lists.
Chart values as text

Unit: percentage points above/below baseline. Data current as of September 2026.

Caramel Coloring
6.1pp
Carrageenan
1.1pp
Sucralose
-0.5pp
Titanium Dioxide
0.1pp
Aspartame
0.3pp
Additive Shared products Share of Fish products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 111 11.8% 5.7%
Carrageenan 53 5.6% 4.5%
Sucralose 21 2.2% 2.7%
Titanium Dioxide 21 2.2% 2.1%
Aspartame 11 1.2% 0.9%

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 Fish

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 16 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 60708090100110 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Fish
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.

High-volume peers for Fish beside “Pears”

Top-decile company for Fish: 942 listings averaging 96.5/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Pears; Skimmed Milk Powder; Sodium Chloride.

Similar product count

Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Using the Fish evidence

Start from Fish's 942 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.

  • Review the sampled product records that list Fish to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
  • Place Fish next to “Skimmed Milk Powder” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Fish 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 Fish. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Fish?

Fish ranks in the top decile by product count (#689 of 247,206), appearing in 942 indexed products led by Seafood. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Fish so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Fish appears in 942 products (#689 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Fish). 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.