Herring
Herring appears in 62 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
Herring appears in 62 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.
- 62
- catalogued products
- #4,302
- usage rank of 247,206
- 30
- named brands represented
- 23%
- 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.
Herring sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#4,302 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,302
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 46 others that also appear in exactly 62 products, listed in more products than 98.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 23%
- Averaged label depth puts Herring near the top of the captured list (23% of list length, mean slot 3.6). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 9.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Herring spans 30 named brands and is led by the Seafood group. Start with Blue Hill Bay, Ginger Infused Herring; Boneless Butterflied Sardine Fillets; Cold Water Fish Oil Omega-3 when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
30 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 36 of 60 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Herring
Across the 62 products on this site that list Herring, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 1.8x more often with Herring than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Herring products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 5 | 8.1% | 4.5% |
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 Herring
Products Containing Herring
16 busy labels from the 62 indexed products that list Herring:
Herring vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Herring: 62 listings averaging 99.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: With Added Calcium; Almond Paste; Natural Applewood Smoke Flavor.
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.
What to do with this Herring record
62 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Herring are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Herring to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. See listed products
- Place Herring next to “Almond Paste” (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. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Herring
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Herring? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Herring, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,302 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Herring? ▼
Herring ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,302 of 247,206), appearing in 62 indexed products led by Seafood. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Herring so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Herring appears in 62 products (#4,302 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Herring). 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.