Mackerel
Mackerel appears in 106 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
Mackerel appears in 106 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.
- 106
- catalogued products
- #2,965
- usage rank of 247,206
- 69
- named brands represented
- 24%
- 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 Mackerel - usage rank #2,965
- Usage rank
- #2,965
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 26 others that also appear in exactly 108 products, listed in more products than 98.8% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 24%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 108 products listing it (mean slot 5.4). Mackerel usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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
Use prevalence before concern
Only 4.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Mackerel spans 69 named brands and is led by the Seafood group. Start with advanced omega; Andalusian Mackerel Fillets In Olive Oil; Ayam brand, mackerel in tomato sauce when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 99.6/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
69 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 51 of 95 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.
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 Mackerel
Products Containing Mackerel
16 busy labels from the 106 indexed products that list Mackerel:
High-volume peers for Mackerel beside “Organic Ancho Chili Pepper”
Mackerel sits among other busy catalog rows (106 products, mean score 99.6/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Organic Ancho Chili Pepper; As Methylcobalamin; Bacon Cured With Water. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Mackerel record
Start from Mackerel's 106 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Mackerel before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. See listed products
- Compare Mackerel with a peer such as “Organic Ancho Chili Pepper” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Mackerel — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Mackerel? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Mackerel, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,965 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Mackerel? ▼
Mackerel ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,965 of 247,206), appearing in 106 indexed products led by Seafood. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Mackerel so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Mackerel appears in 106 products (#2,965 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mackerel). 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.