Molluscan Shellfish
Molluscan Shellfish appears in 16 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
Molluscan Shellfish appears in 16 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.
- 16
- catalogued products
- #10,944
- usage rank of 247,206
- 4
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
56.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Molluscan Shellfish as the trigger. Open records such as Beef & broccoli; Breaded Chicken And Vegetables With Pineapple Fried Rice.; Chow Mein Seasoning Mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 96.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 68% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
56.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 16 of 16 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Molluscan Shellfish: top-decile catalog footprint (#10,944 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #10,944
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 504 others that also appear in exactly 16 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Averaged label depth puts Molluscan Shellfish in the lower half of the list (68% of list length, mean slot 21.4). 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.
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 Molluscan Shellfish
Products Containing Molluscan Shellfish
High-volume slice (16 of 16) for products naming Molluscan Shellfish:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Molluscan Shellfish: 16 products, mean screening score 96.3/100. 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 Molluscan Shellfish evidence
Start from Molluscan Shellfish's 16 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Molluscan Shellfish before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- 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
How should I read safety signals when Molluscan Shellfish sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
56.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Molluscan Shellfish is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Molluscan Shellfish? ▼
Molluscan Shellfish ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,944 of 247,206), appearing in 16 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Molluscan Shellfish so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Molluscan Shellfish appears in 16 products (#10,944 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Molluscan Shellfish). 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.