Sardine
Sardine appears in 139 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
Sardine appears in 139 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.
- 139
- catalogued products
- #2,484
- usage rank of 247,206
- 57
- named brands represented
- 56%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 37 of 139 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare A! Choice, Frozen Seasoned Spicy Scallop; advanced omega; Canned sardine to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 80–100 score range to Sardine 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.
37 of 139 linked records have some flagged component
All 139 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 80–100 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.
Sardine sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#2,484 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,484
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 10 others that also appear in exactly 139 products, listed in more products than 99% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 56%
- Mean relative depth 56% across 139 parsed labels, slot 14.2 on average. Sardine tends to sit in the lower 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 Sardine
Across the 139 products on this site that list Sardine, 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 3.4x more often with Sardine than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Sardine products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 21 | 15.1% | 4.5% |
| Monk fruit extract | 20 | 14.4% | 0.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 9 | 6.5% | 5.7% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 8 | 5.8% | 2.1% |
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 Sardine
Products Containing Sardine
16 busy labels from the 139 indexed products that list Sardine:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Artificial Flavors And Artificial Colors”)
Sardine sits among other busy catalog rows (139 products, mean score 98/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Artificial Flavors And Artificial Colors; Bacterial Cultures; Carob Powder. 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.
Using the Sardine evidence
Use the 139-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Check the listed products containing Sardine before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
- Compare Sardine with a peer such as “Artificial Flavors And Artificial Colors” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Browse ingredient records
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Sardine — common follow-ups
Does Sardine 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 Sardine. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Sardine? ▼
Sardine ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,484 of 247,206), appearing in 139 indexed products led by Seafood. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Sardine so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sardine appears in 139 products (#2,484 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sardine). 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.