Soy Sauce Solids

Soy Sauce Solids appears in 92 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

Soy Sauce Solids appears in 92 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.

92
catalogued products
#3,310
usage rank of 247,206
43
named brands represented
60%
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.

Reading this ingredient record

Audit the co-occurring flags first

79.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Soy Sauce Solids as the trigger. Open records such as Barbecue Seasoned Steak with Potatoes; Bbq Boneless Rib Sandwich; Bbq rib sandwich and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 90.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 60% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

79.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 92 of 92 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.

Soy Sauce Solids: top-decile catalog footprint (#3,310 of 247,206)

Usage rank
#3,310
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 41 others that also appear in exactly 92 products, listed in more products than 98.7% of them.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
60%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 92 products listing it (mean slot 25.7). Soy Sauce Solids 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 Soy Sauce Solids

Across the 92 products on this site that list Soy Sauce Solids, 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 12.4x more often with Soy Sauce Solids than in the catalogue at large.

Caramel Coloring: +65ppCaramel Coloring+65ppTBHQ: +13.6ppTBHQ+13.6ppCarrageenan: +3.1ppCarrageenan+3.1ppAzodicarbonamide: +5.2ppAzodicarbonamide+5.2ppBHA: +4.7ppBHA+4.7pp
Percentage-point gap vs the catalogue baseline rate for each additive, Soy Sauce Solids 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
65pp
TBHQ
13.6pp
Carrageenan
3.1pp
Azodicarbonamide
5.2pp
BHA
4.7pp
Additive Shared products Share of Soy Sauce Solids products Share of all products
Caramel Coloring 65 70.7% 5.7%
TBHQ 13 14.1% 0.5%
Carrageenan 7 7.6% 4.5%
Azodicarbonamide 5 5.4% 0.2%
BHA 5 5.4% 0.7%

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 Soy Sauce Solids

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 406080100120 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Soy Sauce Solids
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.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour”)

Top-decile company for Soy Sauce Solids: 92 listings averaging 90.1/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: 100% Whole Grain Wheat Flour · Added To Maintain Color · With Alkali.

Similar product count

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

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Next steps from the Soy Sauce Solids page

92 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Soy Sauce Solids are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Soy Sauce Solids and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
  • Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
  • Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins

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 Soy Sauce Solids sits in heavily flagged products?

79.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Soy Sauce Solids is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Soy Sauce Solids?

Soy Sauce Solids ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,310 of 247,206), appearing in 92 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Soy Sauce Solids so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Soy Sauce Solids appears in 92 products (#3,310 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Soy Sauce Solids). 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.