Sweet Soy Sauce

Sweet Soy Sauce appears in 12 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

Sweet Soy Sauce appears in 12 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.

12
catalogued products
#13,357
usage rank of 247,206
11
named brands represented
61%
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.

What this page can and cannot answer

Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood

This is a mixed product neighborhood: 5 of 12 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Crab Rangoon; Instant noodles migoreng satay flavour; Mi Goreng to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 85–100 score range to Sweet Soy Sauce itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Condiments supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

5 of 12 linked records have some flagged component

All 12 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 85–100 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.

Sweet Soy Sauce sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#13,357 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#13,357
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 832 others that also appear in exactly 12 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
61%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 12 products listing it (mean slot 15.9). Sweet Soy Sauce 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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 12 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 Sweet Soy Sauce

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 12 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 80859095100105 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Sweet Soy Sauce Crab RangoonInstant noodles migoreng satay flavourMi GorengMi Goreng Instant NoodlesNong's Khao Man Gai, Chicken And Rice SaucePAD SEE EW STIR FRIED THAI RICE NOODLES WITH VEGETABLES, TOFU AND SOY SAUCEPad thai noodle meal kitRamen Fire Chow MeinSambal Kecap Sweet Soy Chili Sauce, HotThai Inspired Rice NoodlesTrader joe's, sambal matah indonesian salsaTraditional Spring Onion Stir Fry Sauce
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

High-volume peers for Sweet Soy Sauce: 12 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.

Next steps from the Sweet Soy Sauce page

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

  • Review the sampled product records that list Sweet Soy Sauce to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
  • Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
  • See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Sweet Soy Sauce 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 Sweet Soy Sauce. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

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

Sweet Soy Sauce ranks in the top decile by product count (#13,357 of 247,206), appearing in 12 indexed products led by Condiments. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Sweet Soy Sauce so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Sweet Soy Sauce appears in 12 products (#13,357 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

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