Vermicelli
Vermicelli appears in 51 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
Vermicelli appears in 51 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.
- 51
- catalogued products
- #4,904
- usage rank of 247,206
- 19
- named brands represented
- 21%
- 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 Vermicelli - usage rank #4,904
- Usage rank
- #4,904
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 66 others that also appear in exactly 51 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 21%
- Averaged label depth puts Vermicelli near the top of the captured list (21% of list length, mean slot 8.0). 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 to use this page
Use prevalence before concern
Only 7.8% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Vermicelli spans 19 named brands and is led by the Frozen foods group. Start with All Natural Vegan Spring Rolls & Lime Dipping Sauce; Asian Potstickers; Asian Potstickers 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.
19 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 43 of 44 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 Vermicelli
Products Containing Vermicelli
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 51 indexed products containing Vermicelli:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Agar Gum”)
High-volume peers for Vermicelli: 51 products, mean screening score 99.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Agar Gum · Aged Red Pepper · Alcohol Denat. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Vermicelli record
Use the 51-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Vermicelli to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Compare Vermicelli with a peer such as “Agar Gum” on source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- 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
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Vermicelli? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Vermicelli, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#4,904 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Vermicelli? ▼
Vermicelli ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,904 of 247,206), appearing in 51 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Vermicelli so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Vermicelli appears in 51 products (#4,904 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Vermicelli). 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.