Safe

Soybean Paste Akamiso

by Shirakiku

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074410260637 · Shirakiku · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074410260637 · Serving size 1 Tbsp (18 g)

The verdict

Soybean Paste Akamiso by Shirakiku scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Water, Soybeans, Rice, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 4 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

Processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10260637 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Soybean Paste Akamiso label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 93% PHOTO-FINISH Soybean Paste · ±0 BOOK-OFF …260637 · July 2026

None of the 4 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 10260637 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Soybean Paste · Nearest score peer is Soybean Paste at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Soybean Paste Akamiso: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Soybean Paste Akamiso100/1002. Soybean Paste: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Soybean Paste100/1003. Miko, Shiro Miso, Soy Bean Paste: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Miko, Shiro Miso, Soy Bea…100/1004. instant miso soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. instant miso soup100/1005. Mike Brand, Soybean Paste, Shiro Miso: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mike Brand, Soybean Paste…100/100
High-band neighbours for Soybean Paste Akamiso (100/100) outside Shirakiku.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Soybean Paste Akamiso
100/100
Soybean Paste
100/100
Miko, Shiro Miso, Soy Bean Paste
100/100
instant miso soup
100/100
Mike Brand, Soybean Paste, Shiro Miso
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Soybean Paste Akamiso scores 9.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Cooking helpers products

Soybean Paste Akamiso lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 7th percentile a longer ingredient list than 7% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Above this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Above this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Above this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Above this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Above this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 4 (7th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,898 Cooking helpers products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Water
2
Soybeans
3
Rice
4
Salt And Alcohol To Preserve Freshness

Full Ingredient List

Water, soybeans, rice, salt and alcohol to preserve freshness

Categories

Cooking helpers

High-score cross-brand comparables for Soybean Paste Akamiso

Neighbours outside Shirakiku with screening scores in the same high band as Soybean Paste Akamiso (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Shirakiku; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Soybean Paste Akamiso has a shorter ingredient list than 93% of its Cooking helpers category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare another barcode with a similarly short ingredient list. Compare labels
  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0074410260637: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.