Safe

Fish Sauce

by Blue Dragon

Scores 100/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with no flagged ingredients identified.

Barcode 0711464506433 · Serving size 1 tsp (5 ml)

The verdict

Fish Sauce by Blue Dragon scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Anchovy Extract, Fish, Salt; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
flagged ingredients of 5 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.

64506433 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fish Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 93% LEAD-FLAG Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Chickpea Korma With · ±0 BOOK-OFF …506433 · July 2026

Fish Sauce screens 100/100 with 0 flagged of 5 parsed ingredients. 2 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sugar). Derived index from public OFF + FDA SAFFA + CSPI data — not an official FDA rating; see methodology. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Chickpea Korma With Green Beans & Cauliflower (0 pts).

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. Fish Sauce100/1002. Chickpea Korma With Green…100/1003. Lentil and veggie masala100/1004. Butter Chickpeas & Veggie…100/1005. Pure Ground Black Pepper100/100
Nearest cross-brand products by ingredient screening score for Fish Sauce (100/100 here).
Chart values as text

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

Fish Sauce
100/100
Chickpea Korma With Green …
100/100
Lentil and veggie masala
100/100
Butter Chickpeas & Veggies…
100/100
Pure Ground Black Pepper
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Fish Sauce scores 1.7 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.3/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Condiments products

Fish Sauce lists 5 ingredients on its label

5 7th percentile a longer ingredient list than 7% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 185 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,023 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,394 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 2,087 products (8%). Above this entry. 8–10: 2,813 products (10%). Above this entry. 10–12: 3,061 products (11%). Above this entry. 12–14: 2,819 products (10%). Above this entry. 14–16: 2,728 products (10%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2,440 products (9%). Above this entry. 18–20: 2,052 products (8%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,254 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 935 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 697 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 549 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 423 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 248 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 193 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 140 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 133 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 347 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 5 (7th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
185 products (1%)
2–4
1,023 products (4%)
4–6
1,394 products (5%)
6–8
2,087 products (8%)
8–10
2,813 products (10%)
10–12
3,061 products (11%)
12–14
2,819 products (10%)
14–16
2,728 products (10%)
16–18
2,440 products (9%)
18–20
2,052 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,254 products (5%)
24–26
935 products (3%)
26–28
697 products (3%)
28–30
549 products (2%)
30–32
423 products (2%)
32–34
248 products (1%)
34–36
193 products (1%)
36–38
140 products (1%)
38–40
133 products (0%)
40 and above
347 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Anchovy extract (fish), salt, sugar, water.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Fish Sauce

Neighbours outside Blue Dragon with screening scores in the same high band as Fish Sauce (100/100 here). The More-from block above stays brand-local.

Barcode 0711464506433: 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.