Fish and seafood label screen

No-Fish Furikake

Most furikake uses dried fish. 7 of 28 product labels list no fish, shellfish, or other seafood ingredient that we could find.

If you have a fish allergy, read this first

Japan's labeling law does not require fish to be declared as an allergen — only salmon and mackerel appear on the voluntary list. That means a Japanese label can legally stay silent about fish-derived ingredients in ways EU/US labels can't. We read the full ingredient list (not just the allergen box) for every product here, but this list is still not a medical safety guarantee. Always check the actual package and consult your doctor about trace exposure.

How we check this

A product qualifies only if both the fish and shellfish fields on its label are explicitly free of listed ingredients, and it doesn't list an allergen code for squid, abalone, salmon roe, salmon, mackerel, shrimp, or crab — seafood that Japanese labels often don't file under "fish" or "shellfish". If we can't confirm one of those checks, we leave the product off this list rather than guess — see the "still checking" list below if there is one. This list is not a fish-allergy safety guarantee: always check the actual package. See our verification method and disclaimer.

Sukiyaki Furikake

すきやき · 丸美屋食品工業

Other

No fish listedAlcohol-based seasoning

Kaori Furikake

かおり · 三島食品

Shiso Leaf

Vegan candidate

What to check on the package

魚 (fish), かつお/鰹 (bonito), さば/鯖 (mackerel), 鮭 (salmon), 煮干 (dried sardine), ちりめん/しらす (whitebait), いか (squid), えび (shrimp), 魚醤 (fish sauce), and "だし" (dashi, which is often fish-based even when unlabeled as such).

Questions about this list

Is there furikake without dashi?

Some, yes — the products on this list list no fish or seafood ingredient we could find, though "dashi" itself isn't always spelled out by name on every label. Check each product's full ingredient list for details.

I'm allergic to shellfish but not fish — which products are safe to consider?

This list combines fish and shellfish avoidance into one axis. For a shellfish-only view, see our allergen chart, which breaks out shrimp and crab separately.

Why does a "no fish" list include a beef product?

This axis is about fish and seafood avoidance specifically, not vegetarian or vegan status — a sukiyaki-style (beef) furikake can genuinely have no listed fish while still containing meat. See our vegetarian candidates list if you also avoid meat.