YenzoMega Chef Seasoned Fish Sauce
MMega Chef·sauces and dips
Why this rating
What pulls the rating down most: sugar. Plus points: low in salt and low in saturated fat.
Figures per 100 ml, from Open Food Facts data, not yet checked against the pack. The “threshold” is where a tile turns green.
What the label tells us
Nước mắm nêm Mega Chef — seasoned fish sauce. Yenzo rates it “Moderate”: fine in moderation. The main reasons are high sugar (33.3 g per 100 ml). Plus points: low in salt and low in saturated fat.
Open Food Facts lists 1 additive with a code number — acetic acid (260). None of them is at “moderate” or “high” risk on the Yenzo Scale.
Of the 10 sauces and dips in the Yenzo catalogue, 7 others are also rated “Moderate” and 2 are rated higher. How much sugar you get depends on how much you use; some products of the same kind list less sugar per 100 ml. See all sauces and dips
Nutrition
| Energy | 200 kcal | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 13.3 g | |
| Carbohydrate | 33.3 g | |
| of which sugars | 33.3 g | high |
| Fat | 0 g | |
| of which saturates | 0 g | low |
| Salt (sodium 0 mg) | 0 g | low |
| Fibre | 0 g |
Additives on the label
Ingredients as recorded by Open Food Facts
Fish sauce, cane sugar mixed with coconut sugar, acidity regulator, e260
From Open Food Facts; Yenzo has not checked it against the pack.
What this means for you
“Moderate” is where Nước mắm nêm Mega Chef sits on one scale used for every food: fine in moderation. The scale does not say whether a product is “safe” or not: each additive on the label has its own level on the Yenzo Scale, shown in the Additives tab.
Cutting down on sugar? On a Vietnamese nutrition table the line is “đường” (sugar): 33.3 g per 100 ml here.
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Is Nước mắm nêm Mega Chef bad for you?
Yenzo rates Nước mắm nêm Mega Chef “Moderate”: fine in moderation. The main reasons: high sugar (33.3 g per 100 ml). None of the additives on the label is at “moderate” or “high” risk on the Yenzo Scale.
Does Nước mắm nêm Mega Chef contain preservatives?
There is no preservative on the ingredient list.
How much sugar is in Nước mắm nêm Mega Chef?
According to Open Food Facts, 33.3 g of sugar per 100 ml — “high” under the UK FSA traffic-light thresholds: low up to 2.5 g, high above 11.2 g.
Open Food Facts data of 18 September 2026; not yet checked against the pack · rating recalculated 30 October 2026