Agar Gum
Agar Gum 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
Agar Gum 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
- 14
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
78.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Agar Gum as the trigger. Open records such as Almondmilk; Black icing writer; Candy Decor and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 48.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 75% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
78.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 51 of 51 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Agar Gum: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,904 of 247,206)
- 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
- 75%
- Averaged label depth puts Agar Gum in the lower half of the list (75% of list length, mean slot 36.9). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Agar Gum
Across the 51 products on this site that list Agar Gum, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Red 40 shows up about 8.4x more often with Agar Gum than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Agar Gum products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 23 | 45.1% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 21 | 41.2% | 4.8% |
| Red 3 | 21 | 41.2% | 1.1% |
| Blue 1 | 19 | 37.3% | 4.2% |
| Carrageenan | 18 | 35.3% | 4.5% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
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 Agar Gum
Products Containing Agar Gum
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 51 indexed products containing Agar Gum:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Aged Red Pepper”)
Agar Gum sits among other busy catalog rows (51 products, mean score 48.8/100). Comparable product-count neighbours: Aged Red Pepper · Alcohol Denat · Almond Pieces. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Agar Gum page
51 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Agar Gum are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Agar Gum to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Agar Gum — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Agar Gum sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
78.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Agar Gum is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Agar Gum? ▼
Agar Gum ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,904 of 247,206), appearing in 51 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Agar Gum so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Agar Gum appears in 51 products (#4,904 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Agar Gum). 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.