Gellan
Gellan appears in 34 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
Gellan appears in 34 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.
- 34
- catalogued products
- #6,452
- usage rank of 247,206
- 18
- named brands represented
- 59%
- 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
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 14 of 34 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 4 pk Assorted Yeast Raised Donuts; Almond; Almond Barista Buddy to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 40–100 score range to Gellan itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
14 of 34 linked records have some flagged component
All 34 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 40–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
Gellan sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#6,452 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #6,452
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 125 others that also appear in exactly 34 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 59%
- Mean relative depth 59% across 34 parsed labels, slot 18.4 on average. Gellan tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What else is usually in the same product as Gellan
Across the 34 products on this site that list Gellan, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 4.6x more often with Gellan than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Gellan products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 7 | 20.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 20.6% | 5.7% |
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 Gellan
Products Containing Gellan
High-volume slice (16 of 34) for products naming Gellan:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Gellan sits among other busy catalog rows (34 products, mean score 91.5/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Using the Gellan evidence
Use the 34-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Gellan to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Gellan carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Gellan. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Gellan? ▼
Gellan ranks in the top decile by product count (#6,452 of 247,206), appearing in 34 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Gellan so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Gellan appears in 34 products (#6,452 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Gellan). 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.