Guar Fiber
Guar Fiber appears in 41 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
Guar Fiber appears in 41 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.
- 41
- catalogued products
- #5,697
- usage rank of 247,206
- 6
- named brands represented
- 31%
- 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.
Guar Fiber: top-decile catalog footprint (#5,697 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #5,697
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 99 others that also appear in exactly 41 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 31%
- Mean relative depth 31% across 41 parsed labels, slot 5.6 on average. Guar Fiber tends to sit in the upper half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
Reading this ingredient record
A clean co-occurrence count is not a safety clearance
No linked product currently contains a separately flagged ingredient, but zero co-occurrence is an absence-of-evidence result, not regulatory approval. The practical reading is about use: Guar Fiber reaches 6 named brands, most often appears under Beverages and beverages preparations, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include Cherry Cola; Cherry Cola; Cherry Cola. Check the current label and authoritative source databases when the decision involves allergies, dosage, pregnancy, or a medical condition.
0% of linked products currently carry a separately flagged ingredient
Most NOVA-tagged examples land in Group 4 (39 of 40), yet the products span unrelated categories. That contrast matters: processing class can describe how a food was made while saying nothing decisive about this ingredient's regulatory status. Use the linked examples to understand formulation context, and leave the unanswered toxicology or individual-sensitivity question unanswered.
Next check: verify the unresolved source rating directly instead of converting zero co-flags into reassurance.
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 Guar Fiber
Products Containing Guar Fiber
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 41 indexed products containing Guar Fiber:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
Top-decile company for Guar Fiber: 41 listings averaging 100/100.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Guar Fiber record
41 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Guar Fiber are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Guar Fiber to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Guar Fiber — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Guar Fiber? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Guar Fiber, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#5,697 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Guar Fiber? ▼
Guar Fiber ranks in the top decile by product count (#5,697 of 247,206), appearing in 41 indexed products led by Beverages and beverages preparations. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Guar Fiber so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Guar Fiber appears in 41 products (#5,697 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Guar Fiber). 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.