Gum Arabica
Gum Arabica appears in 15 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
Gum Arabica appears in 15 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.
- 15
- catalogued products
- #11,449
- usage rank of 247,206
- 10
- named brands represented
- 62%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
53.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Gum Arabica as the trigger. Open records such as Chocolate Coated Almonds; Fruit Punch Flavored Sparkling Water; Little bit of everything trail mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 77.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 62% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
53.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 15 of 15 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.
Gum Arabica sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#11,449 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #11,449
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 546 others that also appear in exactly 15 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Averaged label depth puts Gum Arabica in the lower half of the list (62% of list length, mean slot 13.7). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 15 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 Gum Arabica
Products Containing Gum Arabica
High-volume slice (15 of 15) for products naming Gum Arabica:
High-volume peers for Gum Arabica
Gum Arabica sits among other busy catalog rows (15 products, mean score 77.7/100). Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Gum Arabica evidence
Use the 15-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Gum Arabica and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Gum Arabica — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Gum Arabica sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
53.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Gum Arabica is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Gum Arabica? ▼
Gum Arabica ranks in the top decile by product count (#11,449 of 247,206), appearing in 15 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Gum Arabica so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Gum Arabica appears in 15 products (#11,449 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Gum Arabica). 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.