Locust Bean
Locust Bean appears in 310 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
Locust Bean appears in 310 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.
- 310
- catalogued products
- #1,461
- usage rank of 247,206
- 78
- named brands represented
- 71%
- 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
59.4% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Locust Bean as the trigger. Open records such as 4 pk Assorted Yeast Raised Donuts; American sandwich slices imitation process cheese food; Bacon cheddar cheese spread and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 88.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 71% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
59.4% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 308 of 310 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.
Locust Bean sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,461 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,461
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 310 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 71%
- Averaged label depth puts Locust Bean in the lower half of the list (71% of list length, mean slot 26.9). 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 Locust Bean
Across the 310 products on this site that list Locust Bean, 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 9.8x more often with Locust Bean than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Locust Bean products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 137 | 44.2% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 63 | 20.3% | 1.3% |
| Caramel Coloring | 55 | 17.7% | 5.7% |
| Polysorbate 60 | 22 | 7.1% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 22 | 7.1% | 5.4% |
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 Locust Bean
Products Containing Locust Bean
High-volume slice (16 of 310) for products naming Locust Bean:
High-volume peers for Locust Bean beside “Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose”
High-volume peers for Locust Bean: 310 products, mean screening score 88/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose · Dietary Fiber · Dill Weed. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Locust Bean page
Use the 310-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 Locust Bean to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Locust Bean next to “Dietary Fiber” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Locust Bean — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Locust Bean sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
59.4% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Locust Bean is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Locust Bean? ▼
Locust Bean ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,461 of 247,206), appearing in 310 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Locust Bean so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Locust Bean appears in 310 products (#1,461 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Locust Bean). 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.