Mastic Gum
Mastic Gum carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 2 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Mastic Gum appears in 2 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Listed.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 36%
- 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.
Mastic Gum ranks above 81.3% of catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 36%
- Mean relative depth 36% across 2 parsed labels, slot 5.0 on average. Mastic Gum tends to sit in the upper 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.
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: Mastic Gum reaches 1 named brands, most often appears under Snacks, and typically sits in the upper half of the list. Product examples include UNDERBRUSH REMINERALIZING GUM; Sugar free mastic chewing gum. 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 (2 of 2), 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.
Function
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Products Containing Mastic Gum
Every indexed product currently listing Mastic Gum (2 total):
Count-or-score neighbours for Mastic Gum
Peer axes for Mastic Gum: 2 products · mean score 100/100.
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 Mastic Gum page
2 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Mastic Gum are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Mastic Gum 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. Compare a peer
- 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.
Mastic Gum — common follow-ups
What do the source ratings say about Mastic Gum? ▼
Mastic Gum has a PlainFoodSafe ingredient-screening score of 3/5. FDA SAFFA status: Listed. With only 0% co-flag overlap in linked products, prevalence and label position often matter as much as the registry labels — and none of them establish product-level safety.
Where does Mastic Gum show up across the catalog? ▼
Mastic Gum sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
What does Mastic Gum do in food? ▼
Mastic Gum is recorded as a flavoring agent or adjuvant in source technical-effect fields.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Mastic 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.