Tara Gum
Tara Gum appears in 606 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
Tara Gum appears in 606 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.
- 606
- catalogued products
- #933
- usage rank of 247,206
- 135
- named brands represented
- 75%
- 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
52.8% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Tara Gum as the trigger. Open records such as 3 SALTED CARAMEL ICE CREAM; 4 | Neapolitan Ice Cream; 711 ice cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 89.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 75% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
52.8% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 606 of 606 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.
Tara Gum: top-decile catalog footprint (#933 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #933
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2 others that also appear in exactly 606 products, listed in more products than 99.6% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Mean relative depth 75% across 606 parsed labels, slot 18.6 on average. Tara Gum tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Tara Gum
Across the 606 products on this site that list Tara Gum, 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 10.5x more often with Tara Gum than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tara Gum products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 287 | 47.4% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 89 | 14.7% | 1.3% |
| Caramel Coloring | 56 | 9.2% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 37 | 6.1% | 4.2% |
| Red 40 | 36 | 5.9% | 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 Tara Gum
Products Containing Tara Gum
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 606 indexed products containing Tara Gum:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Alpha Tocopherol Acetate”)
Top-decile company for Tara Gum: 606 listings averaging 89.9/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Alpha Tocopherol Acetate · As Preservative · Cottonseed Oils.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Tara Gum evidence
Use the 606-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 Tara Gum to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Place Tara Gum next to “As Preservative” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. 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.
Tara Gum — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Tara Gum sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
52.8% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Tara Gum is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tara Gum? ▼
Tara Gum ranks in the top decile by product count (#933 of 247,206), appearing in 606 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tara Gum so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tara Gum appears in 606 products (#933 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tara 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.