The Following Gums
The Following Gums appears in 61 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
The Following Gums appears in 61 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.
- 61
- catalogued products
- #4,349
- usage rank of 247,206
- 3
- named brands represented
- 72%
- 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
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify The Following Gums as the trigger. Open records such as Ice cream; Ice Cream; Ice Cream and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 74.8/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 72% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 61 of 61 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.
The Following Gums: top-decile catalog footprint (#4,349 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #4,349
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 39 others that also appear in exactly 61 products, listed in more products than 98.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 72%
- Mean relative depth 72% across 61 parsed labels, slot 24.4 on average. The Following Gums tends to sit in the lower 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.
What else is usually in the same product as The Following Gums
Across the 61 products on this site that list The Following Gums, 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 22.2x more often with The Following Gums than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of The Following Gums products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 61 | 100% | 4.5% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 59 | 96.7% | 1.3% |
| Red 40 | 11 | 18% | 5.4% |
| Caramel Coloring | 10 | 16.4% | 5.7% |
| Blue 1 | 9 | 14.8% | 4.2% |
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 The Following Gums
Products Containing The Following Gums
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 61 indexed products containing The Following Gums:
High-volume peers for The Following Gums beside “Natural And Artificial Flavours”
High-volume peers for The Following Gums: 61 products, mean screening score 74.8/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Natural And Artificial Flavours · Basil Leaves · Brazils. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the The Following Gums evidence
Start from The Following Gums's 61 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for The Following Gums and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when The Following Gums sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming The Following Gums is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with The Following Gums? ▼
The Following Gums ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,349 of 247,206), appearing in 61 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is The Following Gums so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet The Following Gums appears in 61 products (#4,349 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (The Following Gums). 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.