Tragacanth Gum
Tragacanth Gum appears in 197 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
Tragacanth Gum appears in 197 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.
- 197
- catalogued products
- #1,960
- usage rank of 247,206
- 37
- named brands represented
- 65%
- 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
83.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Tragacanth Gum as the trigger. Open records such as 7 select, conversation hearts candy; Ahold, simply enjoy, gelato, peppermint kiss; All-in-one super syrup and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 46.1/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 65% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
83.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 197 of 197 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.
High-volume listing for Tragacanth Gum - usage rank #1,960
- Usage rank
- #1,960
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 197 products, listed in more products than 99.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 65%
- Mean relative depth 65% across 197 parsed labels, slot 15.2 on average. Tragacanth Gum tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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 Tragacanth Gum
Across the 197 products on this site that list Tragacanth 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. Red 40 shows up about 10x more often with Tragacanth Gum than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Tragacanth Gum products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 106 | 53.8% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 101 | 51.3% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 96 | 48.7% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 86 | 43.7% | 3.4% |
| Blue 2 | 78 | 39.6% | 0.9% |
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 Tragacanth Gum
Products Containing Tragacanth Gum
High-volume slice (16 of 197) for products naming Tragacanth Gum:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Hydrolyzed”)
High-volume peers for Tragacanth Gum: 197 products, mean screening score 46.1/100. Nearest count peers include “Hydrolyzed”, “Non-gmo Expeller Pressed Canola Oil”, “Pecan”. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Tragacanth Gum page
Use the 197-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Tragacanth Gum and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Place Tragacanth Gum next to “Non-gmo Expeller Pressed Canola Oil” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Tragacanth Gum — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Tragacanth Gum sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
83.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Tragacanth Gum is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Tragacanth Gum? ▼
Tragacanth Gum ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,960 of 247,206), appearing in 197 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Tragacanth Gum so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Tragacanth Gum appears in 197 products (#1,960 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Tragacanth 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.