Xanthum Gum
Xanthum Gum appears in 60 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
Xanthum Gum appears in 60 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.
- 60
- catalogued products
- #4,389
- usage rank of 247,206
- 34
- 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.
Reading this ingredient record
Separate this ingredient from its product neighborhood
This is a mixed product neighborhood: 21 of 60 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare 3 Seeded Wholegrain Sandwich Rolls; Baja Chipotle Sauce; Blueberry muffin mix, blueberry to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 35–100 score range to Xanthum Gum itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
21 of 60 linked records have some flagged component
All 57 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 35–100 score spread more informative than the average alone: investigate the low end, identify the actual flagged row, and compare it with a similar unflagged formulation before drawing a conclusion.
Next check: pair one flagged product with a similar unflagged product from the same shelf category.
High-volume listing for Xanthum Gum - usage rank #4,389
- Usage rank
- #4,389
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 46 others that also appear in exactly 60 products, listed in more products than 98.2% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 75%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 60 products listing it (mean slot 20.5). Xanthum Gum usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 Xanthum Gum
Across the 60 products on this site that list Xanthum 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. Caramel Coloring shows up about 2.3x more often with Xanthum Gum than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Xanthum Gum products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 8 | 13.3% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 7 | 11.7% | 4.5% |
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 Xanthum Gum
Products Containing Xanthum Gum
High-volume slice (16 of 60) for products naming Xanthum Gum:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Acesulfame Potassium And Sucralose”)
Top-decile company for Xanthum Gum: 60 listings averaging 92.6/100. Comparable product-count neighbours: Acesulfame Potassium And Sucralose · And Active Cultures With L. Acidophilus And B. Bifidum · Active Dry Yeast.
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 Xanthum Gum page
Start from Xanthum Gum's 60 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Xanthum Gum and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Place Xanthum Gum next to “And Active Cultures With L. Acidophilus And B. Bifidum” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Xanthum Gum carry its own safety label in this catalog? ▼
This is a mixed neighborhood: some linked products carry a separate flag while others do not. This snapshot does not attach a standalone FDA/CSPI verdict to Xanthum Gum. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Xanthum Gum? ▼
Xanthum Gum ranks in the top decile by product count (#4,389 of 247,206), appearing in 60 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Xanthum Gum so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Xanthum Gum appears in 60 products (#4,389 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Xanthum 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.