Food additive · Thickener / stabilizer
Gellan gum
- E-number
- E418
A gelling agent made by bacterial fermentation, used in plant milks and drinks.
- Food additive
- Thickener, stabilizer or gelling agent
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points gellan gum costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An ingredient class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list gellan gum
298 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list gellan gum. The 12 most scanned:
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Organic Unsweetened Soymilk Silk · 64 fl oz Score 78 out of 100 Good -
Organic Unsweetened Almond Non-Dairy Beverage Vanilla Kirkland Signature · 946 mL Score 75 out of 100 Good -
Almond Breeze almondmilk UNSWEETENED Vanilla Blue Diamond Almonds Score 68 out of 100 Good -
Almondmilk Califia Farms · 48 fl oz Score 66 out of 100 Good -
Blended Vanilla Too Good & Co. · 32 oz Score 73 out of 100 Good -
Protein Shake Orgain · 11 fl oz Score 90 out of 100 Excellent -
Unsweetened Almond Kirkland Signature · 946 mL 1 qt (32 fl oz) Score 71 out of 100 Good -
Almondmilk Blue Diamond · 1.89 L Score 72 out of 100 Good -
Almondmilk Silk · 64 fl oz (1.89 L) Score 92 out of 100 Excellent -
French Vanilla Coffee Creamer Nut Pods · 750 g Score 69 out of 100 Good -
OWYN Pro Elite Dairy-Free Protein Chocolate Flavored OWYN · 330 mL Score 63 out of 100 Good -
Protein Shake Oikos · 12 oz Score 64 out of 100 Good
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (15)
- e418
- gellan
- gellan gum
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- gelling agent e418
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- high acyl gellan gum
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