Food additive · Thickener / stabilizer
Locust bean gum
- E-number
- E410
A thickener from carob seeds, used in ice cream and cream cheese.
- 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 locust bean 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 locust bean gum
486 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list locust bean gum. The 12 most scanned:
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Fig Bar Blueberry Nature's Bakery · 2 oz Score 14 out of 100 Bad -
Organic Unsweetened Almond Non-Dairy Beverage Vanilla Kirkland Signature · 946 mL Score 75 out of 100 Good -
FIG BAR Raspberry Nature's Bakery · 57 g Score 16 out of 100 Bad -
Cream Cheese Philadelphia · 8 oz Score 77 out of 100 Good -
Mixed Berry Vanilla Protein Shake Chobani · 10 fl oz (296 mL) Score 64 out of 100 Good -
Unsweetened Almond Kirkland Signature · 946 mL 1 qt (32 fl oz) Score 71 out of 100 Good -
Blueberry Fig Bar Nature's Bakery Score 15 out of 100 Bad -
Greek Yogurt Blueberry on the Bottom Chobani · 5.3 oz Score 53 out of 100 Okay -
Strawberries & Cream Chobani · 10 fl oz (296 mL) Score 62 out of 100 Good -
Greek Yogurt Strawberry Chobani · 5.3 oz (150 g) Score 52 out of 100 Okay -
Greek Strained Yogurt with Vanilla flavour Chobani · 190 g Score 69 out of 100 Good -
Greek Yogurt Strawberry Blended Chobani · 907 g Score 50 out of 100 Okay
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 (26)
- e410
- carob gum
- carob bean
- locust bean
- carob bean gum
- carob seed gum
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- gomme de caroube
- thickener carob gum
- johannisbrotkernmehl
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- farine de graines de caroube
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