Tara gum

What the evidence says

• Marker of ultra-processingInfo

  An ingredient class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]

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Popular products that list tara gum

19 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list tara gum. The 12 most scanned:

• Natural Vanilla Ice Cream Breyers · 1.5 Quart/1.41 L Score 37 out of 100 Poor
• Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream Tillamook · 1.5 qt Score 35 out of 100 Poor
• Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Tillamook · 1.5 qt/1.42 L Score 35 out of 100 Poor
• Oregon Dark Cherry Ice Cream Tillamook · 1.42 L Score 35 out of 100 Poor
• French Vanilla Ice Cream Tillamook · 1.5 qt Score 31 out of 100 Poor
• Tillamook Mudslide Ice Cream Tillamook · 1.5 Quart/1.42 L Score 34 out of 100 Poor
• Chocolate chip ice cream Tillamook · 1.5 qt/1.42 L Score 32 out of 100 Poor
• Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream Tillamook · 1.5 Quart/1.42 L Score 30 out of 100 Poor
• helados Mexico Mexico · 12 × 1.5 fl oz Score 34 out of 100 Poor
• Frozen dark chocolate almond sea salt bar Kind Frozen · 1.60 fl oz Score 12 out of 100 Bad
• Frozen Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bars Good Humor · 6 - 3 fl oz (88 mL) bars, net 18 fl oz (352 mL) Score 9 out of 100 Bad
• Premium Ice Cream Bar Tropicale Foods Inc. · 18 fl oz/528 mL Score 37 out of 100 Poor

Diets and allergens

Vegan

Yes

Vegetarian

Yes

Gluten-free

Yes

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