Is Locust Bean Gum safe?
Locust Bean Gum has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.
Score impact:
No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)
Found in 151 of 9,912 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.
Regulatory sources: EFSA, FDA
Also known as
Locust Bean Gum is also known as lgb, e410, carob gum, carob seeds, carob bean gum — these all refer to the same ingredient.
carob bean gum
carob gum
e410
lgb
locust bean gum
locust bean gum stabiliser
locust biin gum
гума локуст биин
carob seeds
thickener locust bean gum
goma de alfarroba
гума локуст бийм