Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
Carboxy Methyl Cellulose appears in 24 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
Carboxy Methyl Cellulose appears in 24 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.
- 24
- catalogued products
- #8,251
- usage rank of 247,206
- 17
- named brands represented
- 62%
- 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: 5 of 24 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Alpino Cookies Rings With Filling, Raspberry; Chocolate cake; Chocolate Dipped Cream Puffs to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 75–100 score range to Carboxy Methyl Cellulose itself. The ingredient most often sits in the lower half of the list, and Plant-based foods and beverages supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.
5 of 24 linked records have some flagged component
All 24 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 75–100 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.
Carboxy Methyl Cellulose: top-decile catalog footprint (#8,251 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #8,251
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 260 others that also appear in exactly 24 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Mean relative depth 62% across 24 parsed labels, slot 13.2 on average. Carboxy Methyl Cellulose tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
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 Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
Products Containing Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 24 indexed products containing Carboxy Methyl Cellulose:
Carboxy Methyl Cellulose vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Carboxy Methyl Cellulose: 24 listings averaging 98.1/100.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Carboxy Methyl Cellulose evidence
Start from Carboxy Methyl Cellulose's 24 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Carboxy Methyl Cellulose to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Carboxy Methyl Cellulose — common follow-ups
Does Carboxy Methyl Cellulose 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 Carboxy Methyl Cellulose. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.
Which product shelves show up most often with Carboxy Methyl Cellulose? ▼
Carboxy Methyl Cellulose ranks in the top decile by product count (#8,251 of 247,206), appearing in 24 indexed products led by Plant-based foods and beverages. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Carboxy Methyl Cellulose so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Carboxy Methyl Cellulose appears in 24 products (#8,251 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carboxy Methyl Cellulose). 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.