Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose
Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose appears in 1 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
Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose appears in 1 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.
- 1
- catalogued products
- #71,300
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 42%
- 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
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose as the trigger. Open records such as Classic Coconut Milk and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 95.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 42% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 1 of 1 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose ranks above 71.2% of catalogued ingredients
- Usage rank
- #71,300
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 175,906 others that also appear in exactly 1 product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 42%
- Mean relative depth 42% across 1 parsed label, slot 6.0 on average. Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose tends to sit in the upper 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.
Products Containing Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose
All 1 indexed product that name Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose:
Count and score peers around flagged Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose
With 100% co-flag overlap, compare peers on count and mean score separately — Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose spans 1 products at 95/100 average screening score.
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Next steps from the Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose page
1 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose show up across the catalog? ▼
Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose sits above the median for catalog prevalence (1 products, #71,300 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose. Its in the upper half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carboxyl 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.