Carboxymethylcellulose Gum
Carboxymethylcellulose Gum appears in 20 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
Carboxymethylcellulose Gum appears in 20 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.
- 20
- catalogued products
- #9,371
- usage rank of 247,206
- 8
- named brands represented
- 69%
- 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.
How to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
55% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Carboxymethylcellulose Gum as the trigger. Open records such as Breaded Mushrooms; Breaded Prime Skinless Walleye Fingers 11109; Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 84.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 69% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
55% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 20 of 20 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.
Carboxymethylcellulose Gum: top-decile catalog footprint (#9,371 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #9,371
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 358 others that also appear in exactly 20 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 69%
- Mean relative depth 69% across 20 parsed labels, slot 24.4 on average. Carboxymethylcellulose Gum 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 Carboxymethylcellulose Gum
Products Containing Carboxymethylcellulose Gum
High-volume slice (16 of 20) for products naming Carboxymethylcellulose Gum:
High-volume peers for Carboxymethylcellulose Gum
High-volume peers for Carboxymethylcellulose Gum: 20 products, mean screening score 84.5/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Carboxymethylcellulose Gum page
Start from Carboxymethylcellulose Gum's 20 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Carboxymethylcellulose Gum 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. Browse ingredient records
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Carboxymethylcellulose Gum sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
55% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Carboxymethylcellulose Gum is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Carboxymethylcellulose Gum? ▼
Carboxymethylcellulose Gum ranks in the top decile by product count (#9,371 of 247,206), appearing in 20 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Carboxymethylcellulose Gum so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Carboxymethylcellulose Gum appears in 20 products (#9,371 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Carboxymethylcellulose Gum). 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.