Cellulose Fiber
Cellulose Fiber appears in 220 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
Cellulose Fiber appears in 220 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.
- 220
- catalogued products
- #1,829
- usage rank of 247,206
- 59
- named brands represented
- 41%
- 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.
High-volume listing for Cellulose Fiber - usage rank #1,829
- Usage rank
- #1,829
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4 others that also appear in exactly 220 products, listed in more products than 99.3% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 41%
- Averaged label depth puts Cellulose Fiber in the upper half of the list (41% of list length, mean slot 14.2). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
Reading this ingredient record
Use prevalence before concern
Only 10% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Cellulose Fiber spans 59 named brands and is led by the Plant-based foods and beverages group. Start with 100% light whole wheat; 100% whole grain bread; 100% Whole Wheat when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 98.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
59 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 216 of 219 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Cellulose Fiber
Across the 220 products on this site that list Cellulose Fiber, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Potassium Iodate shows up about 82x more often with Cellulose Fiber than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cellulose Fiber products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium Iodate | 36 | 16.4% | 0.2% |
| Sucralose | 8 | 3.6% | 2.7% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 3.2% | 5.7% |
| Carrageenan | 5 | 2.3% | 4.5% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
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 Cellulose Fiber
Products Containing Cellulose Fiber
High-volume slice (16 of 220) for products naming Cellulose Fiber:
High-volume peers for Cellulose Fiber beside “Beet Root Powder”
Cellulose Fiber sits among other busy catalog rows (220 products, mean score 98.3/100). Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Beet Root Powder; Carmine Color; Enzyme Modified Butter. Count peers and score peers are listed separately on purpose.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
What to do with this Cellulose Fiber record
Use the 220-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Cellulose Fiber and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Place Cellulose Fiber next to “Carmine Color” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Cellulose Fiber — common follow-ups
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Cellulose Fiber? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Cellulose Fiber, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#1,829 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cellulose Fiber? ▼
Cellulose Fiber ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,829 of 247,206), appearing in 220 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 Cellulose Fiber so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cellulose Fiber appears in 220 products (#1,829 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cellulose Fiber). 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.