Cellulose Gu

Cellulose Gu appears in 5 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 Gu appears in 5 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.

5
catalogued products
#24,708
usage rank of 247,206
4
named brands represented
99%
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: 2 of 5 records have some flagged component, while the rest do not. Compare Birthday Cake Ice Cream; Birthday Party Truffles; crisp Bluberry Cobbler to see how surrounding formulations change; do not assign their 85–100 score range to Cellulose Gu itself. The ingredient most often sits near the end of the captured list, and Snacks supplies the most useful like-for-like starting point for a label review.

2 of 5 linked records have some flagged component

All 5 NOVA-classified records cluster most heavily in Group 4, while the first-category labels split across several shelves. That makes the 85–100 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.

High-volume listing for Cellulose Gu - usage rank #24,708

Usage rank
#24,708
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 4,103 others that also appear in exactly 5 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
99%
Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 5 products listing it (mean slot 20.4). Cellulose Gu usually falls near the end of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.

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.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 5 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 Gu

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 5 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 80859095100105 00.511.5 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Cellulose Gu Birthday Cake Ice CreamBirthday Party Trufflescrisp Bluberry CobblerHot CocoaVanilla caramel protein bar, vanilla caramel
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Products Containing Cellulose Gu

5 busy labels from the 5 indexed products that list Cellulose Gu:

Download these 5 product rows (CSV) 5 rows PlainFoodSafe selection: CC BY 4.0. Underlying Open Food Facts data: ODbL 1.0.

Cellulose Gu vs other top-decile catalog footprints

Top-decile company for Cellulose Gu: 5 listings averaging 96/100.

Similar mean product score

Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.

Using the Cellulose Gu evidence

Use the 5-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.

  • Check the listed products containing Cellulose Gu before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
  • Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. 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.

Questions readers ask about Cellulose Gu

Does Cellulose Gu 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 Cellulose Gu. Compare like-for-like products before treating the average screening score as an ingredient verdict.

Which product shelves show up most often with Cellulose Gu?

Cellulose Gu ranks in the top decile by product count (#24,708 of 247,206), appearing in 5 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Cellulose Gu so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cellulose Gu appears in 5 products (#24,708 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cellulose Gu). 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.