Cellulose Gum
Cellulose Gum appears in 11,454 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 Gum appears in 11,454 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.
- 11,454
- catalogued products
- #99
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1,590
- named brands represented
- 68%
- 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
72.3% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cellulose Gum as the trigger. Open records such as 1-2-3 gluten free, divinely decadent, silky & rich brownies baking mix; 1-2-3 gluten free, sugar cookies mix; 1/4 Sheet White Cake With Colored Icing and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 79.0/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 68% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
72.3% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 11452 of 11453 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.
Cellulose Gum: top-decile catalog footprint (#99 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #99
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 68%
- Mean relative depth 68% across 11,463 parsed labels, slot 21.4 on average. Cellulose Gum tends to sit in the lower half of the list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.
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.
What else is usually in the same product as Cellulose Gum
Across the 11,454 products on this site that list Cellulose Gum, 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. Carrageenan shows up about 9.7x more often with Cellulose Gum than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cellulose Gum products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 4,993 | 43.6% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 1,838 | 16% | 5.7% |
| Red 40 | 1,756 | 15.3% | 5.4% |
| Polysorbate 80 | 1,646 | 14.4% | 1.3% |
| Yellow 5 | 1,383 | 12.1% | 4.8% |
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 Gum
Products Containing Cellulose Gum
A sample of 16 high-volume listings among the 11,454 indexed products containing Cellulose Gum:
High-volume peers for Cellulose Gum beside “Turmeric”
Cellulose Gum sits among other busy catalog rows (11,454 products, mean score 79/100). Nearest count peers include “Turmeric”, “Vitamin B2”, “Canola”. 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
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
What to do with this Cellulose Gum record
Start from Cellulose Gum's 11,454 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Review the sampled product records that list Cellulose Gum to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Cellulose Gum — common follow-ups
How should I read safety signals when Cellulose Gum sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
72.3% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cellulose Gum is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cellulose Gum? ▼
Cellulose Gum ranks in the top decile by product count (#99 of 247,206), appearing in 11,454 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cellulose Gum so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cellulose Gum appears in 11,454 products (#99 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cellulose 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.