Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose carries a source-backed screening score of 3/5 and appears in 310 indexed US food products.
Source-backed answer
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose appears in 310 catalogued products. CSPI has no rating attached in this snapshot. Its FDA SAFFA status is “Approved.” Those source labels describe the ingredient; they do not establish whether a particular product, dose, allergy, or diet is safe.
- 310
- catalogued products
- #1,461
- usage rank of 247,206
- 104
- named brands represented
- 62%
- 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.
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#1,461 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #1,461
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1 other that also appear in exactly 310 products, listed in more products than 99.4% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 62%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 310 products listing it (mean slot 18.6). Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose usually falls in the lower half of the list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
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 to use this page
Audit the co-occurring flags first
65.2% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose as the trigger. Open records such as 6 CT WHITE & CHOCOLATE CUP WITH WHIPPED ICING; ABC Potato Puffs; Advanced Magnesium+ and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 67.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 62% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
65.2% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 310 of 310 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.
What else is usually in the same product as Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Across the 310 products on this site that list Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, 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. Red 40 shows up about 5.2x more often with Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 87 | 28.1% | 5.4% |
| Blue 1 | 81 | 26.1% | 4.2% |
| Yellow 5 | 71 | 22.9% | 4.8% |
| Yellow 6 | 68 | 21.9% | 3.4% |
| Titanium Dioxide | 67 | 21.6% | 2.1% |
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.
Function
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
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 Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
Products Containing Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
16 busy labels from the 310 indexed products that list Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose:
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose sits among other busy catalog rows (310 products, mean score 67.3/100). Nearest count peers include “Locust Bean”, “Dietary Fiber”, “Dill Weed”. 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
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
What to do with this Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose record
Start from Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose's 310 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Check the listed products containing Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Browse linked labels
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Browse ingredient records
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
How should I read safety signals when Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
65.2% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose is the trigger. Where a source rating exists, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose scores 3/5 on this site's screening scale with FDA SAFFA status "Approved". None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose? ▼
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose ranks in the top decile by product count (#1,461 of 247,206), appearing in 310 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
What function does Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose serve when it appears beside other flagged additives? ▼
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose is recorded as a anticaking agent or free-flow agent, drying agent, emulsifier or emulsifier salt, humectant, processing aid, stabilizer or thickener, surface-finishing agent, texturizer in source technical-effect fields. In high co-flag products, that function coexists with other caution-marked components — inspect the full list rather than isolating this role.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose). 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.