Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose appears in 18 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
Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose appears in 18 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.
- 18
- catalogued products
- #10,099
- usage rank of 247,206
- 11
- named brands represented
- 63%
- 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.
Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#10,099 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #10,099
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 399 others that also appear in exactly 18 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 63%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 18 products listing it (mean slot 16.7). Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose 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.
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 this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 16.7% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose spans 11 named brands and is led by the Dietary supplements group. Start with B-Right; Cheese Ravioli; FIT 9 when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 96.9/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
11 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 18 of 18 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.
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 Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
Products Containing Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
High-volume slice (16 of 18) for products naming Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose:
High-volume peers for Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
Top-decile company for Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose: 18 listings averaging 96.9/100.
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 Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose record
18 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Review the sampled product records that list Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose 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. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. 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 Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#10,099 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose? ▼
Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose ranks in the top decile by product count (#10,099 of 247,206), appearing in 18 indexed products led by Dietary supplements. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose appears in 18 products (#10,099 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose). 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.