Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose
Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose appears in 2 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
Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose appears in 2 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.
- 2
- catalogued products
- #46,185
- usage rank of 247,206
- 1
- named brands represented
- 67%
- 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.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
100% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose as the trigger. Open records such as Iso Pro Zero; Salted caramel delights dessert mix and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 67.5/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 67% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
100% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 2 of 2 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.
Upper-half catalog placement for Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose (#46,185)
- Usage rank
- #46,185
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 25,114 others that also appear in exactly 2 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 67%
- Mean relative depth 67% across 2 parsed labels, slot 12.5 on average. Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose 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.
Products Containing Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose
Full indexed set for Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose — 2 products:
Nationwide peers near this flagged-ingredient footprint
Flag-heavy neighborhood — keep count peers and score peers on separate axes for Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose (2 products).
Similar mean product score
Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Next steps from the Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose page
Use the 2-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Open the product sample for Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose and read how the term sits on real packages. Open product sample
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How should I read safety signals when Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
100% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Where does Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose show up across the catalog? ▼
Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose sits above the median for catalog prevalence (2 products, #46,185 of 247,206) across 1 named brands. Category mix varies — use the linked records rather than treating any single shelf as representative.
Why is Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The current source record does not specify a technical effect for Sodium Carboxy Methylcellulose. Its in the lower half of the list and product examples are shown without guessing why manufacturers include it.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Sodium Carboxy 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.