Food additive · Processing aid
Powdered cellulose
- E-number
- E460ii
Plant cellulose used to stop shredded cheese and powders from clumping, and as fiber.
- Food additive
- Anti-caking agent
- Ultra-processing marker
- Expert review pending
Concern level
A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points powdered cellulose costs on a product’s receipt.
What the evidence says
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Marker of ultra-processingInfo
An additive class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]
Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.
Popular products that list powdered cellulose
218 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list powdered cellulose. The 12 most scanned:
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Light Multi Grain English Muffins Thomas' · 12 oz (340 g) Score 47 out of 100 Okay -
Grated Parmesan Cheese Kraft · 24 oz Score 77 out of 100 Good -
Delightful Bread Sara Lee · 567 g Score 23 out of 100 Poor -
Whole Grains Healthy Multi-Grain Arnold · 680 g Score 45 out of 100 Okay -
Whole Grains 12 Grains and Seeds Bread Brownberry · 680 g Score 45 out of 100 Okay -
Original Mission · 11.3 oz Score 53 out of 100 Okay -
Asiago Caesar Dressing Briannas · 12 fl oz/355 mL Score 8 out of 100 Bad -
Nutri Grain Strawberry Kellogg's · 1.3 oz, 37 g Score 6 out of 100 Bad -
Spinach & Herbs Tortilla Wraps Ole · 360 g Score 58 out of 100 Okay -
Parmesan Cheese Kraft · 8 oz (226 g) Score 87 out of 100 Excellent -
Feta Crumbles President · 24 oz Score 67 out of 100 Good -
Soft Baked Breakfast Bars Nutri-Grain · 37 g Score 6 out of 100 Bad
Diets and allergens
- Vegan
- Yes
- Vegetarian
- Yes
- Gluten-free
- Yes
For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.
Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (25)
- e460ii
- cellulose
- wood cellulose
- cellulose fiber
- plant cellulose
- cellulose powder
- powdered cellulose
- thickener cellulose
- stabiliser cellulose
- thickeners cellulose
- cellulose anti caking
- stabilisers cellulose
- cellulose to prevent caking
- thickener powdered cellulose
- cellulose to prevent clumping
- powdered cellulose anticaking
- cellulose added to prevent caking
- cellulose powder to prevent caking
- powdered cellulose prevents caking
- anti caking agent powdered cellulose
- potato starch and powdered cellulose
- powdered cellulose anti caking agent
- powdered cellulose to prevent caking
- powdered cellulose to prevent clumping
- powdered cellulose added to prevent caking