Carboxymethyl cellulose: version 1
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| 1 | 1 | # Carboxymethyl cellulose <!--ingredient--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Carboxymethyl cellulose | |
| 5 | + | e_number: E466 | |
| 6 | + | vegan: yes | |
| 7 | + | vegetarian: yes | |
| 8 | + | allergen: none | |
| 9 | + | parent: ingredient/cellulose | |
| 5 | 10 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 6 | 11 | ||
| 12 | + | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 13 | + | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 14 | + | | ------------------------------- | -------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 15 | + | | Cellulose gum | name | en | | | | |
| 16 | + | | Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose | name | en | | | | |
| 17 | + | | E466 | e_number | | | | | |
| 18 | + | | NaCMC | search | | | | | |
| 19 | + | | Sodium CMC | search | | | | | |
| 20 | + | | Carboxymethylcellulose | search | | | | | |
| 21 | + | | Gomme de carboxyméthylcellulose | name | fr | | | | |
| 22 | + | | Carboxyméthylcellulose | search | fr | | | | |
| 23 | + | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 24 | + | ||
| 25 | + | ## Meta <!--meta--> | |
| 26 | + | title: Carboxymethyl cellulose (E466), cellulose gum | |
| 27 | + | description: E466, the thickener and stabiliser also designated cellulose gum: what the EU specification says it is, and how labels declare it. | |
| 28 | + | <!--/meta--> | |
| 29 | + | ||
| 7 | 30 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 8 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
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| 10 | − | | label-2017 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/320/909/3709/2.jpg | Yellow canister: French ingredients block, Nutrition Facts panel and front (Open Food Facts uploads 1, 2 of 2017-05-05 and 3 of 2019-10-26) | 2026-09-13 | Open Food Facts contributors | pack | 2017-05-05 | 0063209093709 | uploads 2 (ingredients), 1 (nutrition), 3 (front) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 31 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 32 | + | | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------- | ---------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- | | |
| 33 | + | | ukadditives | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/approved-additives-and-e-numbers/approved-additives-and-e-numbers | Food Standards Agency: Approved additives and E numbers, E466 Carboxy methyl cellulose | 2026-09-14 | Food Standards Agency | registry | | | section 6, Emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents | | | | | |
| 34 | + | | reg231 | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/231/2020-12-31 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, Annex: E 466 sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, cellulose gum (text as at 2020-12-31) | 2026-09-14 | legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives | registry | 2012-03-09 | | Annex, E 466 | | | | | |
| 35 | + | | allergens | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/annex/II/2020-12-31 | Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex II: substances or products causing allergies or intolerances (text as at 2020-12-31) | 2026-09-14 | legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives | registry | 2011-10-25 | | Annex II, points 1 to 14 | | | | | |
| 36 | + | | gs1dk | https://gdsnprodwebstorage.blob.core.windows.net/gdsnprodwebfileblob/ProductSheets/5790000716074/5790000716074/05704068550013/208/public/da-DK/summary.pdf | GS1 product data sheet: K-Salat Kartoffelsalat m. Creme Fraise 800 g, GTIN 05704068550013, Delitaste ApS | 2026-09-14 | GS1 Denmark | registry | 2025-01-06 | 05704068550013 | Ingredienser, stabilisatorer: E412, E415, E466 | | | | | |
| 37 | + | | label-2017 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/320/909/3709/2.jpg | Yellow canister: French ingredients block, Nutrition Facts panel and front (Open Food Facts uploads 1, 2 of 2017-05-05 and 3 of 2019-10-26) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts contributors | pack | 2017-05-05 | 0063209093709 | uploads 2 (ingredients), 1 (nutrition), 3 (front) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 38 | + | | off-timhortons | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0063209093709 | Open Food Facts: Tim Hortons French Vanilla Cappuccino 454 g, typed ingredient list as recorded 2026-06-02 | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts contributors | catalogue | 2026-06-02 | 0063209093709 | ingredients_text | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 39 | + | | label-2023 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/320/909/3709/ingredients_fr.25.full.jpg | Tim Hortons French Vanilla Cappuccino 454 g: French ingredients block naming gomme de guar (Open Food Facts upload 6 of 2023-12-19) | 2026-09-14 | Open Food Facts contributors | pack | 2023-12-19 | 0063209093709 | upload 6, French selection ingredients_fr | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | | | |
| 11 | 40 | <!--/references--> | |
| 12 | 41 | ||
| 13 | 42 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 14 | − | Carboxymethyl cellulose gum (French: gomme de carboxyméthylcellulose) is the last ingredient on the earlier yellow label of Tim Hortons French Vanilla Cappuccino.[^label-2017] | |
| 43 | + | Carboxymethyl cellulose is the food additive E466, a thickener and stabiliser that the Food Standards Agency's approved additives list places among the emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents in the cellulose series, after E460 Cellulose and the ethers E461 to E465.[^ukadditives] The EU specifications for food additives designate it E 466 sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, or cellulose gum, define it as the partial sodium salt of a carboxymethyl ether of cellulose, the cellulose being obtained directly from strains of fibrous plant material, and give NaCMC and sodium CMC as synonyms.[^reg231] Its raw material is therefore plant cellulose, and neither cellulose nor its derivatives appear among the fourteen substances that Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires to be declared as allergens.[^allergens] | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | Labels name it either way. The Danish data sheet for K-Salat Kartoffelsalat m. Creme Fraise 800 g (GTIN 05704068550013, Delitaste ApS) declares it by number, among the stabilisers as E412, E415, E466.[^gs1dk] The French ingredients block photographed in 2017 on a 454 g yellow canister of Tim Hortons French Vanilla Cappuccino spells it out and ends with gomme de carboxyméthylcellulose.[^label-2017] A photograph of the same French block uploaded in December 2023 ends with gomme de guar instead,[^label-2023] and the list Open Food Facts holds for that barcode today agrees,[^off-timhortons] so the carboxymethylcellulose statement belongs to a label revision replaced on or before 19 December 2023. | |
| 15 | 46 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Carboxymethyl cellulose <!--ingredient-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Carboxymethyl cellulose
<!--/identity-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | ---- | ---------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| label-2017 | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/006/320/909/3709/2.jpg | Yellow canister: French ingredients block, Nutrition Facts panel and front (Open Food Facts uploads 1, 2 of 2017-05-05 and 3 of 2019-10-26) | 2026-09-13 | Open Food Facts contributors | pack | 2017-05-05 | 0063209093709 | uploads 2 (ingredients), 1 (nutrition), 3 (front) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Carboxymethyl cellulose gum (French: gomme de carboxyméthylcellulose) is the last ingredient on the earlier yellow label of Tim Hortons French Vanilla Cappuccino.[^label-2017]
<!--/about-->