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Cellulose powder: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 11:05 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Kraft Shredded Cheddar & Monterey Jack Cheeses 16 oz** (UPC 021000601493), a wanted-list barcode (old title "kraft chedmont finely sh"). - Identity and ingredients from the USDA FoodData Cent. Current is v2.

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11# Cellulose powder <!--ingredient-->
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33## Identity <!--identity-->
44name: Cellulose powder
5+e_number: E460(ii)
6+vegan: yes
7+vegetarian: yes
8+allergen: none
9+parent: ingredient/cellulose
510<!--/identity-->
611 
12+## Aliases <!--aliases-->
13+| name | type | locale | from | until |
14+| ------------------- | -------- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
15+| Powdered cellulose | name | en | | |
16+| Cellulose, powdered | search | en | | |
17+| E460(ii) | e_number | | | |
18+| E 460 (ii) | search | | | |
19+<!--/aliases-->
20+ 
21+## Meta <!--meta-->
22+title: Cellulose powder (E 460 (ii), powdered cellulose)
23+description: Powdered cellulose, declared as cellulose powder on United States shredded-cheese labels and specified in the EU as the additive E 460 (ii).
24+<!--/meta-->
25+ 
726## References <!--references-->
8−| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
9−| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ | -------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | ------------- |
10−| usda | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1608811/nutrients | USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (LI), fdc_id 1608811, version 2021-03-19 | 2026-09-13 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | registry | 2021-03-19 | 1608811 | brand_owner, ingredients, nutrients | cc0 | | Label Insight |
27+| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
28+| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | ------------- |
29+| usda | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1608811/nutrients | USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (LI), fdc_id 1608811, version 2021-03-19 | 2026-09-13 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | registry | 2021-03-19 | 1608811 | brand_owner, ingredients, nutrients | cc0 | | Label Insight |
30+| usda-jalapeno | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1625946/nutrients | USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (LI), fdc_id 1625946, KRAFT MEXICAN STYLE CHEDDAR PEPPER JACK, version 2021-03-19 | 2026-09-14 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | registry | 2021-03-19 | 1625946 | ingredients | cc0 | | Label Insight |
31+| reg231 | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/231/2020-12-31 | Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, Annex: E 460 (i) microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose gel and E 460 (ii) powdered cellulose (text as at 2020-12-31) | 2026-09-14 | legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives | registry | 2012-03-09 | | Annex, E 460 (i) and E 460 (ii) | | | |
32+| 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, E460 Cellulose | 2026-09-14 | Food Standards Agency | registry | | | section 6, Emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents | | | |
33+| reg1333 | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1333/annex/II/2020-12-31 | Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II: E 460 Cellulose in the list of additives and among the Group I additives permitted at quantum satis (text as at 2020-12-31) | 2026-09-14 | legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives | registry | 2008-12-16 | | Annex II, E 460; Group I table | | | |
34+| 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 | | | |
35+| uslabelling | https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/21/101.4 | 21 CFR 101.4 Food; designation of ingredients: ingredients listed by common or usual name | 2026-09-14 | Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School | registry | | | 101.4(a)(1) | | | |
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1237 
1338## About <!--about-->
14−Cellulose powder is declared as CELLULOSE POWDER, one of three ingredients ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING, in the United States label record of Kraft Shredded Cheddar & Monterey Jack Cheeses.[^usda]
39+Cellulose powder is purified plant cellulose in powder form, used in food as an anti-caking agent. United States labels name ingredients by their common or usual name rather than by a number,[^uslabelling] and two Kraft shredded-cheese records in USDA's Branded Foods declare POTATO STARCH, CELLULOSE POWDER, AND CALCIUM SULFATE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING.[^usda][^usda-jalapeno] In the European Union and the United Kingdom the same substance is the additive E 460, cellulose, which the Food Standards Agency's approved list groups with the emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents[^ukadditives] and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 carries among the Group I additives permitted at quantum satis.[^reg1333] The specifications split E 460 in two, and this ingredient is E 460 (ii) powdered cellulose: purified, mechanically disintegrated cellulose prepared by processing alpha-cellulose obtained as a pulp from strains of fibrous plant materials.[^reg231]
40+ 
41+The number is an identification, not a label reading. The US records print no E number,[^uslabelling] and nothing in them says which of the two cellulose specifications this powder meets; E 460 (ii) is the match by name and by definition, powdered cellulose against the acid-treated microcrystalline cellulose, or cellulose gel, of E 460 (i).[^reg231] A European pack of the same substance would read cellulose or E 460 rather than cellulose powder. The raw material is plant pulp in both specifications,[^reg231] and neither cellulose nor its derivatives appear among the fourteen substances Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires to be declared as allergens.[^allergens]
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# Cellulose powder <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Cellulose powder
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## References <!--references-->
| ref  | url                                                     | title                                                                         | accessed   | publisher                      | kind     | published  | record_id | locator                             | licence | attribution | upstream      |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ | -------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | ------------- |
| usda | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1608811/nutrients | USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (LI), fdc_id 1608811, version 2021-03-19 | 2026-09-13 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | registry | 2021-03-19 | 1608811   | brand_owner, ingredients, nutrients | cc0     |             | Label Insight |
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## About <!--about-->
Cellulose powder is declared as CELLULOSE POWDER, one of three ingredients ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING, in the United States label record of Kraft Shredded Cheddar & Monterey Jack Cheeses.[^usda]
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