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E460Cellulose

Why it’s used

Plant fiber used as an anti-caking, bulking, and stabilizing agent — for example to keep shredded cheese from clumping, or to add fiber bulk and texture to low-fat and gluten-free baked goods.

Other names

Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), Cellulose gel

Diet flags

Vegan, passesVegetarian, passes

Regulatory status

USAAllowed

Cellulose (including microcrystalline cellulose) is GRAS, affirmed through FDA's Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS) review, and listed in FDA's Substances Added to Food inventory; used with no quantity limit beyond good manufacturing practice as an anticaking, stabilizing, and thickening agent. Source (2026-07-23)

EUAllowed

Authorized at quantum satis (no numeric maximum) in almost all authorized food categories under Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. EFSA's 2018 re-evaluation of the cellulose group (E460–E469) found no safety concern at reported uses. Source (2026-07-23)

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