What it should conjure up is that diet food, or pre shredded cheese.
Cellulose is a fairly common food additive, it helps thicken products and add dietary fiber to them ( fiber being indigestible by humans)
it also helps bulk them up , and because its plant based it binds with water , to give a creamy texture to drinks and processed foods,
common foods with cellulose added include:
Bottled chocolate milk shakes
pre bottled nutritional shakes
Yogurt-low fat
Low fat sour cream
Ice cream
Shredded cheese
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Cellulose comes in various forms, each with a specific use. Beyond powdered cellulose, two other modified forms are common in food. Microcrystalline cellulose is either listed as such on labels, as MCC, or in some cases as cellulose gel. Carboxymethyl cellulose or cellulose gum, another modified version, is listed as such on labels. Each gives foods a slightly different texture—from gelatinous to more liquid-like—because they trap varying amounts of air or water.
Powdered cellulose is made by cooking raw plant fiber—usually wood—in various chemicals to separate the cellulose, and then purified. Modified versions go through extra processing, such as exposing them to acid to further break down the fiber.::
Kraft Foods Inc. uses forms of cellulose made from wood pulp and cotton in products including shredded cheese and salad dressing. "Cellulose has unique properties making it the best choice to perform certain functions, such as anticaking, thickening and replacing fat," says spokeswoman Susan Davison.
Kraft and Organic Valley say cellulose makes up less than 1% of their shredded-cheese products. A Nestlé SA spokeswoman says the company uses various types of cellulose to improve the texture of some products.
Meat processor Tyson Foods Inc. uses cellulose on some cooked products to help maintain glazes or breading, but doesn't use it as a filler, a spokesman says. Kellogg Co. is raising the amount of dietary fiber in its products with cellulose and other fibers like psyllium and bran, says a spokeswoman.
Source: Wall Street journal
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Powdered cellulose is the most widely used in food products and is the form of choice for anti-caking applications. Cellulose gum or cellulose gel, which are hydrated forms of cellulose, are often used in sauces or other wet items like ice cream and frozen yogurt.
Cellulose may also be found on ingredient lists under the names carboxymethyl cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, or MCC.
Bethanny Monsel- nutritionist
One major soure for cellulose that is not mentioned in either of these articles is multi vitamins .
the amounts needed to make a complete multiple vitamin are so miniscule and concentrated that to make a tablet that people feel is actually delivering all that is promised it to bind it together with cellulose.
Now cellulose by itself is perfectly normal its in your celery and broccoli and lima beans
it binds most vegetation together so that it can grow , the concern is to obtain the cellulose from the sources that manufactures are using , wood pulp and cotton pulp its refined , with a lot of chemicals , and processses thats a concern , a major concern
