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Powdered Cellulose Ingredient Status Sweetener Supply Corp powdered cellulose meets the monograph described in the Food Chemicals Codex for “Cellulose, Powdered.” It will also meet the JECFA and EU Monographs for “powdered cellulose.” It is commonly used as an anti-caking agent, bulking agent and fiber source in food products. Cellulose, powdered cellulose, and microcrystalline cellulose do not appear in 21CFR as regulated or GRAS. Powdered cellulose is considered to belong in the “prior sanctioned category” as a food additive in use prior to the passage of the Food Additives Amendment in 1958. It is considered “grandfathered” and permitted by FDA. In the EU, Powdered Cellulose is listed under Commission Regulation EU No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012. E 460 ii Powdered Cellulose. FDA also lists “cellulose, regenerated” as approved under 21CFR 176.170, Indirect Food Additives, Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods. Identity standards for hot dogs are described at 9 CFR 319.80 FSIS, 2000 . The Association of American Feed Control Officials AAFCO lists powdered cellulose at 87.14 as a “special purpose product anti-caking agents, color additives, condiments, grinding agents, pelleting agents, etc. .” Even the “Center for Science in the Public Interest” lists cellulose as a safe ingredient. /reports/chemcuisine.htm The FCC grade powdered cellulose produced by Sweetener Supply Corp. is manufactured from virgin wood-based pulp, processed using the “Kraft” pulping process in the USA. The material is bleached using an elemental chlorine free process. Neither Cl- or Cl2 are used as bleaching chemicals in the process. The raw material for this process is naturally occurring trees. Neither the FCC nor JECFA monograph specify or require the use of a specific plant substrate to produce powdered cellulose. Cellulose is the most widely found natural polymer in nature. It is the major component of rigid cell walls in plant materia