Cellulose ethers raug lees paub tias yog khoom noj khoom haus additives. Lawv tuaj yeem siv los ua zaub mov thickeners, stabilizers thiab humectants kom thicken, khaws dej thiab txhim kho saj. Lawv tau siv dav hauv cov teb chaws tsim thiab feem ntau yog siv hauv cov khoom ci, cellulose casings, tsis yog mis nyuj creamers, kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo, kua ntses, nqaij thiab lwm yam khoom noj protein, kib, thiab lwm yam.
Tuam Tshoj, Tebchaws Asmeskas, European Union thiab ntau lub tebchaws tso cai rau cov non-ionic cellulose ethers HPMC thiab ionic cellulose ethers CMC los ua zaub mov ntxiv. HPMC muaj nyob rau hauv Food Additives Pharmacopoeia thiab International Food Codex tawm los ntawm US Food and Drug Administration (FDA); hauv kuv lub tebchaws, raws li "GB2760 Food Safety National Standard Food Additives Usage Standard" uas tau muab los ntawm National Health and Family Planning Commission thiab tau siv txij lub Rau Hli 20, 2011, HPMC tau suav nrog hauv "Daim Ntawv Teev Cov Khoom Noj Ntxiv uas tuaj yeem siv rau hauv Ntau yam khoom noj raws li kev xav tau ntau lawm". Qhov ntau npaum li cas tsis txwv, thiab cov chaw tsim khoom tuaj yeem tswj cov tshuaj raws li qhov xav tau tiag tiag.