Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Dairy Products
The Google product category ID for Dairy Products is 428. It sits under Food Items and has 8 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 8 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 428
- Direct subcategories
- 8
- Categories below it in total
- 8
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 3 / 4
- Others at this level
- 18
- Parent category
- Food Items
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Measured by how much sits beneath them, Dairy Products is 9th largest of the 19 categories under Food Items, with 8 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.
Dairy ProductsButter & Margarine
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Butter & Margarine (5827) on level 4: Dairy Products › Butter & Margarine. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Gift Baskets | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Snack Foods | 423 | 18 | 20 | 2 |
| Condiments & Sauces | 427 | 26 | 28 | 2 |
| Dairy Products — this page | 428 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Fruits & Vegetables | 430 | 9 | 135 | 3 |
| Grains, Rice & Cereal | 431 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Meat, Seafood & Eggs | 432 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Nuts & Seeds | 433 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pasta & Noodles | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bakery | 1876 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
| Soups & Broths | 2423 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooking & Baking Ingredients | 2660 | 36 | 39 | 2 |
| Seasonings & Spices | 4608 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Candy & Chocolate | 4748 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dips & Spreads | 5740 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Frozen Desserts & Novelties | 5788 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Tofu, Soy & Vegetarian Products | 5807 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Prepared Foods | 5814 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Candied & Chocolate Covered Fruit | 6219 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (428) or the full path ("Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Dairy Products"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 8 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.
Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.
In your feed, it looks like this
Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 428 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Dairy Products" |
This path contains a comma, so the cell has to be quoted: unquoted, a CSV reader splits "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Dairy Products" into 2 columns and the row stops lining up with its header. The numeric ID, 428, contains no comma.
What sits under Dairy Products
8 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 8 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Dairy Products continues any further, so one of those 8 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Dairy Products
What is the Google product category ID for Dairy Products?
428. The full path, "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Dairy Products", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.
Should I use Dairy Products or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Dairy Products has 8 directly below it, starting with Butter & Margarine (5827), Cheese (429), Coffee Creamer (4418), and 8 in total further down. 428 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.
Where does Dairy Products sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Food Items (422). The chain from the top is Food, Beverages & Tobacco → Food Items → Dairy Products. If your product does not belong under Food Items, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Dairy Products is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Food Items first — there are 18 other categories at this level: Bakery (1876), Candied & Chocolate Covered Fruit (6219), Candy & Chocolate (4748), Condiments & Sauces (427), Cooking & Baking Ingredients (2660), Dips & Spreads (5740), and 12 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Food Items (422) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How much more specific can I get than Dairy Products?
1 level more. The longest route down from Dairy Products is Dairy Products > Butter & Margarine, ending at Butter & Margarine (5827) on level 4. Not every branch below Dairy Products runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Dairy Products compared with the categories next to it?
It is 9th largest of the 19 at its level, carrying 8 categories below it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.
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