Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Fruits & Vegetables
The Google product category ID for Fruits & Vegetables is 430. It sits under Food Items and has 9 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 9 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 430
- Direct subcategories
- 9
- Categories below it in total
- 135
- Depth, on a branch that runs 6
- 3 / 6
- 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, Fruits & Vegetables is the largest of the 19 categories under Food Items, with 135 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.
Fruits & VegetablesFresh & Frozen FruitsCitrus FruitsGrapefruits
The longest route down from here runs 3 more levels, ending at Grapefruits (6621) on level 6: Fruits & Vegetables › Fresh & Frozen Fruits › Citrus Fruits › Grapefruits. 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 | 428 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Fruits & Vegetables — this page | 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 (430) or the full path ("Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Fruits & Vegetables"). 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 9 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 | 430 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Fruits & Vegetables" |
This path contains a comma, so the cell has to be quoted: unquoted, a CSV reader splits "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Fruits & Vegetables" into 2 columns and the row stops lining up with its header. The numeric ID, 430, contains no comma.
What sits under Fruits & Vegetables
9 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
They are not the same size. Fresh & Frozen Vegetables (5793) is the largest with 70 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Fruits & Vegetables sits under that one name. 2 of the 9 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 7 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Fruits & Vegetables
What is the Google product category ID for Fruits & Vegetables?
430. The full path, "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Food Items > Fruits & Vegetables", 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 Fruits & Vegetables or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Fruits & Vegetables has 9 directly below it, starting with Canned & Jarred Fruits (5799), Canned & Jarred Vegetables (5798), Canned & Prepared Beans (5797), and 135 in total further down. 430 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 Fruits & Vegetables sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Food Items (422). The chain from the top is Food, Beverages & Tobacco → Food Items → Fruits & Vegetables. 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 Fruits & Vegetables 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), Dairy Products (428), 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 Fruits & Vegetables?
3 levels more. The longest route down from Fruits & Vegetables is Fruits & Vegetables > Fresh & Frozen Fruits > Citrus Fruits > Grapefruits, ending at Grapefruits (6621) on level 6. Not every branch below Fruits & Vegetables runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Fruits & Vegetables compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 19 at its level, carrying 135 categories below it. Inside it, Fresh & Frozen Vegetables (5793) is the biggest branch with 70 beneath 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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