Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Food Cookers & Steamers
The Google product category ID for Food Cookers & Steamers is 4532. It sits under Kitchen Appliances and has 6 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 6 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch7
- Category ID
- 4532
- Direct subcategories
- 6
- Categories below it in total
- 6
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 51
- Parent category
- Kitchen Appliances
- 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, Food Cookers & Steamers is third largest of the 52 categories under Kitchen Appliances, with 6 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.
Food Cookers & SteamersEgg Cookers
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Egg Cookers (739) on level 5: Food Cookers & Steamers › Egg Cookers. 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.
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (4532) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Appliances > Food Cookers & Steamers"). 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 6 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 | 4532 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Appliances > Food Cookers & Steamers |
This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 4532, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Food Cookers & Steamers
6 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 6 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Food Cookers & Steamers continues any further, so one of those 6 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Easy to mix up with
These sit under the same parent and start with the same word, which is exactly when the wrong one gets picked.
Questions about Food Cookers & Steamers
What is the Google product category ID for Food Cookers & Steamers?
4532. The full path, "Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Appliances > Food Cookers & Steamers", 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 Food Cookers & Steamers or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Food Cookers & Steamers has 6 directly below it, starting with Egg Cookers (739), Food Steamers (760), Rice Cookers (757), and 6 in total further down. 4532 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 Food Cookers & Steamers sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Kitchen Appliances (730). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Kitchen & Dining → Kitchen Appliances → Food Cookers & Steamers. If your product does not belong under Kitchen Appliances, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Food Cookers & Steamers is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Kitchen Appliances first — there are 51 other categories at this level: Beverage Warmers (5287), Breadmakers (732), Chocolate Tempering Machines (5090), Coffee Makers & Espresso Machines (736), Cooktops (679), Cotton Candy Machines (3319), and 45 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Kitchen Appliances (730) 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 Food Cookers & Steamers?
1 level more. The longest route down from Food Cookers & Steamers is Food Cookers & Steamers > Egg Cookers, ending at Egg Cookers (739) on level 5. Not every branch below Food Cookers & Steamers runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Food Cookers & Steamers compared with the categories next to it?
It is third largest of the 52 at its level, carrying 6 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.
What is the difference between Food Cookers & Steamers and Food Dehydrators?
They sit side by side under Kitchen Appliances and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. Food Cookers & Steamers is 4532; Food Dehydrators is 743. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Appliances > Food Cookers & Steamers" with "Home & Garden > Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Appliances > Food Dehydrators" before you submit.
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