Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Health Care

The Google product category ID for Health Care is 491. It sits under Health & Beauty and has 25 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 25 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.

Category ID: 491
Direct subcategories: 25
Categories below it in total: 89
Depth, on a branch that runs 5: 2 / 5
Others at this level: 2
Parent category: Health & Beauty
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, Health Care is second largest of the 3 categories under Health & Beauty, with 89 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.

Health CareBiometric Monitor Accessories Blood Glucose Meter Accessories Blood Glucose Control Solution

The longest route down from here runs 3 more levels, ending at Blood Glucose Control Solution (6323) on level 5: Health Care › Biometric Monitor Accessories › Blood Glucose Meter Accessories › Blood Glucose Control Solution. 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.

Every category at the same level as Health Care, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Health Care — this page	491	25	89	3
Personal Care	2915	19	248	5
Jewelry Cleaning & Care	5573	5	5	1

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (491) or the full path ("Health & Beauty > Health Care"). 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 25 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.

products.csv3 of your columns

id	title	google_product_category
SKU-1001	Your product title	491
SKU-1001	Your product title	Health & Beauty > Health Care

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, 491, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Health Care

25 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. Biometric Monitors (494) is the largest with 13 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Health Care sits under that one name. 9 of the 25 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 16 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.

Categories beneath each one9 with anything below

Biometric Monitors13 Mobility & Accessibility13 First Aid9 Biometric Monitor Accessories8 Fitness & Nutrition6 Medical Tests6 Respiratory Care5 Acupuncture2 Occupational & Physical Therapy Equipment2

Questions about Health Care

What is the Google product category ID for Health Care?

491. The full path, "Health & Beauty > Health Care", 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 Health Care or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Health Care has 25 directly below it, starting with Acupuncture (5849), Bed Pans (7220), Biometric Monitor Accessories (5071), and 89 in total further down. 491 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 Health Care sit in the taxonomy?

At level 2, under Health & Beauty (469). The chain from the top is Health & Beauty → Health Care. If your product does not belong under Health & Beauty, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.

What should I use if Health Care is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Health & Beauty first — there are 2 other categories at this level: Jewelry Cleaning & Care (5573), Personal Care (2915). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Health & Beauty (469) 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 Health Care?

3 levels more. The longest route down from Health Care is Health Care > Biometric Monitor Accessories > Blood Glucose Meter Accessories > Blood Glucose Control Solution, ending at Blood Glucose Control Solution (6323) on level 5. Not every branch below Health Care runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Health Care compared with the categories next to it?

It is second largest of the 3 at its level, carrying 89 categories below it. Inside it, Biometric Monitors (494) is the biggest branch with 13 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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