Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Carbonated Water
The Google product category ID for Carbonated Water is 543531. It sits under Water and has 2 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 2 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch3
- Category ID
- 543531
- Direct subcategories
- 2
- Categories below it in total
- 2
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 3
- Parent category
- Water
- 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, Carbonated Water is the largest of the 4 categories under Water, with 2 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.
Carbonated WaterFlavored Carbonated Water
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Flavored Carbonated Water (543534) on level 5: Carbonated Water › Flavored Carbonated Water. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distilled Water | 543530 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carbonated Water — this page | 543531 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Spring Water | 543532 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flat Mineral Water | 543533 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (543531) or the full path ("Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Beverages > Water > Carbonated Water"). 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 2 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 | 543531 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Beverages > Water > Carbonated Water" |
This path contains a comma, so the cell has to be quoted: unquoted, a CSV reader splits "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Beverages > Water > Carbonated Water" into 2 columns and the row stops lining up with its header. The numeric ID, 543531, contains no comma.
What sits under Carbonated Water
2 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 2 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Carbonated Water continues any further, so one of those 2 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Carbonated Water
What is the Google product category ID for Carbonated Water?
543531. The full path, "Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Beverages > Water > Carbonated Water", 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 Carbonated Water or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Carbonated Water has 2 directly below it, starting with Flavored Carbonated Water (543534), Unflavored Carbonated Water (543535), and 2 in total further down. 543531 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 Carbonated Water sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Water (420). The chain from the top is Food, Beverages & Tobacco → Beverages → Water → Carbonated Water. If your product does not belong under Water, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Carbonated Water is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Water first — there are 3 other categories at this level: Distilled Water (543530), Flat Mineral Water (543533), Spring Water (543532). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Water (420) 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 Carbonated Water?
1 level more. The longest route down from Carbonated Water is Carbonated Water > Flavored Carbonated Water, ending at Flavored Carbonated Water (543534) on level 5. Not every branch below Carbonated Water runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Carbonated Water compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 4 at its level, carrying 2 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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