Loose Tobacco Category Overview
The Loose Tobacco category, identified by Google Product Category ID 3741, is located under Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Tobacco Products > Loose Tobacco. This category is specifically designed for merchants selling raw tobacco materials or processed tobacco intended for manual preparation.
What Belongs in This Category
This category is intended for products meant for personal consumption or cultivation. Examples found in the US market include various loose tobacco tins, such as those intended for pipe smoking, as well as seeds for growing different varieties of tobacco plants like Huichol, Perique, or organic black Bolivian strains. Essentially, if you sell unprocessed tobacco seeds or loose tobacco leaves and blends that do not fall under pre-manufactured cigarette or cigar categories, this is the correct classification for your inventory.
What Does Not Belong Here
Do not use this category for pre-rolled smoking products or hardware. If your product is a cigarette, cigar, or chewing tobacco, use the respective Cigarettes, Cigars, or Chewing Tobacco categories. If you are selling devices used to consume tobacco, such as Vaporizers & Electronic Cigarettes or Smoking Pipes, these must be mapped to their own specific paths. Placing items in the wrong category can trigger incorrect policy enforcement or cause visibility issues within your feed.
How to Map Your Feed
To assign this category, use either the numeric ID 3741 or the full string Food, Beverages & Tobacco > Tobacco Products > Loose Tobacco in your google_product_category attribute. Remember that this attribute is optional, but providing it manually ensures greater accuracy than relying on automated categorization by Google.