Benzyl alcohol (E1519) — EFSA ADI = 4 mg/kg bw/day | Food Safety Data

SOURCE D1 identity resolution e number aliases | Food Additives | dsstox identifiers | 8 matched regulatory source group(s)

Substance Identity

Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.

Substance name

Benzyl alcohol

CAS

100-51-6

E-number

E1519

DTXSID

DTXSID5020152

PubChem CID

244

Evidence tier

Indexable evidence set (14)

SOURCE EU Commission FDA | Health Canada | Codex Alimentarius

Multi-Jurisdiction Comparison

Side-by-side status rows for the same resolved substance across public food regulators.

Jurisdiction	Authority	Status	Evidence
European Union	EU Commission	PUBLISHED	EU additive listing; Annex II entry
Canada	Health Canada	Listed	Carrier solvent

SOURCE EU Commission EU Food Additives | EU Food Additives Database

EU Food Additive Status

EU Commission food-additive listing rows from eu_food_additives.

Jurisdiction	E-number	Status	Type	Name	Note
European Union	E1519	PUBLISHED	substanceFAD	Benzyl alcohol	-

SOURCE EU Commission EU Annex II Authorised | EU Food Additives Database

EU Annex II Authorised Uses

Authorised additive rows and use conditions from EU Annex II tables.

Jurisdiction	E-number	Name	INS	Policy item	Note
European Union	E1519	Benzyl alcohol	-	POL-FAD-IMPORT-3330	-

Conditions and restrictions

Jurisdiction	Food category	Restriction	Comment	Source
European Union	-	-	-	EU Annex II Union List
European Union	-	-	-	EU Food Additives Database

SOURCE Health Canada

Health Canada Status

Health Canada food-additive permissions by functional class and food scope.

Jurisdiction	Class	Permitted foods	Maximum level	List
Canada	Carrier solvent	(a) (Naming the flavour) flavour	(a) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Solvents
Canada	Carrier solvent	(b) Unstandardized flavouring preparations	(b) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Solvents

SOURCE EU Commission EU Food Contact Materials

EU FCM Substances

EU food-contact material rows and migration-limit fields.

Jurisdiction	FCM no.	Ref no.	Substance	Use	SML	Regulation
European Union	194	13150	benzyl alcohol	monomer/macromolecule	-	Regulation (EU) No 10/2011, Annex I

SOURCE JECFA JECFA ADI

JECFA ADI Values

JECFA ADI records and evaluation years.

Jurisdiction	Chemical name	JECFA no.	CAS	ADI	ADI upper	Function	Evaluation year
JECFA	p,alpha-DIMETHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL	805	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2001
JECFA	p-ISOPROPYLBENZYL ALCOHOL	864	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2001
JECFA	4-HYDROXYBENZYL ALCOHOL	955	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2001
JECFA	alpha-ETHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL	-	-	no_data	-	-	2001
JECFA	4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYBENZYL ALCOHOL	-	-	no_data	-	-	2001
JECFA	alpha-METHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL	799	-	0-0.1 mg/kg bw (1993)	0.1	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2001
JECFA	THIOBENZYL ALCOHOL	-	-	no_data	-	-	1999
JECFA	BENZYL ALCOHOL	25	100-51-6	0-5 mg/kg bw (1996)	5	FLAVOURING_AGENT, CARRIER_SOLVENT	2001
JECFA	p-alpha, alpha-TRIMETHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL	1650	-	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2007
JECFA	4-METHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL	2065	589-18-4	No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent	-	FLAVOURING_AGENT	2010

SOURCE ingredients ghs classifications

Cross-Reference to Cosmetics / Chemicals / Pharma

Same-CAS public rows from adjacent Roots verticals where available.

SOURCE Cross-vertical comparison ingredients | ghs classifications

Cross-Vertical Regulatory Divergence

This substance has different regulatory treatment across food, cosmetics, and industrial use.

CosmeticsBenzyl AlcoholEU status: restricted Industrial / GHSDangerNITE-CMC

SOURCE FAQPage JSON-LD public food renderer rows

Frequently Asked Questions

Food-use, safety, ADI, and cross-vertical answers mirrored into FAQPage JSON-LD.

What is Benzyl alcohol used for in food?

Benzyl alcohol appears in food-use rows as: stabilizer; Carrier solvent.

Is Benzyl alcohol / E1519 safe?

This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. ADI/reference value: EFSA ADI = 4 mg/kg bw/day. EU status evidence: PUBLISHED. US/FDA evidence: GRAS.

What is the ADI for Benzyl alcohol?

Benzyl alcohol has this ADI/reference value in the food-safety tables: EFSA ADI = 4 mg/kg bw/day. Source: EFSA FAF 2019.

Is Benzyl alcohol also used in cosmetics?

Benzyl alcohol has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Benzyl Alcohol, EU status restricted.

Benzyl alcoholE1519