Food Safety Substance

Dextran

Dextran is a food additive with no EU additive status row found in the EU, FDA has no questions in the US, and data from 5 regulatory sources.

CAS 9004-54-0 Thin evidence set

FDA

FDA has no questions

ADI / TDI

No ADI/TDI row found

Codex

0 row(s)

SOURCE D1 identity resolution e number aliases | Food Additives | dsstox identifiers | 5 matched regulatory source group(s)

Substance Identity

Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.

Substance name

Dextran

CAS

9004-54-0

DTXSID

DTXSID8020385

Evidence tier

Thin evidence set (4)

SOURCE FDA FDA GRAS

US FDA GRAS notice evidence from enriched and notice tables.

Jurisdiction	GRN	Substance	FDA response	Intended use	Basis	Notifier
United States	27	Dextranase from Chaetomium gracile	FDA has no questions	Use in cane and beet sugar as a processing aid	Scientific procedures	Sankyo Co., Ltd.
United States	27	Dextranase from <i>Chaetomium gracile</i>	FDA has no questions	Use in cane and beet sugar as a processing aid	Scientific procedures	Sankyo Co., Ltd.

SOURCE ingredients ghs classifications

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

SOURCE Cross-vertical comparison ingredients | ghs classifications

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

SOURCE FAQPage JSON-LD public food renderer rows

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

Dextran appears in food-use rows as: FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER.

This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. US/FDA evidence: FDA has no questions.

No ADI row was found for Dextran in the rendered EFSA, food_substances, food_additives, or JECFA tables.

Dextran has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Capixyl (Acetyl Tetrapeptide-3, Trifolium Pratense Extract), EU status permitted.