Food Safety Substance
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL is a food additive with no EU additive status row found in the EU, FDA EAFUS in the US, and data from 3 regulatory sources.
Substance Identity
Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.
Codex GSFA Status
Codex Alimentarius GSFA permissions and maximum-use rows.
| Jurisdiction | INS / E-number | Function | Food category | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 01.1.2 Other fluid milk (plain) | GMP | Excluding all fluid milks that are not mineral or vitamin fortified. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation | GMP | For use in reconstituted and recombined products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243-2003) only.; For use as a stabilizer or thickener only.; For use in... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation | GMP | For use as a stabilizer or thickener only. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 01.2.2 Renneted milk (plain) | GMP | - |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream (plain) | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cream and Prepared Creams (CXS 288-1976) |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 01.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) | GMP | - |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats | 100 mg/kg | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils (CODEX STAN 33-1981).; Excluding virgin and cold pressed oils in products conforming to the... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats | 100 mg/kg | For use in products conforming to the Standard for Edible Fats and Oils not Covered by Individual Standards (CXS 19-1981) and the Standard for Named Animal Fats (CXS 211-1999)... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 04.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3 | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Gochujang (CXS 294-2009). |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products | GMP | For use in noodles only. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts | GMP | For use in fresh meat, poultry and game products only.; For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted | GMP | For use in fresh minced meat which contains other ingredients apart from comminuted meat only. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 09.1.2 Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For use as an antioxidant for non-standardized food and for raw chilled shucked mollusks conforming to the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (CODEX STAN 292-2008).;... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Shrimps and Prawns (CODEX STAN 92-1981).; Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.; Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers)... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products | GMP | For use in surimi products only. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For use in breading or batter coatings only. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured Fish and Smoke-dried Fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013).; Excluding products conforming to the Standard for... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) | GMP | Excluding maple syrup. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 12.1.2 Salt Substitutes | GMP | - |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 13.1.1 Infant formulae | 9,000 mg/kg | As consumed.; Except for use in powdered infant formula at 7,500 mg/kg.; Maximum use level is expressed as mg additive/L of food. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 13.1.3 Formulae for special medical purposes for infants | 9,000 mg/kg | As consumed.; Except for use in powdered infant formula at 7,500 mg/kg.; Maximum use level is expressed as mg additive/L of food. |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young children | 5,000 mg/kg | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Baby Foods (CODEX STAN 73- 1981).; Singly or in combination: INS 471, 472a, 472b and 472c in products conforming to the... |
| Codex | 472c | Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer | 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa | GMP | For use in ready-to-drink products and pre-mixes for ready-to-drink products only. |
JECFA ADI Values
JECFA ADI records and evaluation years.
| Jurisdiction | Chemical name | JECFA no. | CAS | ADI | ADI upper | Function | Evaluation year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JECFA | CITRIC and FATTY ACID ESTERS of GLYCEROL | - | - | NOT LIMITED | - | ANTIOXIDANT_SYNERGIST, EMULSIFIER, FLOUR_TREATMENT_AGENT, STABILIZER, SYNERGIST | 2019 |
Cross-Reference to Cosmetics / Chemicals / Pharma
Same-CAS public rows from adjacent Roots verticals where available.
Frequently Asked Questions
Food-use, safety, ADI, and cross-vertical answers mirrored into FAQPage JSON-LD.
What is CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL used for in food?
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL appears in food-use rows as: FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT; Antioxidant; Emulsifier; Flour treatment agent; Sequestrant; Stabilizer.
Is CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL safe?
This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. ADI/reference value: ADI NOT LIMITED mg/kg bw. US/FDA evidence: FDA EAFUS.
What is the ADI for CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL?
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL has this ADI/reference value in the food-safety tables: ADI NOT LIMITED mg/kg bw. Source: WHO JECFA.
Is CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL also used in cosmetics?
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides Citrate, EU status permitted.