Food Safety Substance

PullulanE1204

Pullulan (E1204) is a food additive with PUBLISHED in the EU, FDA has no questions in the US, and data from 8 regulatory sources.

CAS 9057-02-7 E1204 glazing_agent Indexable evidence set

FDA

FDA has no questions

ADI / TDI

ADI NOT SPECIFIED

Codex

12 row(s)

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

Pullulan

CAS

9057-02-7

E-number

E1204

Food category

glazing_agent

Evidence tier

Indexable evidence set (12)

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
United States	FDA	FDA has no questions	GRAS notice
Canada	Health Canada	Listed	Food enzyme
Codex	Codex Alimentarius	Listed	Glazing agent; Thickener

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	E1204	PUBLISHED	substanceFAD	Pullulan	-

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	E1204	Pullulan	-	POL-FAD-IMPORT-3313	-

Conditions and restrictions

Jurisdiction	Food category	Restriction	Comment	Source
European Union	5.2 Other confectionery including breath freshening micro-sweets	quantum satis	only breath freshening microsweets in the form of films	EU Annex II Union List
European Union	17.1 food supplements supplied in a solid form excluding food supplements for infants and young children’,	quantum satis	only food supplements in capsule and tablet form	EU Annex II Union List
European Union	5.2 Other confectionery including breath freshening micro-sweets	quantum satis	only breath freshening microsweets in the form of films	EU Food Additives Database
European Union	17.1 food supplements supplied in a solid form excluding food supplements for infants and young children’,	quantum satis	only food supplements in capsule and tablet form	EU Food Additives Database

SOURCE Codex Alimentarius Codex GSFA

Codex GSFA Status

Codex Alimentarius GSFA permissions and maximum-use rows.

Jurisdiction	INS / E-number	Function	Food category	Max level	Notes
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	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 Pickled Fruits and Vegetables (CODEX STAN 260-2007).; Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Gochujang (CXS 294-2009).
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	06.2.1 Flours	GMP	Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Wheat Flour (CXS 152-1985).; For use at GMP in full fat soy flour only.; Excluding products conforming to the Regional Standard...
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	For use in noodles only.
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	For use in noodles, gluten-free pasta and pasta intended for hypoproteic diets only.
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillets – Breaded or in Batter (CODEX STAN 166-1989).; For use in...
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	-
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products	GMP	For use in surimi products only.
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	For use in breading or batter coatings only.
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	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 Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprat (CODEX STAN 244-2004).; Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Fish...
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	10.2.2 Frozen egg products	GMP	-
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)	GMP	Excluding maple syrup.
Codex	1204	Glazing agent; Thickener	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.

SOURCE FDA FDA GRAS

FDA GRAS Status

US FDA GRAS notice evidence from enriched and notice tables.

Jurisdiction	GRN	Substance	FDA response	Intended use	Basis	Notifier
United States	20	Pullulanase derived from Bacillus subtilis carrying a gene encoding pullulanase from Bacillus naganoensis	FDA has no questions	Use in hydrolyzing starch and starch-related compounds in the production of corn sweeteners, baked goods, and alcoholic beverages at minimum levels necessary to accomplish the...	Scientific procedures	Enzyme Bio-Systems Ltd.
United States	72	Pullulanase derived from Bacillus licheniformis carrying a gene encoding pullulanase from B. deramificans	FDA has no questions	Use in the manufacture of starch hydrolysates and high fructose corn syrup as a processing aid at a minimum level necessary in accordance with good manufacturing practice	Scientific procedures	Genencor International Inc.
United States	99	Pullulan	FDA has no questions	Use in food in general, including meat products, for multiple technical effects	Scientific procedures	Hayashibara International
United States	205	Pullulanase enzyme preparation from Bacillus subtilis expressing the pullulanase gene from B. acidopullulyticus	FDA has no questions	As an enzyme in the brewing industry (to hydrolyze 1-6- alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in pullulan, amylopectin, and glycogen)	Scientific procedures	Novozymes North America Inc.
United States	309	Beta-glucan derived from Aureobasidium pullulans	FDA has no questions	Ingredient in baked goods and baking mixes, beverages and beverage bases, cereal and cereal products, dairy product analogs, milk and milk products, plant protein products...	Scientific procedures	Glucan Corporation, Limited
United States	645	Pullulanase from Bacillus deramificans and Bacillus acidopullulyticus expressed in Bacillus licheniformis	FDA has no questions	For use as a processing aid in the production of dextrose and maltose syrups.	Scientific procedures	Novozymes North America, Inc.
United States	861	Pullulanase from Bacillus deramificans produced in Bacillus subtilis	FDA has no questions	Intended for use as an enzyme in the saccharification of liquified starch in the production of dextrose and maltose syrups.	Scientific procedures	GenScript/Bestzyme
United States	20	Pullulanase derived from <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> carrying a gene encoding pullulanase from <i>Bacillus naganoensis</i>	FDA has no questions	Use in hydrolyzing starch and starch-related compounds in the production of corn sweeteners, baked goods, and alcoholic beverages at minimum levels necessary to accomplish the...	Scientific procedures	Enzyme Bio-Systems Ltd.
United States	72	Pullulanase derived from <i>Bacillus licheniformis</i> carrying a gene encoding pullulanase from <i>B. deramificans</i>	FDA has no questions	Use in the manufacture of starch hydrolysates and high fructose corn syrup as a processing aid at a minimum level necessary in accordance with good manufacturing practice	Scientific procedures	Genencor International Inc.
United States	99	Pullulan	FDA has no questions	Use in food in general, including meat products, for multiple technical effects	Scientific procedures	Hayashibara International
United States	205	Pullulanase enzyme preparation from <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> expressing the pullulanase gene from <i>B. acidopullulyticus</i>	FDA has no questions	As an enzyme in the brewing industry (to hydrolyze 1-6- alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in pullulan, amylopectin, and glycogen)	Scientific procedures	Novozymes North America Inc.
United States	309	Beta-glucan derived from <i>Aureobasidium pullulans</i>	FDA has no questions	Ingredient in baked goods and baking mixes, beverages and beverage bases, cereal and cereal products, dairy product analogs, milk and milk products, plant protein products...	Scientific procedures	Glucan Corporation, Limited
United States	645	Pullulanase from <I>Bacillus deramificans</i> and <I>Bacillus acidopullulyticus</I> expressed in <I>Bacillus licheniformis</I>	FDA has no questions	For use as a processing aid in the production of dextrose and maltose syrups.	Scientific procedures	Novozymes North America, Inc.
United States	861	Pullulanase from <i>Bacillus deramificans</i> produced in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>	FDA has no questions (in PDF)	Intended for use as an enzyme in the saccharification of liquified starch in the production of dextrose and maltose syrups.	Scientific procedures	GenScript/Bestzyme

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	Food enzyme	(a) Bread; White flour; Whole wheat flour	(a) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(b) Starch used in the manufacture of dextrins, dextrose, fructose syrups and solids, glucose, glucose solids or maltose	(b) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(c) Unstandardized bakery products	(c) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(a) Bread; White flour; Whole wheat flour	(a) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(b) Brewers' mash	(b) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(c) Starch used in the manufacture of dextrins, dextrose, fructose syrups and solids, glucose, glucose solids or maltose	(c) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(d) Unstandardized bakery products	(d) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(a) Bread; White flour; Whole wheat flour	(a) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(b) Brewers' mash	(b) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(c) Distillers' mash	(c) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(d) Starch used in the manufacture of dextrins, dextrose, fructose syrups and solids, glucose, glucose solids or maltose	(d) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(e) Unstandardized bakery products	(e) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(a) Brewers' mash	(a) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(b) Distillers' mash	(b) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(c) Starch used in the manufacture of dextrins, dextrose, glucose, glucose solids or maltose	(c) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(a) Beer	(a) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes
Canada	Food enzyme	(b) Brewers' mash	(b) Good Manufacturing Practice	List of Permitted Food Enzymes

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	KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES PULLULANASE	-	-	no_data	-	-	1981
JECFA	PULLULANASE from KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES	-	-	no_data	-	ENZYME_PREPARATION	1981
JECFA	PULLULAN	-	-	NOT SPECIFIED	-	THICKENER, GLAZING_AGENT	2011
JECFA	PULLULANASE from BACILLUS DERAMIFICANS expressed in BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS	-	-	NOT SPECIFIED	-	ENZYME_PREPARATION	2011

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.

CosmeticsPullulanEU status: permitted Industrial / GHSGHS row foundEuropean Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

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 Pullulan used for in food?

Pullulan appears in food-use rows as: stabilizer|thickener; Glazing agent; Thickener; Food enzyme.

Is Pullulan / E1204 safe?

This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. ADI/reference value: ADI NOT SPECIFIED . EU status evidence: PUBLISHED. US/FDA evidence: FDA has no questions.

What is the ADI for Pullulan?

Pullulan has this ADI/reference value in the food-safety tables: ADI NOT SPECIFIED . Source: food_substances.

Is Pullulan also used in cosmetics?

Pullulan has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Pullulan, EU status permitted.