alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis
ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS · 1100(iii)INS 1100(iii)
Listed as a flour treatment agent by Codex.
Listed as flour treatment agents (Codex)
- Codex Alimentarius: Flour treatment agent — CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 1100(iii)
Alpha-amylase from Bacillus subtilis, a common soil bacterium, is an enzyme that breaks down starch, used in baking and in converting starch to syrups.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Canada | No listing matchedHealth Canada’s lists name additives without E or INS numbers, so this site matches them by exact name. A substance listed there under a name this site does not recognise has no row here. | ||
| European Union | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Great Britain | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Japan | No listing matchedThis site imports only Japan’s list of designated additives (Appended Table 1 to the Regulations for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act), matched by English name. Existing additives, natural flavouring agents and ordinary foods used as additives are permitted outside that list and are not imported, so an empty row does not show that Japan does not permit the substance. | ||
| South Korea | No listing matchedThis site imports Part III of South Korea’s Standards and Specifications for Food Additives, matched by CAS number, then INS number, then exact name. Mixed preparations and sanitisers are not imported, and an entry whose identifiers disagreed with a page’s is held for review, so an empty row does not show that South Korea does not permit the substance. | ||
| United States | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. | ||
| Codex Alimentarius | Permitted, with conditions | 1 food category no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice) Note XS152 Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Wheat Flour (CXS 152-1985). | CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 1100(iii)and 1 further provisionretrieved 2026-09-07 |
How much is permitted
A listing usually limits the quantity as well as the food. Only one of the forms that takes is a figure: quantum satis and good manufacturing practice permit the amount the technological effect requires and no more, which is a limit rather than the absence of one. Figures below are the range across every food category this page is listed in, and categories differ between regulators — see how much is permitted.
| Codex Alimentarius | — | 2 GMP |
|---|
No regulator sets a figure for alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis. That is not an absence of control: where the listing says quantum satis or good manufacturing practice, the quantity is limited to what the effect requires.
What it is made from
Produced by fermenting Bacillus subtilis and separating the enzyme from the culture.
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
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How JECFA defines it
The international specification for identity and purity, prepared by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives and published by FAO. It is a different document from any above, written by a different body and revised on its own cycle; it is advisory, and a country adopts it or does not.
INS 1100 alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis
Synonyms: Glycogenase
Assay, identification and purity criteria
Description and assay
- Specification history
- α -AMYLASE from BACILLUS SUBTILIS Prepared at the 41st JECFA (1993), published in FNP 52 Add 2 (1993) superseding specifications prepared at the 37th JECFA (1990), published in FNP 52 (1992). An ADI 'not specified' was established at the 37th JECFA (1990)
- SYNONYMS SOURCES Active principles Systematic names and numbers Reactions catalyzed
- Glycogenase; INS No. 1100 Produced extracellularly by the controlled fermentation of Bacillus subtilis alpha-Amylase 1,4-alpha-D-Glucan glucanohydrolase - EC 3.2.1.1 Endohydrolysis of 1,4-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in polysaccharides containing three or more 1,4-alpha-linked D-glucose units
- DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONAL USES
- Typically brown liquids, granules or powders Enzyme preparation Used in starch hydrolysis
- GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS alpha-Amylase activity (Vol. 4)
- Must conform to the General Specifications for Enzyme Preparations used in Food Processing (See Volume Introduction) The sample shows bacterial alpha-amylase activity
Every name it appears under
2 recorded names. A label may use any of them.
INS number
- 1100(iii)
Other names
- ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS
Hazard reference values
| Type | Value | Population | Assessed by | Opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADI | not specified | — | JECFA | 1990 |
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Common questions
Assembled from what is above, in the words the questions are usually asked in. Each answer is the same statement the relevant section makes, with the same citations behind it.
- What is INS 1100(iii)?
- INS 1100(iii) is alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis. Alpha-amylase from Bacillus subtilis, a common soil bacterium, is an enzyme that breaks down starch, used in baking and in converting starch to syrups.
- What is alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis used for in food?
- It is listed as a flour treatment agent — the role Codex assigns it. This page shows every function each regulator records, with the citation for each.
- Where is alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis permitted?
- Of the seven regulators this site reads, the Codex standard permits it. Each permission is for named foods at named levels, not a blanket one; the table on this page gives them with citations.
- Is alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis vegan?
- Yes. alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis is not derived from animals, and is suitable for vegetarians. This page says what it is made from and how.
Sources for this page
- gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07
- jecfaspecs retrieved 2026-09-23
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