Animal lipase

CAS 9001-62-1

Animal lipase is an enzyme used in cheesemaking to develop the sharp, piquant flavours of Italian cheeses such as Pecorino and Provolone. It is animal-derived and has no fermentation equivalent for this particular flavour effect.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Animal lipase by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted21 CFR 184.1415and 1 further provisionretrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Extracted from the forestomach tissue of calves, kids or lambs, or from animal pancreatic tissue. There is no way to obtain this specific enzyme without slaughter, which is why cheeses relying on it cannot be made vegetarian.

  • Not vegan
  • Not vegetarian
  • May raise a halal question
  • May raise a kosher question
CAS registry number
9001-62-1
InChIKey
KZRPHCQLJZXMJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 135534490

Every name it appears under

31 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 12609-80-2
  • 9001-62-1
  • 9014-49-7
  • 91080-16-9

As it appears in regulation

  • Animal lipase
  • Lipase enzyme preparation derived from Rhizopus niveus

Other names

  • 1, 4-(2-pyridinylazo)-, disodium salt
  • 4-(2-Pyridylazo)resorcinol disodium salt
  • C11H9N3NaO2+
  • DEA Sephadex A-25 Chloride Form
  • Deoxyribonucleic acids, thymus
  • KZRPHCQLJZXMJV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Lipase A from Aspergillus niger
  • Lipase acrylic resin pound recombinant pound(c)
  • Lipase AY 30
  • Lipase from Aspergillus oryzae
  • Lipase from Candida sp.
  • Lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens
  • Lipase from Rhizomucour miehei
  • Lipase from Thermophila sparsiformis
  • Lipase G from Penicillium camemberti
  • Lipase M from Mucor javanicus
  • Lipase PS, from Burkholderia cepacia
  • lipase PS-IM
  • Lipase, triacylglycerol
  • Lipoprotein Lipase,from burkholderia sp.
  • Sephadex A 25,2-(diethylamino)ethylether, Diethylaminoethyl Sephadex
  • SEPHADEX G-50
  • sodium;(4Z)-3-hydroxy-4-(2-pyridylhydrazono)cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one
  • sodium;4-(2-pyridylazo)benzene-1,3-diol
  • sodium;4-(pyridin-2-yldiazenyl)benzene-1,3-diol

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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