Anoxomer

CAS 60837-57-2

Anoxomer is an unusual antioxidant: it is a polymer large enough that it is not absorbed at all, so it protects the fat in a food and then passes straight through.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Anoxomer by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 172.105retrieved 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

A synthetic polymeric antioxidant made by attaching antioxidant groups to a polymer backbone. Its size is the design: absorption is what it is built to avoid.

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CAS registry number
60837-57-2

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 60837-57-2

As it appears in regulation

  • Anoxomer

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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