Bromelain

INS 1101(iii)CAS 9001-00-7

Used as a flavour enhancer — Codex also lists it as flour, treatment agent, stabilizer.

Bromelain is a protein-digesting enzyme from pineapple, used to tenderise meat and in baking. It is why fresh pineapple prevents gelatin setting and stings the mouth.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Bromelain 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 184.1024retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFAPermitted, with conditions

1 food category

no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice)

CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 1101(iii)and 1 further provisionretrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Extracted from the stem and fruit of the pineapple, Ananas comosus, usually from the stem, which is a processing by-product.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
9001-00-7

Every name it appears under

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

INS number

  • 1101(iii)

CAS registry number

  • 9001-00-7

As it appears in regulation

  • Bromelain

Other names

  • BROMELAIN

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
  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07

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