Cyclodextrin, beta-

E number E459INS 459CAS 7585-39-9

Listed as a thickener, a stabiliser and a flavouring agent by Codex and the US.

Listed as thickeners (Codex) · stabilisers (Codex) · flavouring agents and adjuvants (US) · carriers (Codex) · formulation aids (US)
Chemical structure of Cyclodextrin, beta-, from PubChem compound 444041
Structure from PubChem CID 444041 (National Library of Medicine, public domain). A depiction of one compound: where a listing covers a family, or a substance has no single structure, this page shows none.

Beta-cyclodextrin is a ring-shaped sugar with a hollow centre, used to trap and protect flavours, to mask bitterness, and to remove cholesterol from dairy products.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Cyclodextrin, beta- by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
Australia and New ZealandFood Standards Australia New ZealandNo 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.
CanadaHealth CanadaNo 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 UnionEuropean Commission / EFSAPermitted, with conditions

3 food categories

highest permitted level 500 mg/l

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  • 14.1.4 Flavoured_drinks — 500 mg/lML = 500 mg/l. only flavoured powdered instant drinks.
  • 17.1 food supplements supplied in a solid form excluding food supplements for infants and young children’, — quantum satisquantum satis. only food supplements in tablet and coated tablet form.
  • 5.2 Other confectionery including breath freshening micro-sweets — quantum satisquantum satis. only foods in tablet and coated tablet form.
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008and 2 further provisionsretrieved 2026-10-18
Great BritainFood Standards Agency / Food Standards ScotlandPermitted, with conditions

4 food categories

highest permitted level 500 mg/kg or mg/l

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  • 0 All categories of foods — quantum satisquantum satis. only foods in tablet and coated tablet form, excluding the foods listed in Table 1 of Part A of this Annex.
  • 14.1.4 Flavoured drinks — 500 mg/kg or mg/lML = 500. only flavoured powdered instant drinks.
  • 17.1 Food supplements supplied in a solid form, excluding food supplements for infants and young children — quantum satisquantum satis. only food supplements in tablet and coated tablet form.
  • 5.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets — quantum satisquantum satis. only foods in tablet and coated tablet form.
Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008and 3 further provisionsretrieved 2026-10-18
JapanConsumer Affairs AgencyNo 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 KoreaMinistry of Food and Drug SafetyNo 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 StatesFood and Drug AdministrationNot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFAPermitted, with conditions

8 food categories

highest permitted level 20,000 mg/kg

Show every food category and its notes
  • 01.1.4 Flavoured Fluid Milk Drinks — 5 mg/kg
    • Note 622 For use in flavoured products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243-2003) only, as a stabilizer or thickener.
  • 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation — 5 mg/kg
    • Note 234 For use as a stabilizer or thickener only.
    • Note 235 For use in reconstituted and recombined products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243-2003) only.
    • Note 634 For use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS243-2003) only.
  • 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation — 5 mg/kg
    • Note 234 For use as a stabilizer or thickener only.
    • Note 634 For use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS243-2003) only.
  • 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) — 5 mg/kg
    • Note 622 For use in flavoured products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243-2003) only, as a stabilizer or thickener.
  • 05.3 Chewing gum — 20,000 mg/kg
  • 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products — 1,000 mg/kg
    • Note 153 For use in instant noodles only.
    • Note XS364R Excluding use in products conforming to the Regional standard for quick-frozen dumplings (CXS 364R-2026).
  • 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," “energy,” or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks — 500 mg/kg
  • 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) — 500 mg/kg
CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 459and 7 further provisionsretrieved 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.

European Union500 mg/kg1 numeric limit, 2 quantum satis
Great Britain500 mg/kg1 numeric limit, 3 quantum satis
Codex Alimentarius5 mg/kg – 20,000 mg/kg8 numeric limit

What FDA’s inventory records

This page holds no listing for Cyclodextrin, beta- in the parts of 21 CFR this site reads. FDA’s Substances Added to Food inventory does carry it, as BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN, pointing at a flavour industry number, with no 21 CFR citation, and FEMA number 4028.

Technical effects FDA records: flavoring agent or adjuvant, formulation aid.

The inventory is an information resource: a row means FDA holds information about the substance’s use in food, not that the substance is listed for that use. It is shown apart from the permissions above and is not counted as a US permission anywhere on this site.

GRAS notices to the FDA

A GRAS notice is a company’s conclusion that a substance is generally recognised as safe for the use it describes. FDA’s letter responds to that conclusion, for that notifier and that use. It is not a listing in 21 CFR, and it is not counted as a US permission above. The substance and use are as FDA’s inventory words them; this site matched the notice to this page by exact name.

  • GRN No. 74 · Beta-cyclodextrin · Wacker Biochem Corp.

    Intended use: Use in baked goods prepared from dry mixes, breakfast cereal, chewing gum, gelatins and puddings, dry mix for soups, flavored coffee and tea, compressed candies, processed cheese products, flavored savory snacks and crackers, dry mix for beverages as a flavor carrier or protectant at varying levels

    FDA’s response (2001-10-25): FDA has no questions

What it is made from

Produced by treating starch with cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase, an enzyme that closes chains of seven glucose units into a ring. The ring's interior is water-repelling, which is what lets it hold a guest molecule.

  • Vegan
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CAS registry number
7585-39-9
InChIKey
WHGYBXFWUBPSRW-FOUAGVGXSA-N
PubChem
CID 444041

The two specifications, compared

The European Union sets identity and purity by regulation; JECFA publishes its own through FAO, advisory until a country adopts it. Both documents are below in full. These are the parameters each puts a number on.

ParameterEuropean UnionJECFA
Assayno less than 98 %no less than 98 %
Sulphated ashno more than 0.1 %no more than 0.1 %
Leadno more than 1 mg/kgno more than 1 mg/kg
Arsenicno more than 1 mg/kg—

The two documents state the same figures for every parameter compared here.

How the EU defines it

The legal specification an additive must meet to be sold as this E number in the EU — what it is, how it may be made, and the purity it must reach. From Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.

E 459 Beta-cyclodextrin

Beta-cyclodextrin is a non-reducing cyclic saccharide consisting of seven α-1,4-linked D-glucopyranosyl units. The product is manufactured by the action of the enzyme cycloglycosyltransferase (CGTase) obtained from Bacillus circulans, Paenibacillus macerans or recombinant Bacillus licheniformis strain SJ1608 on partially hydrolysed starch

Assay, identification and purity criteria

Description and assay

Einecs
231-493-2
Chemical name
Cycloheptaamylose
Chemical formula
(C₆H₁₀O₅)₇
Molecular weight
1 135
Assay
Content not less than 98,0 % of (C₆H₁₀O₅)₇ on an anhydrous basis
Description
Virtually odourless white or almost white crystalline solid
Appearance of the aqueous solution
Clear and colourless

Identification

Solubility
Sparingly soluble in water; freely soluble in hot water; slightly soluble in ethanol
Specific rotation
[α]D ²⁵ + 160° to + 164° (1 % solution)
pH value:
5,0-8,0 (1 % solution)

Purity criteria

Water content
Not more than 14 % (Karl Fischer method)
Other cyclodextrins
Not more than 2 % on an anhydrous basis
Solvent residues
Not more than 1 mg/kg of each of toluene and trichloroethylene
Sulphated ash
Not more than 0,1 %
Arsenic
Not more than 1 mg/kg
Lead
Not more than 1 mg/kg

Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, Annex, E 459

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 459 beta-Cyclodextrin

A non-reducing cyclic saccharide consisting of seven alpha-1,4-linked D-glucopyranosyl units manufactured by the action of cyclodextrin transglycolase on hydrolysed starch followed by purification of the ß- cyclodextrin; purification is by preparation of a ß-cyclodextrin/solvent inclusion compound followed by steam-stripping of the solvent before final purification.

Synonyms: Beta-cyclodextrin, ßCD, BCD, ß-Schardinger dextrin, cyclodextrin B, INS No. 459 BCD; beta-Cyclodextrin; beta-Schardinger dextrin; Cyclodextrin B

Assay, identification and purity criteria

Description and assay

Specification history
ß-CYCLODEXTRIN Prepared at the 44th JECFA (1995), published in FNP 52 Add 3 (1995) superseding specifications prepared at the 41st JECFA (1993), published in FNP 52 Add 2 (1993). Metals and arsenic specifications revised at the 63rd JECFA (2004). An ADI of 0-5 mg/kg bw was established at the 44th JECFA (1995)
Chemical names
Cycloheptaamylose
C.A.S. number
7585-39-9
Chemical formula
(C 6 H 10 O 5 ) 7
Formula weight
1135.00
Assay
Not less than 98.0% of (C 6 H 10 O 5 ) 7 on an anhydrous basis
DESCRIPTION
Virtually odourless, slightly sweet tasting white or almost white crystalline solid
FUNCTIONAL USES
Encapsulation agent for food additives, flavouring and vitamins
METHOD OF ASSAY
Principle ß-Cyclodextrin is identified by liquid chromatography and quantified by comparison to reference standards containing standard cyclodextrins. Preparation of sample solution Weigh accurately about 500 mg of sample. Add 50 ml of twice-distilled water. Heat and stir until the sample has completely dissolved. Cool, adjust the total volume to 100 ml. Filter on a Millex HA 0.45 μm filter. Preparation of standard solutions Use USP grade alpha- and ß-cyclodextrin. Samples of gamma-cyclodextrin can be obtained from commercial suppliers such as Aldrich Chemical Co. or Sigma Chemical Co. Prepare three standard solutions (S 1 , S 2 and S 3 ) containing increasing amounts (mg/kg) of alpha-cyclodextrin, ß-cyclodextrin and gamma-cyclodextrin as follows: S 1 : 2.0 mg/kg A + 3.0 mg/kg B + 2.0 mg/kg G S 2 : 3.5 mg/kg A + 5.0 mg/kg B + 3.5 mg/kg G S 3 : 5.0 mg/kg A + 8.0 mg/kg B + 5.0 mg/kg G where A = alpha- cyclodextrin B = ß-cyclodextrin G = gamma-cyclodextrin Apparatus Liquid chromatograph maintained at a constant temperature of 25 o and equipped with a refractive index detector. Conditions Column - length: 25 cm - diameter: 4.6 mm - packing: 5 μm octadecylsilane bonded to silica (Silica Cl8) with a guard column containing the same packing Solvent: Water: methanol (94:6) Flow rate: 0.7 ml/min Procedure Inject 10 μl of each of the 3 standard solutions. For each cyclodextrin draw a graph by plotting on the x axis the concentration in g/l and on the y axis the areas of the peaks. Inject 10 μl of the sample solution and determine the area of the eluted ß-cyclodextrin peak. The concentration of ß- cyclodextrin (L g/l) in the sample solution is then read from the graphs. Calculation Calculate the content of ß-cyclodextrin in the sample using the formula: where B = percentage of ß-cyclodextrin in the sample L = the concentration of ß-cyclodextrin in the sample solution as determined under "Procedure" C = the concentration of sample in the sample solution in g/l.

Identification

Solubility ( Vol. 4)
Sparingly soluble in water; freely soluble in hot water; slightly soluble in ethanol
Specific rotation (Vol. 4)
[alpha] 25, D: Between +160 and +164 o (1% solution)
Infrared absorption
The infrared spectrum of the sample corresponds with that of a reference standard.
Chromatography
The retention time for the major peak in the liquid chromatogram of the sample solution corresponds to that for ß-cyclodextrin in the chromatograms of the standard solutions prepared as directed in the Method of Assay.

Purity criteria

Water (Vol. 4)
Not more than 14% (Karl Fischer Method)
Other cyclodextrins
Not more than 2% on an anhydrous basis See description under TESTS
Residual solvents
Not more than 1 mg/kg of each of toluene and trichloroethylene See description under TESTS
Reducing substances (Vol. 4)
Not more than 1% (as glucose)
Sulfated ash (Vol. 4)
Not more than 0.1%
Lead (Vol. 4)
Not more than 1 mg/kg Determine using an atomic absorption technique appropriate to the specified level. The selection of sample size and method of sample preparation may be based on the principles of the method described in Volume 4, “Instrumental Methods.” .
Test: Other cyclodextrins
Analyses of alpha- and gamma-cyclodextrins are included in the Method of Assay. Adjust the attenuation of the instrument or adjust sample size to obtain a chromatogram in which the ß-cyclodextrin peak height nearly reaches the top of the recording chart. Measure peak heights or peak areas of the alpha-, ß- and gamma-cyclodextrin responses. Calculate % other cyclodextrins (CX) using the formula:
Test: Residual solvents
A dynamic-headspace gas chromatographic technique is used for the following procedure. The organic volatile impurities are trapped on an absorbent trap and the purge gas is vented. The trapped organic volatile impurities are desorbed from the trap by heating the trap, and carried into the gas chromatograph by back flushing the trap with the carrier gas. Quantitate each solvent by the technique of standard additions. Purge and Trap Apparatus (The apparatus is based on that described in the US Environmental Protection Agency Test Method for Purgeable Halocarbons - Method 601): The apparatus consists of three separate sections: the sample purge; the trap; and the desorber. The sample purge is designed to accept 5 ml samples with a water column at least 3 cm deep. The gaseous headspace between the water column and the trap has a total volume of less than 15 ml. The purge gas is passed through the water column as finely-divided bubbles with a diameter of less than 3 mm at the origin. The purge gas is introduced not more than 5 mm from the base of the water column. The trap is not less than 25 cm long and has an inside diameter of not less than 2.67 mm. The trap is packed to contain the indicated minimum lengths of adsorbents in the following order, beginning at the trap inlet: 7.7 cm of 2,6-diphenylene oxide polymer (the 2,6-diphenylene oxide polymer is commercially available as TENAX TA), 7.7 cm of silica gel, and 7.7 cm of coconut charcoal. The desorber is capable of rapidly heating the trap at 2500. The trap should not be heated higher than 2500. Condition the assembled trap, prior to initial use, at 2250 overnight with an inert gas at a flow rate of not less than 20 ml per min. Prior to use daily, condition the trap for 15 min at 225º. Standard Solution Accurately weigh 50 mg of trichloroethylene and 50 mg of toluene in a 50 ml volumetric flask. Dilute with methanol. Calibration Solutions Into five 50 ml volumetric flasks, accurately add 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and 5.0 ml of the Standard Solution and dilute with water. These calibration solutions correspond to the concentrations 10.2, 20.4, 40.8, 61.2 and 102 ng per for each solvent. Chromatographic system The purge and trap apparatus is connected to a gas chromatograph with a flame-ionisation detector. Column: capillary column, 30 m, 0.32 mm diameter, 1 micron film thickness of dimethylpolysiloxane oil (such as DB-1, OV-1). Temperature programme: 40º for 3 min, then raise to 220º at 40 per min. Detector: 280º Carrier gas: Helium Purge gas: Nitrogen Flow rate: 40 ml/min Calibration Introduce precisely 20 μl of each calibration solution on the wall (inner side) of the sample purge. Desorb according to equipment instructions. Record the peak areas. Prepare calibration graphs of peak areas versus weight of each solvent introduced into the purge. Procedure Introduce on the fritted sparger of the sample purge an accurately weighed amount of sample (W), about 250 mg. Purge and desorb according to equipment instructions. Record the peak area of each solvent and read the corresponding weight (X) from the respective calibration curve. Calculation Calculate the amount of each residual solvent by the formula:

FAO JECFA Monograph 1 (2006)

Authorised in other additives, enzymes, flavourings and nutrients

These authorisations are not for use in food. They let this substance be used inside another additive, a food enzyme, a flavouring or a nutrient preparation — often as a carrier — and it reaches food only as part of that product. Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008.

PartMay be used inMaximum levelCitation
Annex III, Part 1: Carriers in food additivesAll food additives1 000 mg/kg in final foodRegulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex III, Part 1
Annex III, Part 4: Food additives including carriers in food flavouringsEncapsulated flavourings in: flavoured snacks1 000 mg/kg in foodstuffs as consumed or as reconstituted according to the instructions of the manufacturerRegulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex III, Part 4
Annex III, Part 4: Food additives including carriers in food flavouringsEncapsulated flavourings in: flavoured teas and flavoured powdered instant drinks500 mg/l in final foodRegulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex III, Part 4
Annex III, Part 5, Section A: Food additives added in nutrients except in nutrients intended to be used in foodstuffs listed in Part E, point 01.10, of Annex II and foodstuffs for infants and young children listed in Part E, point 13.1, of Annex IIAll nutrientsCan be used as a carrier: Yes100 000 mg/kg in the preparation and 1 000 mg/kg in final foodRegulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex III, Part 5, Section A

Every name it appears under

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

E number

  • E459

INS number

  • 459

CAS registry number

  • 37331-89-8
  • 7585-39-9

As it appears in regulation

  • Beta-cyclodextrin

Other names

  • -Cyclodextrin(Discontinued,See C4X-25742)
  • .beta.-Cyclodextrin
  • 1dmb
  • 2zyn
  • ALFADEX IMPURITY A [EP IMPURITY]
  • b-Cyclodextrin
  • BETA BYCLODEXTRIN
  • Beta cyclodextrin
  • beta-CD
  • beta-cyclo-dextrin
  • beta-Cycloamylose
  • Beta-cyclodextrin
  • beta-Cyclodextrin, >=97%
  • beta-Cyclodextrin, produced by Wacker Chemie AG, Burghausen, Germany
  • beta-cyclodextrine
  • beta-Cyclodextrins
  • beta-Cycloheptaamylose
  • beta-Dextrin
  • Beta-schardinger dextrin
  • Betacd
  • betacyclodextrin
  • Betadex
  • Betadex (NF/INN)
  • Betadex CRS
  • Betadex, European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard
  • Betadex;Alfadex EP Impurity A
  • betadexum
  • CAVAMAX W7
  • CCRIS 651
  • cyclo-epta-amylose
  • Cyclodextrin B
  • CYCLODEXTRIN, BETA-
  • Cycloheptaamylose
  • Cycloheptaglucan
  • Cycloheptaglucosan
  • CYCLOHEPTAKIS-(1->4)-(.ALPHA.-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)
  • Cycloheptapentylose
  • Cyclomaltoheptaose
  • Dextrin, beta-cyclo
  • E 459
  • heptakis(hydroxymethyl)[?]tetradecol
  • INS NO.459
  • INS-459
  • JV039JZZ3A
  • Kleptose
  • Kleptose B
  • Maltodecaose DP10
  • Oristar bcd
  • Rhodocap N
  • Ringdex B
  • Ringdex BL
  • Ringdex-b
  • Schardinger A-Dextrin
  • Schardinger beta-dextrin
  • ss-Cyclodextrin
  • SULFOBUTYLBETADEX SODIUM IMPURITY A [EP IMPURITY]
  • yena-Cyclodextrin

Systematic names

  • (1S,3R,5R,6S,8R,10R,11S,13R,15R,16S,18R,20R,21S,23R,25R,26S,28R,30R,31S,33R,35R,36R,37R,38R,39R,40R,41R,42R,43R,44R,45R,46R,47R,48R,49R)-5,10,15,20,25,30,35-heptakis(hydroxymethyl)-2,4,7,9,12,14,17,19,22,24,27,29,32,34-tetradecaoxaoctacyclo[31.2.2.2~3,6~.
  • Betadex; Cycloheptakis-(1?4)-(a-d-glucopyranosyl) (cyclomaltoheptaose); Cycloheptakis-(1?4)-(a-d-glucopyranosyl) ss-cyclodextrin

Hazard reference values

EFSA and JECFA have both set an acceptable daily intake for Cyclodextrin, beta-, and they agree: 5 mg/kg bw/day. An acceptable daily intake is a reference value set by a committee, not a threshold above which harm begins. See where the two committees differ.

Values set by assessing bodies. A body that has not set a value is not listed here.
TypeValuePopulationAssessed byOpinion
ADI5 mg/kg bw/dayconsumersEFSA ANS2016
ADI5 mg/kg bw/day—JECFA1995

Evidence and how bodies read it

What assessing bodies concluded

Each conclusion is paraphrased in the body's own framing, from the published opinion linked beneath it. Where bodies differ, both stand; this site does not adjudicate between them or add a view of its own.

  1. EFSA 2016

    The ANS Panel found no indication of genotoxicity or carcinogenicity for β-cyclodextrin (E 459) and saw no reason to revise the ADI of 5 mg/kg bw/day. It concluded, however, that the ADI was exceeded in the refined brand-loyal exposure scenario in most population groups.

    Source document

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 E 459?
E 459 is Cyclodextrin, beta-. Beta-cyclodextrin is a ring-shaped sugar with a hollow centre, used to trap and protect flavours, to mask bitterness, and to remove cholesterol from dairy products.
What is Cyclodextrin, beta- used for in food?
It is listed as a thickener, a stabiliser and a flavouring agent — the role Codex and the US assign it. This page shows every function each regulator records, with the citation for each.
Where is Cyclodextrin, beta- permitted?
Of the seven regulators this site reads, the EU, Great Britain and the Codex standard permit it. Each permission is for named foods at named levels, not a blanket one; the table on this page gives them with citations.
Is Cyclodextrin, beta- vegan?
Yes. Cyclodextrin, beta- is not derived from animals, and is suitable for vegetarians. This page says what it is made from and how.

Sources for this page

  • eu retrieved 2026-10-18
  • gb retrieved 2026-10-18
  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07
  • euspecs retrieved 2026-10-18
  • jecfaspecs retrieved 2026-09-23

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