Cyclotetraglucose

INS 1504(i)

Used as a carrier.

Cyclotetraglucose is a ring of four glucose units with a cavity in the middle, used to trap and protect flavour and colour compounds — the molecule works as a container rather than as a nutrient.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Cyclotetraglucose by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
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

no numerical limit (good manufacturing practice)

CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 1504(i)retrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Produced enzymatically from starch, which is rearranged into a closed ring.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
InChIKey
NIFXVRWMHZPIFE-KCLHJWPFSA-N
PubChem
CID 11686063

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 159640-28-5

Other names

  • CYCLIC NIGEROSYL-(1->6)-NIGEROSE
  • Cyclic nigerosylnigerose
  • Cycloalternan
  • CYCLOALTERNANOTETRAOSE
  • cyclobis-(1->3)-alpha-isomaltosyl
  • cyclobis-(1->6)-alpha-nigerosyl
  • Cyclobis-1,6-alpha-nigerosyl
  • Cycloisomaltotetraose
  • Cyclotetraglucose
  • CYCLOTETRAOSE
  • INS NO.1504(I)
  • INS NO.1504(II)

Systematic names

  • .ALPHA.-D-GLUCOPYRANOSE, O-.ALPHA.-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-O-.ALPHA.-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-6)-O-.ALPHA.-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-3)-, CYCLIC 1,6'''-ANHYDRIDE
  • alpha-D-Glucopyranose, o-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-3)-o-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-6)-o-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-3)-, cyclic 1,6'''-anhydride

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

  • gsfa retrieved 2026-09-07

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