Dextrin

CAS 9004-53-9

Dextrin is partially broken-down starch, used as a thickener, binder and coating in confectionery, sauces and processed foods.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Dextrin 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 184.1277retrieved 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

Produced by heating starch, with or without acid, to shorten the chains.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
9004-53-9
InChIKey
FYGDTMLNYKFZSV-MRCIVHHJSA-N
PubChem
CID 62698

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 9004-53-9

As it appears in regulation

  • Dextrin

Other names

  • Amaizo 1706
  • Amaizo 1752S
  • Amycol 1
  • Aquaflake 31
  • Arabix 6
  • Arabix 7
  • Avedex 35
  • Avedex 58MD14
  • Avedex 58MD14C
  • Avedex W 15
  • Avedex W 90
  • Caloreen
  • Canary S 8032
  • Corn dextrin
  • CPC 8071
  • Cream Dextrin 15
  • Crystal Tex 627
  • Dextrid
  • Dextrin
  • Dextrin (corn)
  • Dextrin 10
  • Dextrin 101
  • Dextrin 1104
  • Dextrin 12
  • Dextrin 1719
  • Dextrin 20
  • Dextrin 3
  • Dextrin hydrate
  • Dextrina Bianca
  • Dextrine
  • Dextrins
  • Eclipse G
  • EDW 90
  • Electrocol 70
  • Emdex 30An45
  • Farinex CO 2
  • Farinex MJ
  • Fibersol 2
  • Fortodex
  • FYGDTMLNYKFZSV-MRCIVHHJSA-N
  • Maltodextrin, dextrose equivalent 16-20
  • Nutriose
  • Resistant Dextrin

Systematic names

  • (2R,3S,4S,5R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4,5,6-tris(oxidanyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-4,5-bis(oxidanyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-oxane-3,4,5-triol
  • (3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol
  • (3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-{[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-{[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy}oxan-3-yl]oxy}-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol

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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