Glyceryl behenate

Glyceryl behenate is a release agent, coating and emulsifier, used to stop food sticking to equipment and to control how tablets and confectionery release their contents.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Glyceryl behenate 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 184.1328retrieved 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

Made by reacting behenic acid, chiefly from rapeseed or peanut oil, with glycerol.

  • Vegan status depends on the source
  • Vegetarian status depends on the source
  • May raise a halal question
  • May raise a kosher question

This is not an omission. What this additive is made from is not fixed — depending on the manufacturer it may be plant, animal or microbial in origin, nobody is required to say which, and the same product can change source between production runs. Ask the manufacturer if it matters to you; a label cannot answer it.

InChIKey
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PubChem
CID 62726

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 18641-57-1

As it appears in regulation

  • Glyceryl behenate

Other names

  • 1,2,3-Propanetriyl tridocosanoate, 9CI
  • 1,2,3-Propenetriol tridocosanoate
  • 1,2,3-Tridocosanoyl Glycerol
  • 1,2,3-tridocosanoyl-glycerol
  • 1,2,3-tridocosanoyl-sn-glycerol
  • 1,2,3-Tridocosanoylglycerol
  • 1-Behenoyl-2-behenoyl-3-behenoyl-glycerol
  • 1-Docosanoyl-2-docosanoyl-3-docosanoyl-glycerol
  • 2,3-Bis(docosanoyloxy)propyl docosanoate #
  • 2,3-di(docosanoyloxy)propyl docosanoate
  • 2-02-00-00374 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
  • 8OC9U7TQZ0
  • ATO 888
  • Behenic acid, 1,2,3-propanetriol ester
  • Behenin
  • BRN 1811476
  • Compritol 888
  • Compritol 888 cg
  • Compritol 888 cg ato
  • Dibehenin
  • DOCOSANOIC ACID, 1,2,3-PROPANETRIYL ESTER
  • DOCOSANOIC ACID, TRIESTER WITH GLYCERIN
  • Docosanoin, tri-
  • Dub bg
  • glycerol tribehenate
  • Glycerol Tridocosanoate
  • Glyceryl Behenate
  • Glyceryl tribehenate
  • Monobehenin
  • Propane-1,2,3-triyl tridocosanoate
  • TAG 66:0
  • TAG(22:0/22:0/22:0)
  • Tracylglycerol(22:0/22:0/22:0)
  • Tribehenin
  • Tribehenoyl glycerol
  • Tridocosanoin

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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