Isopropyl citrates — Food Additive Index

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Isopropyl citrates by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
Jurisdiction	Status	Scope and limits	Citation
United StatesFood and Drug Administration	Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA	Permitted, with conditions	7 food categories highest permitted level 200 mg/kg Show every food category 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats — 200 mg/kg 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats — 200 mg/kg 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads — 100 mg/kg 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry and game, comminuted — 200 mg/kg 08.2.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts — 200 mg/kg 08.3.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products — 200 mg/kg 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," “energy,” or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks — 200 mg/kg	CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 384and 6 further provisionsretrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Made by reacting fermentation-derived citric acid with isopropyl alcohol.

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Every name it appears under

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

INS number

Other names

ISOPROPYL CITRATES

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

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