Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids 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	29 food categories highest permitted level 10,000 mg/kg Show every food category 01.1.2 Other Fluid Milk (plain) — GMP 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation — GMP 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation — GMP 01.2.2 Renneted milk (plain) — GMP 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream (plain) — GMP 01.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) — GMP 02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee — GMP 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats — 10,000 mg/kg 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats — GMP 04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit — GMP 04.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds — GMP 06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products — GMP 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products — GMP 08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry and game, whole pieces or cuts — GMP 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry and game, comminuted — GMP 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — GMP 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — GMP 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products — GMP 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — GMP 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — GMP 10.2.1 Liquid egg products — GMP 10.2.2 Frozen egg products — GMP 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) — GMP 12.1.2 Salt substitutes — GMP 13.1.1 Infant formulae — 4,000 mg/kg 13.1.2 Follow-up formulae — 4,000 mg/kg 13.1.3 Formulae for special medical purposes for infants — 4,000 mg/kg 13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young children — 5,000 mg/kg 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa — GMP	CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 471and 29 further provisionsretrieved 2026-09-07

What it is made from

Made by reacting glycerol with fats or oils, which may be of plant or animal origin. The source is rarely stated on a label, so a product containing them cannot be assumed to be vegetarian without asking the manufacturer. This is the clearest case on this site where the additive name does not settle the dietary question.

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.

Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids

Where it is and isn’t permitted

What it is made from

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