Pancreatin

CAS 8049-47-6

Pancreatin is a mixture of digestive enzymes used to break down protein, starch and fat in food processing. It comes from the pancreas of slaughtered animals.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Pancreatin 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 184.1583retrieved 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

Extracted from the pancreas of pigs or cattle, a slaughterhouse by-product. Microbial enzymes now do much of the same work, but this listing is the animal one.

  • Not vegan
  • Not vegetarian
  • May raise a halal question
  • May raise a kosher question
CAS registry number
8049-47-6
InChIKey
KQGYUJZLKGSELN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 284483

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 1709-88-2
  • 8049-47-6

As it appears in regulation

  • Pancreatin

Other names

  • 1-(Morpholin-4-yl)-2-(phenylmethanesulfonyl)ethan-1-one
  • 2-(benzylsulfonyl)-1-(morpholin-4-yl)ethanone
  • 2-benzylsulfonyl-1-morpholin-4-yl-ethanone
  • beefviokase
  • PANCREATIN
  • Pancreatin, from porcine stomach mucose

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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