Polydextrose

CAS 68424-04-4

Polydextrose is a bulking agent and soluble fibre, used to replace sugar and fat while keeping the body of the food. It contributes about a quarter of the calories of sugar because the body digests only part of it.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Polydextrose by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 172.841retrieved 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 heating glucose with a small amount of sorbitol and an acid catalyst, which links the sugar into randomly branched chains that human enzymes cannot fully break down.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
CAS registry number
68424-04-4

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 68424-04-4

As it appears in regulation

  • Polydextrose

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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