Protease from Bacillus licheniformis
Protease from Bacillus licheniformisListed as a thickener, a flavour enhancer and a stabiliser by the US.
Listed as thickeners (US) · flavour enhancers (US) · stabilisers (US) · enzymes (US) · flavouring agents and adjuvants (US) · processing aids (US)
- United States: Stabilizer or thickener — FDA, Substances Added to Food: PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
- United States: Flavor enhancer — FDA, Substances Added to Food: PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
- United States: Stabilizer or thickener — FDA, Substances Added to Food: PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
- United States: Enzyme — FDA, Substances Added to Food: PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
- United States: Flavoring agent or adjuvant — FDA, Substances Added to Food: PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
- United States: Processing aid — FDA, Substances Added to Food: PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
Protease from Bacillus licheniformis is an enzyme that breaks proteins into peptides and amino acids. FDA's GRAS notice inventory records GRN 564 (no questions, 2015). A GRAS notice is a company's conclusion and FDA's reply to it, not a listing in 21 CFR.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Canada | No listing matchedHealth Canada’s lists name additives without E or INS numbers, so this site matches them by exact name. A substance listed there under a name this site does not recognise has no row here. | ||
| European Union | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Great Britain | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Japan | No listing matchedThis site imports only Japan’s list of designated additives (Appended Table 1 to the Regulations for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act), matched by English name. Existing additives, natural flavouring agents and ordinary foods used as additives are permitted outside that list and are not imported, so an empty row does not show that Japan does not permit the substance. | ||
| South Korea | No listing matchedThis site imports Part III of South Korea’s Standards and Specifications for Food Additives, matched by CAS number, then INS number, then exact name. Mixed preparations and sanitisers are not imported, and an entry whose identifiers disagreed with a page’s is held for review, so an empty row does not show that South Korea does not permit the substance. | ||
| United States | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. | ||
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What FDA’s inventory records
This page holds no listing for Protease from Bacillus licheniformis in the parts of 21 CFR this site reads. FDA’s Substances Added to Food inventory does carry it, as PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS, pointing at no regulation at all.
Technical effects FDA records: enzyme, flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, processing aid, stabilizer or thickener.
The inventory is an information resource: a row means FDA holds information about the substance’s use in food, not that the substance is listed for that use. It is shown apart from the permissions above and is not counted as a US permission anywhere on this site.
GRAS notices to the FDA
A GRAS notice is a company’s conclusion that a substance is generally recognised as safe for the use it describes. FDA’s letter responds to that conclusion, for that notifier and that use. It is not a listing in 21 CFR, and it is not counted as a US permission above. The substance and use are as FDA’s inventory words them; this site matched the notice to this page by exact name.
GRN No. 564 · Protease from Bacillus licheniformis · Novozymes North America, Inc.
Intended use: For use in the production of partially or extensively hydrolyzed proteins for use in a variety of food and beverage products.
FDA’s response (2015-07-07): FDA has no questions
What it is made from
The sources cited here do not say how it is made, so this page claims no route.
Every name it appears under
1 recorded name. A label may use any of them.
Other names
- Protease from Bacillus licheniformis
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 rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Common questions
Assembled from what is above, in the words the questions are usually asked in. Each answer is the same statement the relevant section makes, with the same citations behind it.
- What is Protease from Bacillus licheniformis?
- Protease from Bacillus licheniformis is an enzyme that breaks proteins into peptides and amino acids. FDA's GRAS notice inventory records GRN 564 (no questions, 2015). A GRAS notice is a company's conclusion and FDA's reply to it, not a listing in 21 CFR.
- What is Protease from Bacillus licheniformis used for in food?
- It is listed as a thickener, a flavour enhancer and a stabiliser — the role the US assigns it. This page shows every function each regulator records, with the citation for each.
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