Sulfated butyl oleate

Sulfated butyl oleate is a release agent and lubricant used on food processing equipment and in bakery.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Sulfated butyl oleate 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 172.270retrieved 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 reacting butyl oleate with sulfuric acid. The oleic acid may be plant or animal in origin.

  • 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.

InChIKey
DCFGGGCMICWSJX-SNAWJCMRSA-N
PubChem
CID 6435867

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 2734117-86-1
  • 38621-44-2

As it appears in regulation

  • Sulfated butyl oleate

Other names

  • (Sulfooxy)-9-octadecenoic acid, 1-butyl ester
  • 1-Butyl (sulfooxy)-9-octadecenoate
  • 1-Butyl (sulfooxy)oleate
  • 1-Butyl (sulphooxy)-9-octadecenoate
  • 1-Butyl 18-(sulfooxy)-9-octadecenoate
  • 9-Octadecenoic acid, (sulfooxy)-, 1-butyl ester
  • 9-Octadecenoic acid, 18-(sulfooxy)-, 1-butyl ester
  • Butyl (9E)-18-(sulfooxy)octadec-9-enoate
  • butyl (E)-18-sulooxyoctadec-9-enoate
  • Butyl (sulfooxy)-9-octadecenoate, 9CI
  • Butyl oleate, sulfated
  • Butyl oleate, sulphated
  • DCFGGGCMICWSJX-SNAWJCMRSA-N
  • GG4U387CBZ
  • Sulfated butyl oleate

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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