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  "name": "Castor oil",
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  },
  "functional_class": "Emulsifier",
  "summary": "Castor oil is a release agent and component of confectionery coatings, used to stop sweets sticking together.",
  "derivation_summary": "Pressed from the seed of Ricinus communis. The seed also contains ricin, which stays in the pressed cake and does not carry into the refined oil.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 172.876",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-172.876"
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            "name": "Cocoa and chocolate products"
          },
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          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: XS87",
          "effective_from": "2017",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 1503, food category 05.1.4",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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        },
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          },
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "name": "Chewing gum"
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          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 1503, food category 05.3",
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        },
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "code": "13.6",
            "name": "Food supplements"
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          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": "2007",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 1503, food category 13.6",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "source": "openfoodtox"
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      "name": "fats and oils, from animal or vegetable food sources; castor oil; b: esters of glycerol with linear fatty acids, saturated or unsaturated, with an even number of carbon atoms from 8 to 20 inclusive and/or with adipic, citric, 12-hydroxystearic (oxystearin",
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      "name": "FCM no 527",
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      "name": "2,3-bis[[(Z)-12-hydroxyoctadec-9-enoyl]oxy]propyl (Z)-12-hydroxyoctadec-9-enoate",
      "type": "iupac",
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    },
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  "hazard_reference_values": [],
  "sources": [
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      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T18:25:51.549Z"
    },
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      "key": "gsfa",
      "name": "Codex General Standard for Food Additives (CXS 192-1995)",
      "publisher": "Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO)",
      "licence": "FAO terms — non-commercial use with attribution",
      "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/",
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    }
  ],
  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Castor oil\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/castor-oil. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.474Z"
}