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  "summary": "Ethyl alcohol is used as a solvent and carrier for flavourings and extracts, and as a preservative — vanilla extract is essentially vanilla in alcohol.",
  "derivation_summary": "Produced by fermenting sugars with yeast, or synthetically from ethylene. Its use as a food solvent raises a halal question that its function does not resolve.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1293",
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      "name": "Aethylalkohol",
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      "name": "ALC",
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      "name": "Alcare Hand Degermer",
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      "name": "Alcohol dehydrated",
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    {
      "name": "Alcohol, Absolute",
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      "name": "Alcohol, diluted",
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      "name": "Alcool ethylique",
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    {
      "name": "Alcool etilico",
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    {
      "name": "Algrain",
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    {
      "name": "Alkohol",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "Alkoholu etylowego",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "Anhydrol",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Anhydrous ethanol",
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      "name": "Dehydrated alcohol",
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    {
      "name": "Dehydrated ethanol",
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    {
      "name": "Denatured ethanol",
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    {
      "name": "etanol",
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    {
      "name": "Etanolo",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "ethanol",
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      "name": "Ethanol 200 proof",
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    {
      "name": "Ethicap",
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      "name": "ethyl alcohol",
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol & water, 40%",
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol & water, 5%",
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol & water, 60%",
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol & water, 70%",
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    {
      "name": "Ethyl alcohol & water, 80%",
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol & water, 95%",
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol & water, 96%",
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol anhydrous",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethyl alcohol usp",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethyl hydrate",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ethyl hydroxide",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ethylalcohol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "EtOH",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Etylowy alkohol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fermentation alcohol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "grain alcohol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hinetoless",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hydroxyethane",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Jaysol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Jaysol S",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Methylcarbinol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Potato alcohol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Spirt",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Synasol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "Tecsol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "Tecsol C",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "ethanol",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
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      "name": "Ethyl alcohol",
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      "key": "ecfr",
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Ethyl alcohol\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/ethyl-alcohol. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.526Z"
}