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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/glycerol-ester-of-wood-rosin",
  "slug": "glycerol-ester-of-wood-rosin",
  "name": "Glycerol ester of wood rosin",
  "identifiers": {
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    "ins_number": "445(iii)",
    "cas_number": null,
    "inchikey": null,
    "pubchem_cid": null
  },
  "functional_class": "Emulsifier",
  "summary": "Glycerol ester of wood rosin is a beverage weighting agent, matching the density of citrus flavour oils to the drink so they stay dispersed. It is the substance that replaced brominated vegetable oil in many soft drinks.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by reacting rosin, extracted from pine stumps, with glycerol. The glycerol may be plant or animal in origin.",
  "regulatory_status": [
    {
      "jurisdiction": "US",
      "jurisdiction_name": "United States",
      "authority": "Food and Drug Administration",
      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
      "provision_count": 0,
      "provisions": []
    },
    {
      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
      "status_label": "Permitted, with conditions",
      "provision_count": 3,
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        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "04.1.1.2",
            "name": "Surface-treated fresh fruit"
          },
          "max_level": 110,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 445(iii), food category 04.1.1.2",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "04.2.1.2",
            "name": "Surface-treated fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds"
          },
          "max_level": 110,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 445(iii), food category 04.2.1.2",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "14.1.4",
            "name": "Water-based flavoured drinks, including \"sport,\" “energy,” or \"electrolyte\" drinks and particulated drinks"
          },
          "max_level": 150,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": "1999",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 445(iii), food category 14.1.4",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "names": [
    {
      "name": "GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "gsfa"
    },
    {
      "name": "445(iii)",
      "type": "ins",
      "source": "gsfa"
    }
  ],
  "hazard_reference_values": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "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/",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
    }
  ],
  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Glycerol ester of wood rosin\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/glycerol-ester-of-wood-rosin. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.551Z"
}