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  "name": "Inositol",
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  "summary": "Inositol is added to infant formula and some fortified drinks. It occurs widely in plants, notably as phytic acid in grains and pulses.",
  "derivation_summary": "Extracted from corn steep liquor, a by-product of maize wet milling, or produced by fermentation.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1370",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-184.1370"
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      "name": "488-55-1",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "488-58-4",
      "type": "cas",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "488-59-5",
      "type": "cas",
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      "name": "1D-Chiro-inositol",
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      "name": "1L-Chiro-inositol",
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      "name": "Allo-inositol",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "alloinositol",
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      "name": "chiro-inositol",
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      "name": "cis-Inositol",
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      "name": "Cocositol",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaol",
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      "name": "cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol",
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    {
      "name": "Cyclohexanehexol",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Cyclohexitol",
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      "name": "D-(+)-chiro-Inositol",
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      "name": "D-chiro Inositol",
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      "name": "D-chiro-Inositol",
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      "name": "D-myo-Inositol",
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      "name": "Dambose",
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      "name": "epi-Inositol",
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      "name": "i-Inositol",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Inosital",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Inosite",
      "type": "common",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Inositene",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Inositina",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "inositol",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Inositol, meso-",
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      "name": "Inositol, myo-",
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      "name": "INOTL",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
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    {
      "name": "Iso-inositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "L-chiro-Inositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "L-Inositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Meat sugar",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "meso-Inositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Mesoinosit",
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      "name": "Mesoinosite",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "mesoinositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mesol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "Mesovit",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Muco-Inositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "myo-inositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "Myoinosite",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Myoinositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Neo-inositol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "Nucite",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Phaseomannite",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Phaseomannitol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quercinitol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Scyllite",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Scyllitol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Scyllo-inositol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "cis-1,2,3,5-trans-4,6-cyclohexanehexol",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
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      "name": "Inositol",
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      "source": "ecfr"
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  "hazard_reference_values": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "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",
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    }
  ],
  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Inositol\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/inositol. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.563Z"
}