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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/lutein-from-tagetes-erecta",
  "slug": "lutein-from-tagetes-erecta",
  "name": "Lutein from Tagetes erecta",
  "identifiers": {
    "e_number": null,
    "ins_number": "161b(i)",
    "cas_number": null,
    "inchikey": "KBPHJBAIARWVSC-RGZFRNHPSA-N",
    "pubchem_cid": 5281243
  },
  "functional_class": "Colour",
  "summary": "Lutein is a yellow carotenoid obtained from marigold petals, used to colour drinks, dairy products and confectionery. The same substance is sold as a dietary supplement for eye health, which is a separate regulatory question from its use as a colour.",
  "derivation_summary": "Extracted with solvents from the dried petals of the Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta, then saponified to free the lutein from the fatty acid esters it occurs as in the flower.",
  "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": 4,
      "provisions": [
        {
          "status": "permitted",
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          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": "2021",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 161b(i)",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "01.1.4",
            "name": "Flavoured Fluid Milk Drinks"
          },
          "max_level": 100,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 52 & 400",
          "effective_from": "2017",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 161b(i), food category 01.1.4",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "01.7",
            "name": "Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)"
          },
          "max_level": 150,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 634",
          "effective_from": "2024",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 161b(i), food category 01.7",
            "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": "04.2.2.7",
            "name": "Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1,"
          },
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: XS38, XS151, XS223 & XS294",
          "effective_from": "2025",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 161b(i), food category 04.2.2.7",
            "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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      "name": "127-40-2",
      "type": "cas",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "( inverted exclamation markA)-Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "()-Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "(3R,3'R,6'R)-beta,epsilon-carotene-3,3'-diol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "(3R,3'R,6'R)-Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "(all-E)-Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": ".beta.,.epsilon.-Carotene-3,3'-diol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": ".beta.,.epsilon.-Carotene-3,3'-diol, (3R,3'R,6'R)-",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "?-Carotene-3,3'-diol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "A1LXP",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "all-trans-(+)-Xanthophyll",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "all-trans-Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "all-trans-Xanthophyll",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "beta,epsilon-Carotene-3, 3'-Diol, (3R,3'R,6'S)-",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "beta,epsilon-Carotene-3,3'-diol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "beta,epsilon-Carotene-3,3'-diol, (3R,3'R,6'R)-",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "beta,epsilon-Carotene-3,3'-diol, (3S,3'R,6'S)-",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bo-Xan",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "e-carotene-3,3'-diol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "FloraGLO",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "FloraGLO Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "gamma Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "INS NO.161B(I)",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "INS-161B(I)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Leutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Leutin",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutamax",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lutein (Standard)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein (Xanthophyll)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein - 10%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein - 20%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein - 5%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein - 50%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein - 95%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lutein A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein ester",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "LUTEIN FROM TAGETES ERECTA",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "gsfa"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein, 88%",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein, all-trans-",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein, analytical standard",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Lutein, gamma",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lutein; Xantofyl",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Noon for Kids",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Oro Glo 7",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "trans-Lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vegetable lutein",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Vegetable luteol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Xanthophyll (~80%)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "XANTHOPHYLL [MI]",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Xanthophyll, all-trans-(+)-",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Xanthophyll, from marigold",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Xanthophyll, tech grade",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Xantofyl",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "E161",
      "type": "e_number",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "E161B",
      "type": "e_number",
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    },
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      "name": "161b(i)",
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    {
      "name": "(1R)-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(1R,4R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-3-en-1-ol",
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      "name": "(1R,4R)-4-((1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-((R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaen-1-yl)-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-ol",
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      "name": "(1R,4R)-4-((1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-((R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaen-1-yl)-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-2-enol",
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    },
    {
      "name": "4-(18-(4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohex-2-enyl)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl)-3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohex-3-en-1-ol",
      "type": "iupac",
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    }
  ],
  "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/",
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Lutein from Tagetes erecta\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/lutein-from-tagetes-erecta. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.578Z"
}