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  "$schema": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/api/v1/schema.json",
  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/quillaia-extract-type-i",
  "slug": "quillaia-extract-type-i",
  "name": "Quillaia extract type I",
  "identifiers": {
    "e_number": null,
    "ins_number": "999(i)",
    "cas_number": null,
    "inchikey": null,
    "pubchem_cid": null
  },
  "functional_class": "Emulsifier",
  "summary": "Quillaia extract is a foaming agent from the bark of the soapbark tree, used to produce and hold the head on soft drinks, particularly root beer and cream soda.",
  "derivation_summary": "Extracted with water from the bark of Quillaja saponaria, a Chilean tree. The active components are saponins, natural surfactants that foam in water.",
  "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": 1,
      "provisions": [
        {
          "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": 50,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 132 & 293",
          "effective_from": "2016",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 999(i), 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": "Quillaia extract type I",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "gsfa"
    },
    {
      "name": "QUILLAIA EXTRACTS",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "gsfa"
    },
    {
      "name": "999(i)",
      "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, \"Quillaia extract type I\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/quillaia-extract-type-i. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.668Z"
}