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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/stearic-acid",
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  "summary": "Stearic acid is a fatty acid used as a lubricant, release agent and flavouring, and as the starting point for a range of other additives.",
  "derivation_summary": "Obtained by splitting fats and oils. Vegetable sources such as palm and coconut and animal tallow are both used, and the finished acid is chemically identical either way — so the label cannot tell you which it was.",
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          "max_level_unit": null,
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1090",
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      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
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      "provisions": []
    }
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      "name": "Cetylacetic acid",
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    {
      "name": "Formula 300",
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      "name": "Glycon DP",
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      "name": "Glycon S-70",
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      "name": "Glycon S-80",
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      "name": "Glycon S-90",
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    {
      "name": "Glycon TP",
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      "name": "Groco 54",
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    {
      "name": "Groco 55",
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    {
      "name": "Groco 55L",
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      "name": "Groco 58",
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      "name": "Groco 59",
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    {
      "name": "Humko Industrene R",
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      "name": "HY-Phi 1199",
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      "name": "HY-Phi 1205",
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      "name": "HY-Phi 1303",
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      "name": "HY-Phi 1401",
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      "name": "Hydrofol 1895",
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    {
      "name": "Hydrofol Acid 150",
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    {
      "name": "Hydrofol acid 1655",
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    {
      "name": "Hydrofol acid 1855",
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    {
      "name": "Hystrene 4516",
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      "name": "Hystrene 5016",
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      "name": "Hystrene 7018",
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      "name": "Hystrene 80",
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      "name": "Hystrene 9718",
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      "name": "Industrene 5016",
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      "name": "Industrene 8718",
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    {
      "name": "Industrene 9018",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Industrene R",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Kam 1000",
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    {
      "name": "Kam 2000",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Kam 3000",
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      "name": "n-Octadecanoic acid",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "NAA 173",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Octadecanoic acid",
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      "name": "Octadecansaeure",
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    },
    {
      "name": "octadecoic acid",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pearl stearic",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Stearex Beads",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Stearic acid",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stearic acid 50",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "Stearic acid, pure",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Stearinsaeure",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Stearophanic acid",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Tegostearic 254",
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    {
      "name": "Tegostearic 255",
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    },
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      "name": "Tegostearic 272",
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      "name": "Vanicol",
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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",
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    }
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Stearic acid\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/stearic-acid. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.716Z"
}