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  "summary": "Succinic acid is an acidulant and flavouring with a distinctive savoury sourness. It occurs naturally in wine, sauerkraut and shellfish, where it contributes to the taste.",
  "derivation_summary": "Produced by fermentation, increasingly from renewable feedstocks, or synthetically from petroleum intermediates.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1091",
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      "name": "1,2 Ethanedicarboxylic Acid",
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    {
      "name": "1,2-Ethanedicarboxylate",
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      "name": "acide butanedioique",
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      "name": "acide succinique",
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      "name": "Acidum succinicum",
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    {
      "name": "Amber acid",
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    {
      "name": "Asuccin",
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      "name": "Bernsteinsaeure",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Bernsteinsaure",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "BRN 1754069",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "Butandisaeure",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "Butane diacid",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "butanedioate;hydron",
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      "name": "Butanedioic acid (9CI)",
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    {
      "name": "Butanedioic acid diammonium salt",
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      "name": "Butanedionic acid",
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      "name": "Dihydrofumarate",
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      "name": "Dihydrofumaric acid",
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      "name": "Ethanedicarboxylic acid",
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      "name": "Ethylene dicarboxylic acid",
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    {
      "name": "Ethylene succinic acid",
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      "name": "ethylenesuccinic acid",
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      "name": "FEMA NO. 4719",
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    {
      "name": "HOOC-CH2-CH2-COOH",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "HSDB 791",
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    {
      "name": "Katasuccin",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kyselina jantarova",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sal succini",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "SIN",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "sodium succinate (anhydrous)",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "succ",
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      "name": "succinate, 9",
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      "name": "Succinate, Potassium",
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      "name": "succinct acid",
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      "name": "Succinellite",
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      "name": "Succinic acid CRS",
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    {
      "name": "Succinic acid, 6",
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    {
      "name": "Succinic acid, 99%",
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    {
      "name": "Succinic acid, FCC",
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      "name": "Succinicate",
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    {
      "name": "Succinicum acidum",
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      "name": "Succunic Acide",
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    },
    {
      "name": "WLN: QV2VQ",
      "type": "common",
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    },
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      "name": "Wormwood acid",
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    },
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      "name": "Succinic acid",
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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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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Succinic acid\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/succinic-acid. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.718Z"
}