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  "$schema": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/api/v1/schema.json",
  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sucrose-acetate-isobutyrate",
  "slug": "sucrose-acetate-isobutyrate",
  "name": "Sucrose acetate isobutyrate",
  "identifiers": {
    "e_number": "E444",
    "ins_number": "444",
    "cas_number": "126-13-6",
    "inchikey": "UVGUPMLLGBCFEJ-SWTLDUCYSA-N",
    "pubchem_cid": 31339
  },
  "functional_class": "Emulsifier",
  "summary": "This is the Codex listing for SAIB, a beverage weighting agent that keeps citrus flavour oils evenly dispersed rather than floating to the top of the bottle.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by esterifying sucrose with acetic and isobutyric acids.",
  "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": 500,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": "1999",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 444, 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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "name": "126-13-6",
      "type": "cas",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "CCRIS 8550",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "E 444",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "FCM no 308",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "H5KI1C3YTV",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "HSDB 5657",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "INS NO.444",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "INS-444",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Isobutyric acid, hexaester with sucrose diacetate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Isobutyric acid, hexaester with sucrose diacetate (8CI)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Saccharose acetate isobutyrate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "SAIB",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "SAIB 100S",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose acetate 2-methylpropanoate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose acetate isobutanoate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "sucrose acetate isobutylate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "gsfa"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose acetoisobutyrate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose di(acetate) hexaisobutyrate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose Diacetate Hexaisobutyrate (1 mL)",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose diacetate hexaisobutyrate, 8CI",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose, diacetate hexaisobutyrate",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose, mixed acetate and isobutyrate octaesters",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "E444",
      "type": "e_number",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "444",
      "type": "ins",
      "source": "gsfa"
    },
    {
      "name": "((2R,3R,4S,5S)-5-((acetyloxy)methyl)-5-(((2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-((acetyloxy)methyl)-3,4,5-tris((2-methylpropanoyl)oxy)oxan-2-yl)oxy)-3,4-bis((2-methylpropanoyl)oxy)oxolan-2-yl)methyl 2-methylpropanoate",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "1-O-acetyl-3,4,6-tris-O-(2-methylpropanoyl)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl 6-O-acetyl-2,3,4-tris-O-(2-methylpropanoyl)-alpha-D-glucopyranoside",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "6-O-Acetyl-1,3,4-tris-O-(2-methyl-1-oxopropyl)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside 6-acetate 2,3,4-tris(2-methylpropanoate)",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "[(2R,3R,4S,5S)-5-(acetyloxymethyl)-5-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-6-(acetyloxymethyl)-3,4,5-tris(2-methylpropanoyloxy)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-bis(2-methylpropanoyloxy)oxolan-2-yl]methyl 2-methylpropanoate",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "alpha-D-Glucopyranoside, 6-O-acetyl-1,3,4-tris-O-(2-methyl-1-oxopropyl)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl, 6-acetate 2,3,4-tris(2-methylpropanoate)",
      "type": "iupac",
      "source": "pubchem"
    }
  ],
  "hazard_reference_values": [
    {
      "type": "ADI",
      "value": 20,
      "value_text": null,
      "unit": "mg/kg bw/day",
      "population": "consumers",
      "assessing_body": "EFSA ANS",
      "year": 2016,
      "opinion": {
        "ref": "doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4489",
        "url": "https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4489"
      }
    }
  ],
  "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, \"Sucrose acetate isobutyrate\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sucrose-acetate-isobutyrate. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.724Z"
}