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  "derivation_summary": "Made by esterifying sucrose with fatty acids, which may be plant or animal in origin.",
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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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      "name": ".alpha.-D-Glucopyranoside, monooctadecanoate",
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      "name": "Saccharose stearate",
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      "name": "Sucrose fatty acid esters",
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      "name": "2-[3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydropyran-3,4,5-triol; stearic acid",
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      "name": "Sucrose fatty acid esters",
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      "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, \"Sucrose fatty acid esters\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sucrose-fatty-acid-esters. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
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