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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sucrose",
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  "name": "Sucrose",
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    "ins_number": null,
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  "summary": "Sucrose is table sugar, from cane or beet. As an additive it is a sweetener, a preservative at high concentration, a bulking agent and a browning agent.",
  "derivation_summary": "Extracted and crystallised from sugar cane or sugar beet. One detail is not on any label: some cane refineries decolourise with bone char, made from cattle bone, while beet sugar never uses it. Nothing from the char remains in the sugar, but its use is why some vegans avoid non-organic cane sugar.",
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          "food_category": null,
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": null,
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": null,
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1854",
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      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
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      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
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    }
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      "name": "Amerfond",
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      "name": "beta-D-Fructofuranosyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside",
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      "name": "Cane sugar",
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      "name": "CAS-57-50-1",
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      "name": "CCRIS 2120",
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      "name": "Confectioner's sugar",
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      "name": "DYSPEPSIA HEADACHE",
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      "name": "Frost Sugar",
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      "name": "Fructofuranoside, alpha-D-glucopyranosyl, beta-D",
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      "name": "GLC-(1-2)FRU",
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      "name": "Glucopyranoside, beta-D-fructofuranosyl, alpha-D",
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      "name": "GNE-410",
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      "name": "GZE GODDESS SUGAR SCRUB",
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      "name": "HSDB 500",
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      "name": "Microse",
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      "name": "Rock candy",
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      "name": "Rohrzucker",
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      "name": "sacarosa",
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      "name": "Saccarose",
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      "name": "Saccharum",
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      "name": "SACCHARUM OFFICINALE",
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      "name": "Sacharose",
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      "name": "Sucraloxum",
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      "name": "sucrose",
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      "name": "Sucrose (for injection)",
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      "name": "Sucrose (Standard)",
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    {
      "name": "Sucrose - USP",
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    {
      "name": "Sucrose 15%",
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    {
      "name": "Sucrose CRS",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose Palmitic Acid (1:1 Mixture)",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose solution",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose, AR",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose, dust",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sucrose, LR",
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    },
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      "name": "Sucrose, pure",
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      "name": "Sucrose, purified",
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      "name": "SUCS",
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      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
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      "name": "sugar",
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    },
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      "name": "sugars, total",
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    {
      "name": "Table sugar",
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    {
      "name": "White sugar",
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    {
      "name": "(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-(((2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-Dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)oxy)-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-3,4,5-triol",
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    {
      "name": "(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol",
      "type": "iupac",
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    {
      "name": "(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-{[(2S,3S,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxy}-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol",
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      "name": "beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside",
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      "name": "Sucrose",
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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, \"Sucrose\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/sucrose. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.721Z"
}