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  "name": "Vitamin A",
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  },
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  "summary": "Vitamin A is added to margarine, milk, and infant and fortified foods. As an additive it is usually retinyl palmitate or acetate rather than retinol itself, because the esters keep better.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by chemical synthesis for fortification use, though vitamin A also occurs naturally in fish liver oils and dairy fat. Preparations are commonly stabilised in a gelatin matrix, which is a dietary question about the preparation rather than the vitamin.",
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          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": null,
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": null,
          "citation": {
            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1930",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-184.1930"
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        }
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      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
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      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "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": []
    }
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      "name": "3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6, 6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraen-1-ol",
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      "name": "3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)-nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol",
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      "name": "Agoncal",
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      "name": "All Trans Retinol",
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      "name": "All-trans retinol",
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      "name": "Alphalin",
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      "name": "Anti Wrinkle Eye Cream",
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      "name": "Anti-aging cream",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Antixerophthalmisches Vitamin",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Apostavit",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Axerophthol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Axerophtholum",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Bean Moisturizing",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "Bentavit A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Chocola A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "CVC Retinol collagen",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Epiteliol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Firming Cream",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "G2SH0XKK91",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Highy-Stable",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Homagenets Aoral",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "LANIMPRESS Anti-aging cream",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "LANIMPRESS Dark Anti-aging cream",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Moisturizing Anti-Aging Cream",
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    {
      "name": "Neck Firming",
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    {
      "name": "Nepalm",
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    {
      "name": "Pure Retinol",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Recovery Cream",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "RerinolCream",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "retinol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Retinol cream for face moisturizer face cream",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "RETINOL VITAMIN E",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "Retinol, all trans-",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Retinolo",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
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    {
      "name": "Retinolum",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "retinolum densatum oleosum",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "RETOL",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "openfoodtox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ro-a-vit",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sehkraft A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Super A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Surfree Firming",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Testavol S",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "trans-retinol",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ultra Brightening Fade",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Veroftal",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vitamin A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vitamin A 1",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vitamin A1",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vitamine A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vitaminum A",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vitpex",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Vogan",
      "type": "common",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Wachstumsvitamin",
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      "name": "(2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexenyl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol",
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      "name": "(2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol",
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      "name": "(2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol",
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      "name": "(all-E)-3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraen-1-ol",
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      "name": "3,7-Dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-2,4,6,8-nonatetraen-1-ol, (all-E)-",
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      "name": "Vitamin A",
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  "sources": [
    {
      "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, \"Vitamin A\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/vitamin-a. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.766Z"
}