Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States

Food Additives Approved by European Union:

  • Methyl cellulose [show]

General Information

Synonyms: CELLULOSE METHYL ETHER
Chemical Names: METHYL ETHER OF CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE METHYL ETHER
CAS number: 9004-67-5
FEMA number: 2696
INS:

461

Functional Class: Food Additives
EMULSIFIER
STABILIZER
THICKENER

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1989
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Meeting: 35
Specs Code: S
Comments: Group ADI for modified celluloses: ethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl ethyl cellulose, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
Report: TRS 789-JECFA 35/24
Tox Monograph: FAS 26-JECFA 35/93
Specification: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS) (2001). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.2/347

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GSFA Provisions for METHYL CELLULOSE

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP Note 160
09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

GMP Note 16,Note 325
09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 16
01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

GMP Note 234
08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP Note 281
08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

GMP Note 16,Note 326
09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 332,Note 325,Note 41
09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 332,Note 177
09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note XS191,Note XS95,Note XS92,Note XS36,Note XS315,Note 391,Note 332,Note XS292,Note XS312,Note XS190
09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 16
11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

GMP Note 258
01.4.1

Pasteurized cream (plain)

GMP Note 236
09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 300,Note 332

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