Food Safety Substance
Hydroxypropyl celluloseE463
Hydroxypropyl cellulose (E463) is a food additive with PUBLISHED in the EU, GRAS in the US, and data from 9 regulatory sources.
CAS 9004-64-2
E463
Indexable evidence set
FDA
GRAS
ADI / TDI
ADI NOT SPECIFIED
Codex
18 row(s)
SOURCE
D1 identity resolution
e number aliases | Food Additives | dsstox identifiers | 9 matched regulatory source group(s)
Substance Identity
Resolved identifiers used to render this food-safety record.
Substance name
Hydroxypropyl cellulose
CAS
9004-64-2
E-number
E463
Evidence tier
Indexable evidence set (14)
SOURCE
EU Commission
FDA | Health Canada | Regulatory source
Multi-Jurisdiction Comparison
Side-by-side status rows for the same resolved substance across public food regulators.
| Jurisdiction | Authority | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | EU Commission | PUBLISHED | EU additive listing; Annex II entry |
| Canada | Health Canada | Listed | Emulsifying, stabilizing or thickening agent |
| Codex | Codex Alimentarius | Listed | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener |
SOURCE
EU Commission
EU Food Additives | EU Food Additives Database Reg 1333 2008
EU Food Additive Status
EU Commission food-additive listing rows from eu_food_additives.
| Jurisdiction | E-number | Status | Type | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | E463A | PUBLISHED | substanceFAD | Low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (L-HPC) | - |
| European Union | E463 | PUBLISHED | substanceFAD | Hydroxypropyl cellulose | - |
SOURCE
EU Commission
EU Annex II Authorised | EU Food Additives Database Reg 1333 2008
EU Annex II Authorised Uses
Authorised additive rows and use conditions from EU Annex II tables.
| Jurisdiction | E-number | Name | INS | Policy item | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | E463 | Hydroxypropyl cellulose | - | POL-FAD-IMPORT-3168 | - |
| European Union | E463A | Low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (L-HPC) | - | POL-FAD-IMPORT-3374 | - |
Conditions and restrictions
| Jurisdiction | Food category | Restriction | Comment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | 11.4.1 table-top sweeteners in liquid form | quantum satis | - | Regulatory source |
| European Union | 11.4.2 table-top sweeteners in powder form | quantum satis | - | Regulatory source |
| European Union | 11.4.3 table-top sweeteners in tablets | quantum satis | - | Regulatory source |
| European Union | 17.1 food supplements supplied in a solid form excluding food supplements for infants and young children’, | - | - | Regulatory source |
| European Union | 11.4.1 table-top sweeteners in liquid form | quantum satis | - | Regulatory source |
| European Union | 11.4.2 table-top sweeteners in powder form | quantum satis | - | Regulatory source |
| European Union | 11.4.3 table-top sweeteners in tablets | quantum satis | - | Regulatory source |
| European Union | 17.1 food supplements supplied in a solid form excluding food supplements for infants and young children’, | - | - | Regulatory source |
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Regulatory source
Codex GSFA Status
Codex Alimentarius GSFA permissions and maximum-use rows.
| Jurisdiction | INS / E-number | Function | Food category | Max level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation | GMP | For use as a stabilizer or thickener only.; For use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS243-2003) only.; For use in reconstituted and recombined... |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation | GMP | For use as a stabilizer or thickener only. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.2.2 Renneted milk (plain) | GMP | - |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream (plain) | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cream and Prepared Creams (CXS 288-1976) |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 01.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) | GMP | - |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit | GMP | For use in waxes, coatings or glazes where these surface treatments are allowed for application to the surface of fresh fruit. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts | GMP | For use in fresh meat, poultry and game products only.; For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted | GMP | For use in fresh minced meat which contains other ingredients apart from comminuted meat only. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Live Abalone and for Raw Fresh Chilled or Frozen Abalone for Direct Consumption or for Further Processing (CODEX STAN 312-2013).;... |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For non-standardized food and for breaded or batter coatings in food conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillets -... |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products | GMP | For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.; For general use in surimi products. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | For use in breading or batter coatings only.; For general use as a glazing agent.; For general use in surimi products. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | GMP | Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscan Shellfish (CODEX STAN 222-2001).; Excluding products... |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) | GMP | Excluding maple syrup. |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 12.1.2 Salt Substitutes | GMP | - |
| Codex | 463 | Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener | 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa | GMP | For use in ready-to-drink products and pre-mixes for ready-to-drink products only. |
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Health Canada
health canada food additives
Health Canada Status
Health Canada food-additive permissions by functional class and food scope.
| Jurisdiction | Class | Permitted foods | Maximum level | List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Emulsifying, stabilizing or thickening agent | Unstandardized foods | Good Manufacturing Practice | List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents |
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EU Commission
EU Food Contact Materials
EU FCM Substances
EU food-contact material rows and migration-limit fields.
| Jurisdiction | FCM no. | Ref no. | Substance | Use | SML | Regulation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union | 559 | 61680 | hydroxypropylcellulose | additive/PPA | - | Regulation (EU) No 10/2011, Annex I |
| European Union | 559 | - | hydroxypropylcellulose | - | - | Regulation (EC) No 450/2009, Register v1.1 |
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WHO/JECFA
JECFA ADI Values
JECFA ADI records and evaluation years.
| Jurisdiction | Chemical name | JECFA no. | CAS | ADI | ADI upper | Function | Evaluation year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JECFA | HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE | - | 9004-64-2 | NOT SPECIFIED | - | THICKENER, EMULSIFIER, GLAZING_AGENT, STABILIZER | 1989 |
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Ingredient record
GHS classifications
Cross-Reference to Cosmetics / Chemicals / Pharma
Same-CAS public rows from adjacent Roots verticals where available.
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Cross-vertical comparison
Ingredient record | GHS classifications
Cross-Vertical Regulatory Divergence
This substance has different regulatory treatment across food, cosmetics, and industrial use.
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FAQPage JSON-LD
public food renderer rows
Frequently Asked Questions
Food-use, safety, ADI, and cross-vertical answers mirrored into FAQPage JSON-LD.
What is Hydroxypropyl cellulose used for in food?
Hydroxypropyl cellulose appears in food-use rows as: thickener|emulsifier|stabilizer; Emulsifier; Foaming agent; Glazing agent; Stabilizer; Thickener; Emulsifying, stabilizing or thickening agent.
Is Hydroxypropyl cellulose / E463 safe?
This page does not assign a standalone safety verdict; it renders public regulatory evidence. ADI/reference value: ADI NOT SPECIFIED . EU status evidence: PUBLISHED. US/FDA evidence: GRAS.
What is the ADI for Hydroxypropyl cellulose?
Hydroxypropyl cellulose has this ADI/reference value in the food-safety tables: ADI NOT SPECIFIED . Source: food substances.
Is Hydroxypropyl cellulose also used in cosmetics?
Hydroxypropyl cellulose has a same-CAS cosmetics cross-reference: Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, EU status permitted.