E1452 is starch aluminium octenyl succinate. In the Codex CXG 36 functional classes it belongs to: anticaking agent.
Did you know? Starch aluminium octenyl succinate is extensively used in corticosteroid creams applied to the skin to treat skin diseases such as eczema.
In Vietnam✕ Not permitted in VietnamNot on Vietnam's list of permitted additives (Circular 24/2019); it may be used only in a product whose declaration is registered with the Vietnam Food Administration
Risk level on the Yenzo Scalehigh?Because it is not permitted in Vietnam; by the scientific evaluations alone: moderate
EFSA (2008) found that intake in some population groups can exceed the tolerable weekly intake (TWI); the EU therefore cut the maximum use levels and removed some of these additives (Regulation (EU) 380/2012). This is what puts it at the middle level of the Yenzo Scale.
Questions about starch aluminium octenyl succinate
What is E1452 (starch aluminium octenyl succinate)?
E1452 is starch aluminium octenyl succinate: starch esterified with octenylsuccinic anhydride and treated with aluminium sulfate (the definition in EU rules as cited by EFSA). In Codex CXG 36 it belongs to the anticaking agent class.
Is starch aluminium octenyl succinate harmful?
In 2017 EFSA re-evaluated 12 modified starches, including E1452. It concluded that there is no safety concern at the reported uses and use levels for the general population and no need for a numerical ADI. E1452 is used only in food supplements, so EFSA calculated it separately: for food supplement consumers the 95th percentile exposure was up to 22.1 mg/kg body weight a day.
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