Food additive databasethickener / stabilizerChecked 2026-10-02

Acetylated Distarch Adipate アセチル化アジピン酸架橋デンプン

Designated additivePermitted in the EU (E1422)

Purpose: thickener / stabilizer
On the label: “加工デンプン” (modified starch), “増粘剤（加工デンプン）” (thickener (modified starch))
Name in the List of Designated Additives: アセチル化アジピン酸架橋デンプン (No. 17)

In Japan

One of the “modified starches” (加工デンプン), which are chemically processed starches. No standards for use have been set.
Its short name is “加工デンプン” (modified starch). When it is used as a thickener, stabilizer, gelling agent, or “糊料” (thickening agent), it falls under the 8 purposes for which the purpose name must be written alongside.

Japan's standards for use

There are no standards for use that limit which foods or how much (the general standards for all additives still apply).

This is a summary of the standards for use. See the source list for the exact conditions.

In the EU

It is on the EU list of food additives (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) as E1422.
In the EU as well, chemically modified starches can be grouped and labeled as “modified starch,” and the substance name and E number need not be given (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex VII).

When it is labeled under a shared name

Acetylated Distarch Adipate may be declared on the label in the same way as “加工デンプン”. See Modified starch for details.

Sources

Checked 2026-10-02. Rules and evaluations change over time. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.

This page lists facts stated in laws and in evaluations by public bodies; it is not a safety verdict. Additives used in Japan are approved by the government, which sets the foods and amounts they can be used in. The ADI is a guide to the amount that is considered safe to take every day over a lifetime.

Other substances used as thickener / stabilizer

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