Food additive databasesweetenerChecked 2026-10-02
Calcium Saccharin サッカリンカルシウム
Designated additivePermitted in the EU (E954)EFSA ADI 9mg per kg body weight per day
- Purpose
- sweetener
- On the label
- “甘味料（サッカリンCa）” (sweetener (Ca saccharin)), “甘味料（サッカリンカルシウム）” (sweetener (calcium saccharin))
- Name in the List of Designated Additives
- サッカリンカルシウム (No. 170)
In Japan
- The calcium salt of saccharin, used as a sweetener. The foods it can be used in and the amounts (residue as sodium saccharin) are set by the standards for use, and the standards are the same as for sodium saccharin.
- Because it is a sweetener, it is written together with its purpose name, as in “甘味料（サッカリンCa）” (sweetener (Ca saccharin)). It is listed among additives that require labeling even for foods sold without packaging (appendix to the CAA’s “Food Labeling Standards” guidance).
Japan's standards for use
- Koji pickles, vinegar pickles, and takuan pickles: residue below 2.0 g/kg as sodium saccharin.
- Powdered soft drinks: below 1.5 g/kg.
- Pickles in sake lees (kasu-zuke), miso pickles, and soy sauce pickles, and processed fish and shellfish products (excluding fish paste products, tsukudani, pickles, and canned or bottled foods): below 1.2 g/kg.
- Processed seaweed products, soy sauce, tsukudani, and boiled beans: below 0.50 g/kg.
- Fish paste products, syrups, vinegar, soft drinks, sauces, milk drinks, lactic acid bacteria drinks, and ice confections: below 0.30 g/kg (some soft drinks, lactic acid bacteria drinks, vinegar, and similar products that are diluted before use have different values).
- Ice cream products, bean pastes (an), jam, pickles (other than those above), fermented milk, flour paste products, and miso: below 0.20 g/kg.
- Confectionery: below 0.10 g/kg; canned or bottled foods other than the above: below 0.20 g/kg.
- When used together with sodium saccharin, the sum of the residues must be below the value set for sodium saccharin. This does not apply when special dietary use labeling has been permitted or approved.
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 E954.
- In its 2024 evaluation, EFSA (the European Food Safety Authority) set an ADI (acceptable daily intake) of 9mg per kg of body weight per day (a group ADI, for the total of related substances) (EFSA FAF).
When it is labeled under a shared name
Calcium Saccharin may be declared on the label in the same way as “サッカリン・サッカリンNa”. See Saccharin for details.
Sources
- List of Designated Additives — Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation (Japanese)
- Standards for use and storage of each additive — Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation (Japanese)
- EU food additive database (Japanese translation) — MAFF (Japanese)
- Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives — EUR-Lex
- EFSA OpenFoodTox (chemical hazards database)
- 消費者庁「食品表示基準について」別添 添加物関係（簡略名・用途名併記・一括名・栄養強化の範囲） (Japanese)
- EFSA FAF Panel (2024) Re-evaluation of saccharin and its sodium, potassium and calcium salts (E 954) as food additives. EFSA Journal 22(11):e9044 (Japanese)
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.