Food additive databasebittering agentChecked 2026-10-02
Redbark cinchona extract キナ抽出物
Existing food additiveNot on the EU additive list
- Purpose
- bittering agent
- On the label
- “苦味料” (bittering agent), “キナ抽出物” (cinchona extract)
- Name in the List of Existing Food Additives
- キナ抽出物 (No. 83)
- Source and production
- Obtained by extracting the bark of the red cinchona (“アカキナ”), a plant of the madder family (Rubiaceae), with water, ethanol, or the like. The active components are quinine, quinidine, and cinchonine.
In Japan
- A bittering agent extracted from red cinchona bark, with quinine and others as the source of the bitterness. Its purpose on the List of Existing Food Additives (list of listed items) is “苦味料等” (bittering agents, etc.).
- No standards for use (permitted foods and upper limits) have been set.
- When used to add bitterness, it can be labeled with the group name “苦味料” (bittering agent).
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 not on the EU list of food additives (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II), so it cannot be used as a food additive in the EU.
Sources
- List of Existing Food 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
- 消費者庁「食品表示基準について」別添 添加物関係（既存添加物名簿収載品目リスト・簡略名・一括名の範囲ほか） (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.