Food additive databasesweetenerChecked 2026-10-02
D-Xylose D-キシロース
Existing food additiveNot on the EU additive list
- Purpose
- sweetener
- On the label
- “甘味料（キシロース）” (sweetener (xylose)), “甘味料（D-キシロース）” (sweetener (D-xylose))
- Name in the List of Existing Food Additives
- D-キシロース (No. 78)
- Source and production
- Sweet, colorless to white crystals or crystalline powder containing at least 98.0% D-xylose (dried basis) (component specifications). The source and manufacturing method are not given in the list of listed items.
In Japan
- A five-carbon sugar (molecular formula C5H10O5). Its purpose on the List of Existing Food Additives (list of listed items) is sweetener.
- No standards for use (permitted foods and upper limits) have been set.
- Because it is a sweetener, the purpose name is shown alongside, as in “甘味料（キシロース）” (sweetener (xylose)). The simplified name is “キシロース” (xylose). It is a different substance from xylitol (a designated additive), a sugar alcohol.
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)
- 第10版食品添加物公定書（厚生労働省・消費者庁、2024年）成分規格・保存基準各条 (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.