Elemi Resin エレミ樹脂

In Japan

• A resin whose main component is β-amyrin, obtained from the exudate of a tree called Manila elemi. Its purposes on the list are thickening stabilizer and gum base (definition in the List of Existing Food Additives and in Japan's Specifications and Standards for Food Additives).
• When used as the base of chewing gum, it can be labeled simply with the group name “ガムベース” (gum base). When used as a thickener or stabilizer, it is written together with the purpose name, as in “増粘剤（エレミ樹脂）” (thickener (elemi resin)).

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
• 厚生労働省「第10版食品添加物公定書」D 成分規格・保存基準各条 (Japanese)
• 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)

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.