Food additive databasesweetenerChecked 2026-10-02
Licorice Extract カンゾウ抽出物
Existing food additiveNot on the EU additive list
- Purpose
- sweetener
- On the label
- “甘味料（カンゾウ）” (sweetener (licorice)), “甘味料（リコリス）” (sweetener (licorice)), “カンゾウ甘味料” (licorice sweetener), “カンゾウエキス” (licorice extract), “グリチルリチン” (glycyrrhizin), “リコリス抽出物” (licorice extract)
- Name in the List of Existing Food Additives
- カンゾウ抽出物 (No. 73)
- Source and production
- Obtained from the roots or rhizomes of Ural licorice (“ウラルカンゾウ”), “チョウカカンゾウ” (chōka-kanzō), “ヨウカンゾウ” (yō-kanzō), or related plants; the main component is glycyrrhizic acid. There are crude and purified forms.
In Japan
- A sweetener obtained from the roots and rhizomes of licorice (“甘草”, kanzō); the main sweet component is glycyrrhizic acid. In the list of listed items, it is divided into crude and purified forms.
- No standards for use (permitted foods and upper limits) have been set (disodium glycyrrhizinate, a designated additive, may be used only in soy sauce and miso).
- Because it is a sweetener, the purpose name is shown alongside, as in “甘味料（カンゾウ）” (sweetener (licorice)). “カンゾウ”, “カンゾウ甘味料”, and “リコリス” can be used as simplified or category names, and “カンゾウエキス”, “グリチルリチン”, and “リコリス抽出物” can be used as other names.
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.