Food additive databaseantioxidant, nutrient (fortification)Checked 2026-10-02
Mixed Tocopherols ミックストコフェロール
Existing food additivePermitted in the EU (E306)
- Purpose
- antioxidant, nutrient (fortification)
- On the label
- “酸化防止剤（ビタミンE）” (antioxidant (vitamin E)), “酸化防止剤（V.E）” (antioxidant (V.E)), “酸化防止剤（トコフェロール）” (antioxidant (tocopherol)), “酸化防止剤（ミックストコフェロール）” (antioxidant (mixed tocopherols)), “抽出トコフェロール” (extracted tocopherol), “ミックスビタミンE” (mixed vitamin E)
- Name in the List of Existing Food Additives
- ミックストコフェロール (No. 285)
- Source and production
- Obtained from vegetable fats and oils, with d-α-, d-β-, d-γ-, and d-δ-tocopherols as the main components. It may contain edible fats and oils.
In Japan
- Its main components are four kinds of tocopherols (members of the vitamin E family) obtained from vegetable fats and oils. Its purposes in the list are antioxidant and nutrient fortifier (List of Existing Food Additives).
- When used as an antioxidant, it is written together with the purpose name, as in “酸化防止剤（ビタミンE）” (antioxidant (vitamin E)). The short names “抽出トコフェロール” (extracted tocopherol), “ビタミンE” (vitamin E), and “V.E” are shared with other vitamin E items such as d-α-tocopherol, so the label alone does not tell you which one it is.
- When used to fortify nutrition, labeling can be omitted.
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 on the EU list of food additives (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) as E306.
When it is labeled under a shared name
Mixed Tocopherols may be declared on the label in the same way as “酸化防止剤（ビタミンC・ビタミンE）”. See Antioxidant (vitamin C / vitamin E) for details.
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.
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.