Food additive databasepreservativeChecked 2026-10-02
Thujaplicin（Extract） Hinokitiol(Extract) ツヤプリシン（抽出物）
Existing food additiveNot on the EU additive list
- Purpose
- preservative
- On the label
- “保存料（ヒノキチオール）” (preservative (hinokitiol)), “保存料（ツヤプリシン）” (preservative (thujaplicin)), “ヒノキチオール（抽出物）” (hinokitiol (extract))
- Name in the List of Existing Food Additives
- ツヤプリシン（抽出物） (No. 186)
- Source and production
- Obtained from the trunk, branches, or roots of asunaro (hiba), with thujaplicins as the main component (definition in the specifications).
In Japan
- A component obtained from the trunk, branches, and roots of hiba; its purpose in the List of Existing Food Additives is preservative. The specifications state that the dried product contains 98.0 to 102.0% β-thujaplicin.
- No standards for use (the foods it can be used in or the maximum amounts) have been set.
- Because it is a preservative, the purpose name is written alongside, as in “保存料（ヒノキチオール）” (preservative (hinokitiol)). The alternative name is “ヒノキチオール（抽出物）” (hinokitiol (extract)) and the short name is “ヒノキチオール” (hinokitiol).
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.