Food additive databasethickener / stabilizer, processing agentChecked 2026-10-02
Yeast Cell Wall 酵母細胞壁
Existing food additiveNot on the EU additive list
- Purpose
- thickener / stabilizer, processing agent
- On the label
- “酵母細胞壁” (yeast cell wall), “酵母細胞膜” (yeast cell membrane), “増粘剤（酵母細胞壁）” (thickener (yeast cell wall)), “安定剤（酵母細胞壁）” (stabilizer (yeast cell wall))
- Name in the List of Existing Food Additives
- 酵母細胞壁 (No. 123)
- Source and production
- Obtained from the cell walls of yeast of the genus Saccharomyces (limited to S. cerevisiae, S. bayanus, and S. pastorianus); the main component is polysaccharides.
In Japan
- An additive whose main component is polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of yeast of the genus Saccharomyces (Japan's Specifications and Standards for Food Additives). Its purposes in the list of items in the List of Existing Food Additives are thickening stabilizer and processing agent. There are no standards for use.
- When used for thickening or stabilizing, it is written together with its purpose name, such as “増粘剤（酵母細胞壁）” (thickener (yeast cell wall)). The alternate name is “酵母細胞膜” (yeast cell membrane).
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
- 第10版食品添加物公定書（2024年、厚生労働省・消費者庁）成分規格・保存基準各条の定義 (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、既存添加物名簿収載品目リスト） (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.