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Modified Rice Starch

Low concern

Modified starches are widely used food ingredients. EFSA re-evaluated modified starches and concluded no safety concern at reported uses.

Found in
467 products

What it is

Rice starch chemically or physically modified to alter its functional properties (e.g., E1404-E1452 series).

Thickener, stabilizer, texturizer.

What regulators actually say

"Food starch-modified... may be safely used in food."

"The Panel concluded that there is no safety concern for the use of modified starches as food additives at the currently reported levels of use."

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Permitted under 21 CFR 172.892 (food starch-modified)

European Union — EFSA

Approved food additives in EU; re-evaluated by EFSA

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