E1450 Starch sodium octenyl succinate — is it halal?

Ruling: Mashbuh (doubtful)

Description

A modified starch: starch is esterified with octenylsuccinic anhydride (mainly petrochemical) in an alkaline slurry; may be enzyme-hydrolysed. An emulsifier and carrier, incl. in infant foods — for ARA/DHA and vitamin preparations. Alcohol: patents dilute the anhydride with ethanol and wash the starch. Animal: encapsulation of fish oil, krill oil, animal fats (a patent uses lard), walls with gelatin and casein.

Basis of the ruling

Starch sodium octenyl succinate is made by esterifying starch with octenyl succinic anhydride in an alkaline suspension; some manufacturers hydrolyse it with enzymes whose source is not named. In patents the anhydride is diluted with alcohol and the starch is washed with it; the source of the alcohol is not named.

Names: Октенилсукцинат крахмала натрия · Starch sodium octenyl succinate · أوكتينيل سكسينات النشا والصوديوم

Also known as: OSA starch, E 1450, E-1450, Е1450, Е 1450, INS 1450, эфир крахмала и натриевой соли октенилянтарной кислоты, OSA-крахмал, sodium starch octenylsuccinate, SSOS, octenyl succinic anhydride modified starch, HI-CAP 100, N-CREAMER 46, CLEARGUM CO, أوكتينيل سكسينات النشا والصوديوم

Category: Modified starches

Regulatory source: EU 1333/2008

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