---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.868"
title: "21"
number: "172.868"
heading: "Ethyl cellulose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.868"
---

# §172.868. Ethyl cellulose.


The food additive ethyl cellulose may be safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) The food additive is a cellulose ether containing ethoxy (OC2H5) groups attached by an ether linkage and containing on an anhydrous basis not more than 2.6 ethoxy groups per anhydroglucose unit.
- (b) **It is used or intended for use as follows—**
  - (1) **As a binder and filler in dry vitamin preparations.**
  - (2) **As a component of protective coatings for vitamin and mineral tablets.**
  - (3) **As a fixative in flavoring compounds.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.