INS 1450 is starch sodium octenyl succinate, a modified starch with both water-loving and oil-loving ends. That dual nature lets it stabilise the cloudy 'fruit juice' look in soft drinks and lock flavour oils into spray-dried powders that need to stay shelf-stable. It is generally vegan and is permitted by FSSAI for specified food categories.
INS 1450 is starch sodium octenyl succinate, a modified starch with both water-loving and oil-loving ends. That dual nature lets it stabilise the cloudy 'fruit juice' look in soft drinks and lock flavour oils into spray-dried powders that need to stay shelf-stable.
Brands use it because traditional starches do not hold oil in suspension. OSA starch wraps flavour oils, vitamins, and beta-carotene into tiny stable particles, which is why you see it in flavoured beverages, vitamin-enriched drinks, encapsulated seasoning powders, and infant formula coatings.
INS 1450 commonly shows up on Indian packets in these categories:
Starch sodium octenyl succinate is made from plant starches (corn, tapioca) reacted with octenyl succinic anhydride. No animal product is used in its manufacture.
FSSAI: Permitted by FSSAI under Schedule I of the FSS (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations 2011 as a thickener, stabiliser, and emulsifier for specified food categories with category-specific limits, including in some infant-formula applications subject to additional FSSAI conditions.
JECFA: Group ADI 'not specified' for modified starches as a class. EFSA's 2017 re-evaluation confirmed no safety concern at reported use levels for the general population. EFSA flagged a need for additional data specifically when used in infant formula and follow-on formula at higher inclusion levels; FSSAI's infant-formula provisions apply category-specific limits.
On packets, in recipes, and in conversation, INS 1450 is also called:
Last verified: 2026-04-30.