Glycerol: version 1

Saved 2026-09-12 15:50 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Wrigley's Extra Peppermint Sugarfree Gum 27 g**, EAN-8 93613910 (GTIN-14 00000093613910), from the wanted list (old title "extra sugarfree chewing gum 14 piece pack"). The Australian/New Zeala. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Glycerol <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Glycerol
e_number: E422
allergen: none
<!--/identity-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name      | type     | locale | from | until |
| --------- | -------- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| 422       | e_number |        |      |       |
| Glycerin  | search   | en     |      |       |
| Glycerine | search   | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref             | url                                                                                                                                                   | title                                        | accessed   | publisher                            | kind     | published  | record_id | locator                                 | licence      | attribution                  | upstream |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | -------- | ---------- | --------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| off-nutrition   | https://images.openfoodfacts.org/images/products/000/009/361/3910/nutrition_en.8.full.jpg                                                             | Nutrition information panel on the 27 g pack | 2026-09-12 | Open Food Facts                      | pack     | 2015-02-27 |           | Back panel                              | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Open Food Facts contributors |          |
| fsanz-additives | https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/sites/default/files/consumer/additives/additiveoverview/Documents/Food%20additives%20-%20numberical%20May%202019.pdf | Food additives - numerical list              | 2026-09-12 | Food Standards Australia New Zealand | registry | 2019-05    |           | Codes 320, 321, 420, 421, 422, 950, 951 |              |                              |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Glycerol is a humectant that keeps chewing gum and other foods soft. The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code lists it under code number 422 as "glycerin or glycerol"; in the European Union the same additive is E422.[^fsanz-additives] Wrigley's Extra peppermint sugarfree gum sold in Australia and New Zealand declares it by number only, as "humectant (422)", and its panel gives 10 g of glycerol per 100 g.[^off-nutrition]
<!--/about-->