# Bakers yeast glycan — Food additive regulatory approval status — US FDA vs EU

For Bakers yeast glycan, jurisdiction is US FDA (21 CFR 172–178); status is permitted; citation is 21 CFR 172.898; use conditions is in food in accordance with the following conditions:   ( a ) Bakers yeast glycan is the comminuted, washed, pasteurized, and dried cell walls of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **Additive:** Bakers yeast glycan _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Jurisdiction:** US FDA (21 CFR 172–178) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Status:** permitted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Citation:** 21 CFR 172.898 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Use conditions:** in food in accordance with the following conditions:   ( a ) Bakers yeast glycan is the comminuted, washed, pasteurized, and dried cell walls of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> permitted for use by this section are a distinct commodity from glanded cottonseed. § 172.896 Dried yeasts. Dried yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces fragilis ) and dried torula yeast ( Candida utilis ) may be safely used in food provided the total folic acid content of the yeast does not exceed 0.04 milligram per gram of yeast (approximately 0.008 milligram of pteroyglutamic acid per gram of yeast). § 172.898 Bakers yeast glycan. Bakers yeast glycan may be safely used in food in accordance with the following conditions: ( a ) Bakers yeast glycan is the comminuted, washed, pasteurized, and dried cell walls of the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is composed principally of long chain carbohydrates, not less than 85 percent on a dry solids basis.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-172

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2027-08-15.
Part of [Food additive regulatory approval status — US FDA vs EU](https://referencesource.org/food-additive-approval-status-us-vs-eu/).