Maltodextrin

Drug ingredient

CAS 9050-36-6

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$510M

Top sourceMalaysia 14%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 170290, 350510 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Not published · Imports Not published

These shares come from HS customs code 170290, 350510, which covers 22 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

MY 14%MalaysiaNL 11%NetherlandsAU 11%AustraliaCN 10%ChinaIT 8%Italy

South Korea
Turkey
Spain
Sweden
Romania
Switzerland
Colombia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Peru
Ukraine
Poland
Bangladesh
Lebanon
Slovakia
Israel
Hungary
United Arab Emirates
Morocco
Argentina
Bulgaria
Jamaica
Cambodia
Portugal
Costa Rica
Egypt
Venezuela
Nigeria
Afghanistan
Luxembourg
El Salvador
Dominican Republic
North Macedonia
Jordan

EPA-registered importers (2)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Brenntag

Givaudan Fragrances

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthCore Chemicals

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Aspartame/MSG Detox

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

•Fragrance in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS9050-36-6

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID5027720

FormulaNot recorded

Mol. WeightNot recorded

SMILESNot recorded

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID5027720Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Maltodextrin (CAS 9050-36-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/9050-36-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID5027720. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID5027720 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 9050-36-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 9050-36-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 170290,350510 for CAS 9050-36-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/