Amaranth

Drug ingredient

CAS 915-67-3

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$56M

Top sourceIndia 70%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 320412 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320412, which covers 106 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).

IN 70%IndiaMY 7%MalaysiaCH 4%SwitzerlandCN 4%ChinaDE 3%Germany

Ireland
United Kingdom
Spain
South Korea
Denmark
Pakistan
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Brazil
Turkey

3 FDA-registered drug labelers

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Dr. Donna Restivo DC

Energique, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Chip Cravings
•Grain and Seed Antigens
•Grain and Soy Allergen Mix

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

Vendor Pricing

$0.08/gAA BLOCKS

CountryUnited States

Pack$76.00 / 1 kg

Purity85%

Vendors5 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

4 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$0.08	500 g	85%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$1.58	500 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$1.58	500 g	—
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$50.00	1 g	99.64%

Chemical Identity

CAS915-67-3

PubChem CID13506

DTXSIDDTXSID2021232

FormulaC20H11N2Na3O10S3

Mol. Weight604.5 g/mol

SMILESC1=CC=C2C(=C1)C(=CC=C2S(=O)(=O)[O-])N=NC3=C4C=CC(=CC4=CC(=C3O)S(=O)(=O)[O-])S(=O)(=O)[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+]

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 13506Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Amaranth (CAS 915-67-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/915-67-3/ PubChem: 13506. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/13506 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 915-67-3. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 320412 for CAS 915-67-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/