getabiteE920 · INS 920Sometimes animal
L-cysteine
Common US / international name: L-cysteine
- Origin
- Amino acid used as a dough conditioner in industrial baking.
- What it depends on
- May come from poultry feathers, human hair, or fermentation and synthesis.
- Where it typically appears
- Industrial bread, bagels, pizza dough, bakery mixes.
- Product groups
- Bakery
- Source
- EU Reg. No 1333/2008 Annex II; Codex CAC/GL 36-1989; Open Food Facts additives taxonomy (ODbL). As of September 1, 2026
