{"id":27347,"date":"2026-09-18T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=27347"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:22:12","slug":"sorbitan-tristearate-added-to-vegan-journals-guide-to-food-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/09\/18\/sorbitan-tristearate-added-to-vegan-journals-guide-to-food-ingredients\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorbitan Tristearate Added to Vegan Journal\u2019s Guide to Food Ingredients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fing-cover-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fing-cover-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>sorbitan tristearate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also known as<\/strong>: Span 65, STS, sorbitan stearate, E492, sorbitan trioctadecanoate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commercial source<\/strong>: vegetable (sorbitan: corn, potato, wheat, or tapioca starches; tristearate: palm, soybean, or sunflower oils)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Used in<\/strong>: chocolate, cocoa butter, palm oil, coconut oil, margarine, ice cream, frozen foods, ready-to-eat meals, dips, spreads, sauces, salad dressings, puddings, imitation whipped cream, icings, baked goods, cake mixes, flavors, fragrances, candy, chewing gum, milk and cream whiteners, beverage whiteners, edible ices, human and animal dietary supplements, cosmetics, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, cleaning products, plastics, coatings, paints, inks, pesticides, firefighting foams, candles, and textile, paper, metalworking and rubber industries<\/p>\n<p><strong>Used as<\/strong>: emulsifier, texture enhancer, humectant, surfactant, aerating agent, antiblooming agent, crystal inhibitor, releasing agent, dispersing agent, binder, softening agent, antistatic agent, carrier agent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition<\/strong>: A close chemical cousin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php#sorbitan_monostearate\">sorbitan monostearate<\/a>, STS is formed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php#sorbitol\">sorbitol<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php#stearic_acid\">stearic acid<\/a>. Among its many food applications, STS is used in chilled and frozen prepared foods to control crystallization and improve freeze-thaw tolerance while it also maintains blend consistency in shelf-stable spreads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classification<\/strong>: Typically Vegan*<\/p>\n<p>*Stearic acid is found in animal fats, but no companies surveyed use animal fats to manufacture sorbitan tristearate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manufacturers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blendtek.com\/ingredients\/sorbitan-tristearate\/\">Blentek<\/a>: \u201cOur sorbitan tristearate is a completely plant-derived ingredient\u2026produced from raw materials derived from vegetable origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huanachemical.com\/products\/sorbitan-tristearate\/\">Guangdong Huana Chemistry Co., Ltd.<\/a>: \u201cOur sorbitan tristearate is of vegetable origin\u2026sorbitol is from corn and stearic acid is from palm oil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohiniorganics.com\/Monemul65.html\">Mohini Organics Pvt. Ltd.<\/a>: \u201cThe sources of the materials are the same for both [SMS and STS]\u2026stearic acid is from a palm source, and sorbitol is from tapioca.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lasenor.com\/\">Lasenor<\/a>: \u201cSorbitol is sourced from wheat\u2026and stearic acid is derived from palm oil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sorbitan tristearate does not have GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-21\/chapter-I\/subchapter-B\/part-172\/subpart-I\/section-172.842\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/a> like many food ingredients have, but it is permitted by the FDA for food use.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atamanchemicals.com\/sorbitan-tristearate-sts_u32383\/\">Ataman Chemicals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Entry added: August 2026<\/p>\n<p>See more ingredient information at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The contents of this posting our website and our other publications, including Vegan Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n<p>To support The Vegetarian Resource Group research, join at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php<\/a> or donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/vrg.org\/donate\">vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sorbitan tristearate Also known as: Span 65, STS, sorbitan stearate, E492, sorbitan trioctadecanoate Commercial source: vegetable (sorbitan: corn, potato, wheat, or tapioca starches; tristearate: palm, soybean, or sunflower oils) Used in: chocolate, cocoa butter, palm oil, coconut oil, margarine, ice cream, frozen foods, ready-to-eat meals, dips, spreads, sauces, salad dressings, puddings, imitation whipped cream, icings, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27349,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27347\/revisions\/27349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}