Thiamine Dilaurylsulfate is a kind of Vitamin B1 derivative, and it was produced from Thiamine hydrochloride and Sodium lauryl sulfate as raw materials. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation developed the Vitamin B1 derivative which were stability and non-hygroscopic for nutrient enhancement. As a result, Thiamine Dicetylsulfate and Thiamine Dilaurylsulfate were estimated safety and effective in 1956 and 1958, they were appointed as Food additive of the Food Sanitation Law of Japan. There is a unique vitamin B1 smell with a crystal of the white or crystalline powder from colorlessness both and is tasteless. Thiamine Dilaurylsulfate which was stability was added in wheat, bread, noodles as for nutrient enhancement in conjunction with the vitamins intake situation of the nation at first, and it has been used. Thiamine Dilaurylsulfate is a stability than Thiamine Dicetylsulfate, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation sold it by the company policy.
When Thiamine Dilaurylsulfate was appointed as Food additive of the Food Sanitation Law of Japan, it was used for nutrient enhancement. Because the nutrition situation including the vitamins of the nation was improved slowly, the use decreased as nutrient enhancement. However, in late years Thiamine Dilaurylsulfate is used as an ingredient for shelf life extension, because it has high Bacteriostatic activities against fungi and lactobacilli, as well as common bacteria.