KARAYA GUM

Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States

Food Additives Approved by European Union:

General Information

Synonyms: GUM KARAYA, GUM STERCULIA, KADAYA, KATILO, KULLO, KUTERRA, STERCULIA
CAS number: 9000-36-6
FEMA number: 2605
INS:

416
Functional Class: Food Additives
EMULSIFIER
STABILIZER
THICKENER

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1988
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Meeting: 33
Specs Code: R
Report: TRS 776-JECFA 33/22
Tox Monograph: FAS 24-JECFA 33/97
Specification: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS) (2001). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.2/239

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GSFA Provisions for KARAYA GUM

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

 GMP Note 160
09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

 GMP Note 241
06.4.2

Dried pastas and noodles and like products

 GMP Note 256
01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

 GMP Note 234
01.2.1.1

Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation

 200 mg/kg Note 235,Note 234
08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

 GMP Note 281
08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

 GMP Note 326,Note 16
06.4.1

Fresh pastas and noodles and like products

 GMP Note 211
09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

 GMP Note 41
09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

 GMP Note XS166
09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

 GMP Note XS92,Note XS292,Note XS190,Note XS95,Note XS315,Note XS191,Note XS165,Note XS36,Note XS312
11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

 GMP Note 258

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