Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved by European Union:


General Information

Synonyms: LACTIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTOGLYCERIDES
Chemical Names: LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL
CAS number: 31566-31-1 (GLYCERYL STEARATE)
INS:

472b

Functional Class: Food Additives
EMULSIFIER

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1973
ADI: NOT LIMITED
Meeting: 17
Specs Code: R
Comments: As sum of total glycerol esters of fatty acids and acetic, citric, lactic and tartaric acids, provided that the total food additive intake of tartaric acid does not exceed 30 mg/kg
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/20
Tox Monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/231
Specification: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/203 (METALS LIMITS) (2000). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.2/253

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GSFA Provisions for LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

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
13.2

Complementary foods for infants and young children

5,000 mg/kg Note 268,Note 239
09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

GMP Note 241
01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

GMP 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,Note 16
09.2.1

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

GMP Note XS312,Note XS36,Note XS315,Note XS95,Note XS92,Note XS190,Note XS165,Note XS191,Note XS292
09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 16
11.4

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

GMP Note 258
01.4.1

Pasteurized cream (plain)

GMP Note 236
09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 300

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