Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States

Food Additives Approved by European Union:

  • Polydextrose [show]

General Information

Synonyms: MODIFIED POLYDEXTROSES
Chemical Names: RANDOMLY BONDED GLUCOSE POLYMERS WITH SOME SORBITOL END-GROUPS AND WITH CITRIC ACID RESIDUES ATTACHED TO THE POLYMERS BY MONO OR DIESTER BONDS
CAS number: 68424-04-4
INS:

1200

Functional Class: Food Additives
STABILIZER
HUMECTANT
THICKENER
BULKING_AGENT

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1987
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Meeting: 31
Specs Code: R (1995)
Report: TRS 759-JECFA 31/31
Tox Monograph: FAS 16-JECFA 25/144 (1981)
Specification: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/103 (1998). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.3/51

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GSFA Provisions for POLYDEXTROSES

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
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
01.2.1.1

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

GMP Note 235,Note 234
09.2.4.3

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

GMP Note 41
09.2.1

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

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

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

GMP Note 258
01.4.2

Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)

GMP Note 236

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