On Feb. 11, 2018, 7 new food additives and 1 new nutritional fortification substance were opened for public feedback by China CFSA. There is 1 new variety of food additives, 1 new variety of enzyme preparations for food industry, and 5 food additives as well as 1 nutritional fortification substance all of which have amended usage levels or expanded application scopes.
New variety of food additives
S/N | Name | Function | Application scope | Maximum usage limit |
1 | L-disodium malate | Acidity regulator | All (except food categories listed in A.3 of GB 2760-2014) | Use in moderation |
New variety of enzyme preparations for food industry
S/N | Enzyme | Source |
1 | Lipase | Mucor circinelloides (also called Mucor javanicus) |
Food additives enhanced usage level or enlarged application scopes
S/N | Name | Function | Application scope | Maximum usage limit (g/kg) |
1. | Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids | Emulsifier | Western-style pastry | 10.0 |
2 | Brilliant blue | Colorant | Fish roe products | 0.2 |
3 | Lemon yellow | Colorant | Fish roe products | 0.15 |
4 | Sunset yellow | Colorant | Fish roe products | 0.2 |
5 | Carmine | Colorant | Fish roe products | 0.16 |
Nutritional fortification substance
Galacto oligosaccharides (GOS, sourced from whey permeate) has been listed in GB 14880 and served as nutritional fortification substance in infant formula food and cereal-based complementary baby food. The latest announcement proposed to expand its application scope to milk powder for children with usage limit of 58.8g/kg.
S/N | Name | Application scope | Maximum usage limit |
1 | Galacto oligosaccharides (GOS) | modified milk powder (limit to milk powder for children) | It can be used alone or mixed-used, the total (Galacto oligosaccharides & fructo-oligose) shall not exceed 64.5g/kg. |
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