On November 17, 2016, NHFPC announced the approval of 9-Decen-2-one as a new food flavouring agent, and the extension of the usage/application scope of 7 food additives’ including tea polyphenols, carbon dioxide, caramel coloring, lactic acid, cellulose, sodium sulfite, dimethione (and its emulsion) and the extension of the food nutrition enhancer’s application scope of calcium.
9-Decen-2-one is approved to be used as flavorings in various food categories except those in Table B.1 in GB 2760-2014. The permitted concentration may be adjusted according to technical requirements outlined below:
Item | Technical specification | Test method |
Color | Colorless to yellow | Place the sample in colorimetric tube, and observe it visually. |
Appearance | Transparent liquid | |
Odor | Smell like pearl, pineapple or apple | GB/T 14454.2 |
Content | ≥99% | As provided in the attachment |
Extended application scope of 7 food additives
Food additive | Function | Food classification No. | Application scope | Maximum level（g/kg） |
Tea polyphenols | Antioxidant | 04.01.02.05 | Fruit jam | 0.5 |
11.05.01 | Fruit flavored syrup | |||
Carbon dioxide | Others | 14.01.01 | Drinking natural mineral water | It can be used as practically needed. |
Caramel coloring | Coloring | 14.03.04 | Other protein beverages | It can be used as practically needed. |
Lactic acid | Acidity regulator | 01.05.01 | Single cream | It can be used as practically needed. |
Cellulose | Anti-caking agent, stabilizer, coagulator, thickening agent | 01.06 | Cheese and reproduced cheese and their similar products | It can be used as practically needed. |
06.03.02.04 | Panada (i.e. used to coat fish or poultry), wrapping powder, frying powder | |||
07.0 | Bakery food | |||
08.03.04 | Wester pork ham (grilled, smoked, and cured pork hams) | |||
08.03.05 | Meat sausage | |||
12.05 | Soy sauce and soy products | |||
12.09.03 | Spice sauce（e.g. mustard sauce and green mustard sauce | |||
16.03 | Collagen protein casing | |||
Sodium sulfite | Color fixative, antioxidant | 04.01.02.05 | Fruit jam | 0.1 |
Dimethione and its emulsion | Processing aid as antifoaming agent | - | Processing of livestock and poultry blood product | 0.2 |
Extended application scope of 1 food nutrition enhancer
Name | Function | Food classification No. | Application scope | Adding level | Remarks |
Calcium | Nutrition enhance | 01.02.02 | Flavored fermented milk | 250 mg/kg - 1000 mg/kg | Origin of calcium compound should comply with requirements of Appendix B in GB 14880. |
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