On 31st Dec., 2014, NHFPC announced the approval of nine new food raw materials, including tomato seed oil, eriobotrya japonica （Thunb.）Lindl., arabinogalactan, malus hupehensis(Pamp.)Rehd. leaf, bamboo leaf flavone, oat β-glucan, lactobacillus sakei, and propionibacterium acidipropionici. Meanwhile, the source, daily intake and requirements on production process of xylo-oligosaccharide approved by the former Ministry of Health through NHFPC No. 12 (2008) have been adjusted.
Chinese name | 番茄籽油 | |
English name | Tomato seed oil | |
Source | Tomato seed | |
Quality requirements | Property | Pale yellow to orange oily liquid |
Composition of fatty acid (proportion in total fatty acid composition) | ||
Linoleic acid (C18:2) | ≥50% | |
Oleic acid (C18:1) | ≥19% | |
Palmitic acid (C16:0) | ≤13% | |
Chinese name | 枇杷叶 |
Latin name | Eriobotrya japonica （Thunb.）Lindl. |
Edible part | Leaf |
Daily intake | ≤10g/day |
Chinese name | 阿拉伯半乳聚糖 | |
English name | Arabinogalactan | |
Source | Dahurian larch | |
Daily intake | ≤15g/day | |
Quality requirements | Property | White to light brown powder |
Content of arabinogalactan (g/100g) | ≥85 | |
Moisture (g/100g) | ≤6.0 | |
Remarks | It is not suitable for infant and baby foods. | |
Chinese name | 湖北海棠（茶海棠）叶 | |
Latin name | Malus hupehensis(Pamp.)Rehd. leaf | |
Basic information | Species | Rosaceae, malus |
Edible part | Leaf | |
Edible method | Mixing with water | |
Daily intake | ≤15g/day | |
Remarks | It is not suitable for pregnant women, breast feeding women, infants and young children, and it is required that this is marked accordingly on the labels and instructions of the products. | |
Chinese name | 竹叶黄酮 | |
English name | Bamboo leaf flavone | |
Source | Phyllostachys meyeri | |
Daily intake | ≤2g/day | |
Quality requirements | Property | Yellow or brown-yellow powder |
General flavone (as rutin) (g/100g) | ≥24 | |
Crude polysaccharides (g/100g) | ≥10 | |
Moisture (g/100g) | ≤5 | |
Ash (g/100g) | ≤4.5 | |
Remarks | It is not suitable for infant and baby foods. | |
Chinese name | 燕麦β-葡聚糖 | |
English name | Oat β-glucan | |
Source | Oat bran | |
Daily intake | ≤5g/day | |
Quality requirements | Property | White to pale yellow powder |
β-glucan (g/100g) | ≥70% | |
Moisture (g/100g) | ≤5% | |
Ash (g/100g) | ≤8% | |
Remarks | It is not suitable for infant and baby foods. | |
Chinese name | 清酒乳杆菌 |
Latin name | Lactobacillus sakei |
Remarks | It has been approved as edible bacterial culture. |
Chinese name | 产丙酸丙酸杆菌 |
Latin name | Propionibacterium acidipropionici |
Remarks | It has been approved as edible bacterial culture. |
Chinese name | 低聚木糖 | |
English name | Xylo-oligosaccharide | |
Daily intake | ≤3.0g/day (as xylobiose – xyloheptaose) | |
Quality requirements | Property | Faint yellow thick liquid |
Xylo-oligosaccharide (xylobiose – xyloheptaose) (as dry basis) (g/100g) | ≥70% | |
Xylobiose –xylotetraose (as dry basis) (g/100g) | ≥50% | |
Dry matter (solid content) (g/100g) | 70±1 | |
pH | 3.5-6.5 | |
Ash (g/100g) | ≤0.3 | |
Remarks | It is not suitable for infant and baby foods. | |
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