Food additives data book - wordpres

Sweeteners 1002
Suitable for diabetic products because metabolism results in no significant change in blood glucose.
ADI not specified.
On heating to decomposition, emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.
LEGISLATION: USA:
FDA clearance in 1978 for sweetening of Special Dietary Foods
CFR 21
PART 172 – Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption
Subpart D – Special Dietary and Nutritional Additives
172.395 – Xylitol.
Xylitol may be safely used in foods for special dietary uses, provided the amount used is not greater
than that required to produce its intended effect.
UK and EUROPE:
Permissible for use in UK, EEC, Scandinavia. One of 12 sweeteners listed as permissible for use in the
UK as of 1983.
CANADA:
Canada FDR s. 67.31B – Table IX – Food additives that may be used as Sweeteners – Item X.1
(25 May 1993).
Permitted in or on Unstandardized foods at maximum Level of Use specified by Good Manufacturing
Practice
1996 Addition: Page 67–29 of Canadian FDR – Table IX
Permitted for use as a sweetener in chewing gum at a maximum level specified by Good Manufacturing
Practice
OTHER COUNTRIES:
WHO/FAO clearance (1978) for sweetening of Special Dietary Foods
Not GRAS approved
Permitted for use in more than 40 countries as of 1991 including EEC, North America and Scandinavia