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Food additives data book - wordpres

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HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 5<br />

ppm:<br />

ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: @ 20°C Miscible in water<br />

in ethanol solution: @ 5% Miscible in ethanol<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Carrier solvent for flavour extracts, colour mixes. Also used as a humectant in meats (sausage casings),<br />

as a glaze for preserved meats and as a sweetener<br />

ALTERNATIVES: Butylene glycol; sorbitol; propylene glycol<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Miscible with water and alcohol. 0.6 times sweeter than sucrose<br />

FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: This is not an additive that has been subject to concerns regarding safety<br />

LEGISLATION: USA: UK and EUROPE: CANADA: AUSTRALIA/<br />

PACIFIC RIM:<br />

GMP in alcoholic Italy: 7000ppm in alcoholic GMP in baked Japan: GMP in<br />

beverages, cured beverages: prohibited in egg goods, cured meats; alcoholic beverages,<br />

meats, and soft drinks. products, ices, soft drinks, prohibited in egg products, ices,<br />

Allowed without limit flour and bread alcoholic beverages, bread and baked goods.<br />

in flour and baked UK: Allowed without limit in ices, soft drinks, Allowed without limit<br />

goods but prohibited flour and baked goods but is flour and bread in soft drinks, tea,<br />

in bread. GRAS when prohibited in breads. coffee and chocolate<br />

used in accordance GMP in cured meats, ices, drinks.<br />

with GMP soft drinks. Denmark: GMP in Australia: Prohibited in<br />

flour; prohibited in bread, flour and bread; GMP<br />

cured meats, egg products, in egg products, ices<br />

and alcoholic beverages; 5% and soft drinks<br />

in baked goods; 2% in ices;<br />

(conts)<br />

Glycerin 883

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