Food additives data book - wordpres

HEAVY METAL CONTENT MAXIMUM IN 5
ppm:
ARSENIC CONTENT MAXIMUM IN ppm: 3
SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:
in water: @ 20°C Miscible in water
in ethanol solution: @ 5% Miscible in ethanol
FUNCTION IN FOODS: Carrier solvent for flavour extracts, colour mixes. Also used as a humectant in meats (sausage casings),
as a glaze for preserved meats and as a sweetener
ALTERNATIVES: Butylene glycol; sorbitol; propylene glycol
TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Miscible with water and alcohol. 0.6 times sweeter than sucrose
FOOD SAFETY ISSUES: This is not an additive that has been subject to concerns regarding safety
LEGISLATION: USA: UK and EUROPE: CANADA: AUSTRALIA/
PACIFIC RIM:
GMP in alcoholic Italy: 7000ppm in alcoholic GMP in baked Japan: GMP in
beverages, cured beverages: prohibited in egg goods, cured meats; alcoholic beverages,
meats, and soft drinks. products, ices, soft drinks, prohibited in egg products, ices,
Allowed without limit flour and bread alcoholic beverages, bread and baked goods.
in flour and baked UK: Allowed without limit in ices, soft drinks, Allowed without limit
goods but prohibited flour and baked goods but is flour and bread in soft drinks, tea,
in bread. GRAS when prohibited in breads. coffee and chocolate
used in accordance GMP in cured meats, ices, drinks.
with GMP soft drinks. Denmark: GMP in Australia: Prohibited in
flour; prohibited in bread, flour and bread; GMP
cured meats, egg products, in egg products, ices
and alcoholic beverages; 5% and soft drinks
in baked goods; 2% in ices;
(conts)
Glycerin 883