[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.833]
[Page 87-88]
TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES (CONTINUED)
PART 172_FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
Subpart I_Multipurpose Additives
Sec. 172.833 Sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB).
Sucrose acetate isobutyrate may be safely used in foods in
accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a) Sucrose acetate isobutyrate (CAS Reg. No. 27216-37-1), or SAIB,
is the chemical alpha-D-glucopyranoside, O-acetyl-tris-O-(2-methyl-1-
oxopropyl)-beta-D-fructofuranosyl, acetate tris(2-methyl propanoate).
(b) SAIB, a pale, straw-colored liquid, meets the following
specifications: (1) Assay: Not less than 98.8 percent and not more than
101.9 percent, based on the following formula:
Assay = ((SV 0.10586) / 56.1) x 100
Where SV = Saponification value
(2) Saponification value: 524-540 determined using 1 gram of sample
by the ``Guide to Specifications for General Notices, General Analytical
Techniques, Identification Tests, Test Solutions, and Other Reference
Materials,'' in the ``Compendium of Food Additive Specifications,
Addendum 4, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO), Food and Nutrition Paper 5, Revision 2'' (1991), pp. 203 and 204,
which is incorporated by reference, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)
and 1 CFR part 51. Copies are available from the Office of Premarket
Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-200), Food
and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD
20740, or may be examined at the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition's Library, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, or
at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For
information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-
6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/
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(3) Acid value: Not to exceed 0.20 determined using 50 grams of
sample by the ``Guide to Specifications for General Notices, General
Analytical Techniques, Identification Tests, Test Solutions, and Other
Reference Materials,'' in the ``Compendium of Food Additive
Specifications, Addendum 4, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 5, Revision
2,'' p. 189 (1991), which is incorporated by reference; see paragraph
(b)(2) of this section for availability of the incorporation by
reference.
(4) Lead: Not to exceed 1.0 milligrams/kilogram determined by the
``Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric Graphite Furnace Method, Method
I,'' in the ``Food Chemicals Codex,'' 4th ed. (1996), pp. 763 and 764,
with an attached modification to the sample digestion section in
Appendix III.B (July 1996), which is incorporated by reference. Copies
are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave.
NW., Box 285, Washington, DC 20055 (Internet http://www.nap.edu), or may
be examined at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's
Library, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, or at the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on
the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to:
http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--federal--
regulations/ibr--locations.html.
(5) Triacetin: Not to exceed 0.10 percent determined by gas
chromatography as described in the ``Guide to Specifications for General
Notices, General Analytical Techniques, Identification Tests, Test
Solutions, and Other Reference Materials,'' in the ``Compendium of Food
Additive Specifications, Addendum 4, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 5,
Revision 2,'' (1991), pp. 13-26, which is incorporated by reference; see
paragraph (b)(2) of this section for availability of the incorporation
by reference.
(c) The food additive is used as a stabilizer (as defined in Sec.
170.3(o)(28) of this chapter) of emulsions of flavoring oils in
nonalcoholic beverages.
(d) The total SAIB content of a beverage containing the additive
does not exceed 300 milligrams/kilogram of the finished beverage.
[64 FR 29958, June 4, 1999; 64 FR 43072, Aug. 9, 1999]
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