[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: 21CFR172.844]
[Page 95]
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. 172.844 Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate.
The food additive calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate may be safely used in
or on food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a) The additive, which is a mixture of calcium salts of stearoyl
lactylic acids and minor proportions of other calcium salts of related
acids, is manufactured by the reaction of stearic acid and lactic acid
and conversion to the calcium salts.
(b) The additive meets the following specifications:
Acid number, 50-86.
Calcium content, 4.2-5.2 percent.
Lactic acid content, 32-38 percent.
Ester number, 125-164.
(c) It is used or intended for use as follows:
(1) As a dough conditioner in yeast-leavened bakery products and
prepared mixes for yeast-leavened bakery products in an amount not to
exceed 0.5 part for each 100 parts by weight of flour used.
(2) As a whipping agent in:
(i) Liquid and frozen egg white at a level not to exceed 0.05
percent.
(ii) Dried egg white at a level not to exceed 0.5 percent.
(iii) Whipped vegetable oil topping at a level not to exceed 0.3
percent of the weight of the finished whipped vegetable oil topping.
(3) As a conditioning agent in dehydrated potatoes in an amount not
to exceed 0.5 percent by weight thereof.
(d) To assure safe use of the additive:
(1) The label and labeling of the food additive and any intermediate
premix prepared therefrom shall bear, in addition to the other
information required by the act, the following:
(i) The name of the additive.
(ii) A statement of the concentration or strength of the additive in
any intermediate premixes.
(2) The label or labeling of the food additive shall also bear
adequate directions of use to provide a finished food that complies with
the limitations prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section.
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