[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: 21CFR172.854]
[Page 97]
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. 172.854 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids.
Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, up to and including the
decaglycerol esters, may be safely used in food in accordance with the
following prescribed conditions:
(a) They are prepared from corn oil, cottonseed oil, lard, palm oil
from fruit, peanut oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, and
tallow and the fatty acids derived from these substances (hydrogenated
and nonhydrogenated) meeting the requirements of Sec. 172.860(b) and/or
oleic acid derived from tall oil fatty acids meeting the requirements of
Sec. 172.862.
(b) They are used as emulsifiers in food, in amounts not greater
than that required to produce the intended physical or technical effect.
(c) Polyglycerol esters of a mixture of stearic, oleic, and coconut
fatty acids are used as a cloud inhibitor in vegetable and salad oils
when use is not precluded by standards of identity. The fatty acids used
in the production of the polyglycerol esters meet the requirements of
Sec. 172.860(b), and the polyglycerol esters are used at a level not in
excess of the amount required to perform its cloud-inhibiting effect.
Oleic acid derived from tall oil fatty acids conforming with Sec.
172.862 may be used as a substitute for or together with the oleic acid
permitted by this paragraph.
(d) Polyglycerol esters of butter oil fatty acids are used as
emulsifiers in combination with other approved emulsifiers in dry,
whipped topping base. The fatty acids used in the production of the
polyglycerol esters meet the requirements of Sec. 172.860(b), and the
polyglycerol esters are used at a level not in excess of the amount
required to perform their emulsifying effect.
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