Compendium of Food Additive Specifications. Addendum 5. (FAO Food and Nutrition Paper - 52 Add. 5)













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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
49th session
Rome, 17-26 June 1997

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Rome, 1997

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INTRODUCTION

SECTION A. Food additives (uses other than as flavouring agent)

alpha-Acetolactate decarboxylase from Bacillus brevis expressed in Bacillus subtilis

Agar

Alginic acid

Aluminium powder

Ammonium alginate

Calcium alginate

Calcium propionate

Carbon dioxide

Carthamus red

Carthamus yellow

Citric acid

Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol

Ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose

Gellan gum

Gum arabic

Hydrogenated poly-1-decene

Isoamyl acetate

Maltitol syrup

Maltogenic amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus expressed in Bacillus subtilis

Microcrystalline cellulose

Microcrystalline wax

Mixed carotenoids

Modified starches

Petroleum jelly

Potassium alginate

Potassium propionate

Propionic acid

Propylene glycol

Propylene glycol alginate

Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids

Salatrim

Sodium alginate

Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, enzymatically hydrolyzed

Sodium propionate

Sucroglycerides

Sucrose esters of fatty acids

Sulfur dioxide

Talc

Tartaric, acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol, mixed

Tertiary Butylhydroquinone

SECTION B. Specifications. Certain flavouring agents

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