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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

MALTITOL
INS: 965
Chemical names: alpha-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-1,4-D-GLUCITOL
Synonyms: D-MALTITOL; HYDROGENATED MALTOSE
Functional class: SWEETENING AGENT; HUMECTANT; STABILIZER; BULKING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1993
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Report: TRS 837-JECFA 41/16
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS) (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 32-JECFA 41/101
Previous status: 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/95. R
1988, TRS 776-JECFA 33/19, FNP 38-JECFA 33/125 (COMPENDIUM/909; NEW SPECIFICATIONS WERE DEVELOPED FOR 98% PURE MALTITOL SEPARATELY FROM MALTITOL SYRUP), FAS 20-JECFA 29/179 (1985; HYDROGENATED GLUCOSE SYRUPS). NOT SPECIFIED. NS. N
 
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