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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

CALCIUM LACTATE
INS: 327
Chemical names: CALCIUM DILACTATE; CALCIUM DILACTATE HYDRATE; 2-HYDROXYPROPANOIC ACID CALCIUM SALT
Functional class: BUFFER; DOUGH CONDITIONER; YEAST FOOD
Latest evaluation: 1974
ADI: NOT LIMITED
Comments: Neither D(-)-lactic acid nor DL-lactic acid should be used in infant foods
Report: NMRS 54/TRS 557-JECFA 18/25
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002)
Tox monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/461 (1973)
Previous status: 1974, FAS 7/NMRS 54B-JECFA 18/156. N; COMPENDIUM/311
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/23, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/461. ADI NOT LIMITED. NL. O
 
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