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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL
INS: 472c
Chemical names: MIXED ESTERS OF CITRIC AND EDIBLE FATTY ACIDS WITH GLYCEROL
Synonyms: CITRIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO- AND DI-GLYCERIDES; CITROGLYCERIDES; CITREM
Functional class: EMULSIFIER; STABILIZER; DOUGH CONDITIONER; ANTIOXIDANT SYNERGIST
Latest evaluation: 1973
ADI: NOT LIMITED
Comments: As sum of total glycerol esters of fatty acids and acetic, citric, lactic and tartaric acids, provided that the total food additive intake of tartaric acid does not exceed 30 mg/kg
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/20
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/203 (METALS LIMITS) (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/220
Previous status: 1989, FNP 49-JECFA 35/9; COMPENDIUM/455
1986, FNP 37-JECFA 30/33. R,T
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/20, FNP 4-JECFA 17/254, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/220. ADI NOT LIMITED (AS SUM OF TOTAL GLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS AND ACETIC, CITRIC, LACTIC AND TARTARIC ACIDS, PROVIDED THAT THE TOTAL FOOD ADDITIVE INTAKE OF TARTARIC ACID DOES NOT EXCEED 30 mg/kg). NL. R,T
1966, NMRS 43/TRS 373-JECFA 10/26. 0-100. FU. S
1965, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/88. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol (WHO Food Additives Series 5)