EU has authorised the food additive ‘glucosylated steviol glycosides’ (E 960d) as a sweetener in the food categories where steviol glycosides (E 960a–960c) are currently authorised and at the same the maximum levels, according to the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/447, of 1 March 2023. The order is now in effect and is fully binding and […]
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The National Health Commission of the PRC has announced an extension of the permitted use of sodium cyclamate as a food additive. The updated regulations now allow for its use in baked food filling and surface coating batter (limited to baked food filling) and puffed food, with a maximum permitted concentration of 2 g/kg and
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Canada: Health Canada has updated the labelling requirements for foods that contain neotame, sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame-potassium. These sweeteners are no longer required to be listed on the front of food packages, and the amount in milligrams per serving doesn’t need to be listed in the ingredients. However, food products containing aspartame must still have
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SUGAR ALTERNATIVES Canada: On February 2nd, 2023, Health Canada released document NOM/ADM-0194, which approved the expansion of the use of erythritol to granola and other ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereals and coatings for RTE breakfast cereals. Mainland China: As per the official notice from the State Administration for Market Regulation regarding the recent food safety inspections,
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