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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

LACTITOL
INS: 966
Chemical names: 4-O-beta-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-D-GLUCITOL
Synonyms: LACTIT; LACTOSITOL; LACTOBIOSIT
Functional class: SWEETENING AGENT; TEXTURIZER
Latest evaluation: 1983
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Report: TRS 696-JECFA 27/23
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS) (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 18-JECFA 27/82
Previous status: 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/91. R
1988, FNP 38-JECFA 33/117; COMPENDIUM/831, R,T
1983, FNP 28-JECFA 27/60. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Lactitol (WHO Food Additives Series 18)