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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

POLYDEXTROSES
INS: 1200
Chemical names: RANDOMLY BONDED GLUCOSE POLYMERS WITH SOME SORBITOL END-GROUPS AND WITH CITRIC ACID RESIDUES ATTACHED TO THE POLYMERS BY MONO OR DIESTER BONDS
Synonyms: MODIFIED POLYDEXTROSES
Functional class: BULKING AGENT; STABILIZER; THICKENER; HUMECTANT
Latest evaluation: 1987
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Report: TRS 759-JECFA 31/31
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/103 (1998)
Tox monograph: FAS 16-JECFA 25/144 (1981)
Previous status: 1995, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 3/FNP 52 Add.3/137. R
1987: SPECIFICATIONS CONTINUED. S
1981, TRS 669-JECFA 25/32, FNP 19-JECFA 25/156 (COMPENDIUM/1093), FAS 16-JECFA 25/144. 0-70 (ADI FOR POLYDEXTROSE A AND POLYDEXTROSE N, SINGLY OR IN COMBINATION). FU. R
1980, TRS 653-JECFA 24/21, FNP 17-JECFA 24/88. 0-70. FU. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Polydextroses (WHO Food Additives Series 16)