China NHC Newly Approved 5 New Food Raw Materials, 11 New Food Additives, and 6 Food-related Products

Name

Gardenia oil

Basic information

Source: fruit of Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis

Brief introduction of production process

Made from the dried ripe fruit of Gardenia jasminoides as raw material, processed through pressing, extraction, degumming, deacidification, decolorization, deodorization, and dewaxing.

Specifications

Appearance

Light yellow to yellow oily liquid

Fatty acid composition (percentage of total fatty acids):

Oleic acid (C18:1), %

≥ 20.0

Linoleic acid (C18:2), %

≥ 45.0

Other information

The scope of use does not include infant and young children foods.

Food safety indicators shall comply with the requirements for vegetable oils and fats as specified in the current Chinese National Food Safety Standards.

Name

XiangYu peony flower

Basic information

Source: flowers of Paeonia suf ruticosa ‘Xiang Yu’

Other information

Not suitable for infants, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. Labels and instructions must indicate unsuitable populations and consumption limits.

Food safety indicators shall comply with the requirements for other vegetables as specified in the current Chinese National Food Safety Standards.

Name

Alginate oligosaccharide

Basic information

Molecular formula:

Brief introduction of production process

Made from sodium alginate derived from brown algae such as kelp, sargassum, giant kelp, and bladder wrack, processed through hydrochloric acid dissolution, high-temperature degradation, sodium hydroxide neutralization, decolorization, purification, concentration, and drying.

Recommended intake

≤ 4 g/day (calculated based on a brown alginate oligosaccharide content of 90.0 g/100 g; products with higher content shall be converted according to the actual content).

Other information

Not suitable for infants, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. Labels and instructions must indicate unsuitable populations and consumption limits.

Quality specifications and food safety indicators see Appendix.

Name

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis LMG11588

Other information

The strain is approved and included in the List of Microorganisms That Can Be Used in Food.

The food safety indicators shall comply with the requirements of the National Food Safety Standard for Microbial Preparations Used in Food Processing (GB 31639). Cronobacter spp. must not be detected (per 100 g).

Name

Camelina seed oil

Basic information

Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz

Brief introduction of production process

Made from Camelina sativa seeds as raw material, processed through screening, pressing, sedimentation, and filtration.

Specifications

Properties

Light yellow to brown yellow oily liquid

Fatty acid composition (percentage of total fatty acids)

Oleic acid (C18:1), %

≥10.0

Linoleic acid (C18:2), %

≥13.0

α-Linolenic acid (C18:3), %

≥ 25.0

Nervonic acid (C24:1), %

≥ 0.5

Erucic acid (C22:1), %

≤ 4.5

Other information

1. The scope of use does not include infant and young children foods.
2. Food safety indicators shall comply with the requirements for vegetable oils and fats as specified in the current Chinese National Food Safety Standards.

No.

Enzyme

Source

Donor

1

D-psicose 3-epimerase

Bacillus subtilis

Agrobacterium tumefaciensC58

2

Glucose isomerase

(xylose isomerase)

168-N03

Bacillus subtilis

168-N03

Streptomyces murinus

3

Deaminase

Streptomyces

murinus

-

4

Sucrose

1-fructosyltransferase

Aspergillus

japonicus

-

01.03.02

Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children)

0.06-0.28 g/L (Calculated on a pure substance basis and as consumed; for powdered products, the use level shall be converted according to the reconstitution ratio.)

When used in combination with 2’-Fucosyllactose (2’-FL), Lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS), Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), Polydextrose, and Raffinose, the total amount of these substances shall not exceed 64.5 g/kg.

13.01.01

Infant formula

13.01.02

Older infants and young children formula

13.01.03

Infant formula for special medical purposes

No.

Name

Function

Cat.

Food Name

Maximum Level (g/kg)

Note

1

Carbon dioxide

Other

14.01.02

Drinking purified water

Used as needed for production

-

14.01.03

Other types of drinking water

2

Gellan gum

Thickener

01.05.01

Light cream

Used as needed for production

-

No.

Name

Function

Application scope

1

bentonite

Clarifying agent

Starch syrup (limited to resistant dextrin) processing method

Nutrition enhancer

Source

Donor

2’-fucosyllactose

Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Escherichia coli

Kluyveromyces lactis

DSM70799

Bacillus spp.

Nutrition enhancer

Source

Donor

Lacto-N-neotetraose

Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655

Neisseria spp. and Helicobacter spp.

Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Neisseria meningitidis and Aggregatibacter kilianii

Name

CAS number

Range of application

Maximum level

Calcium sulfate

7778-18-9

PLA

20

Erucamide; cis-13-Docosenamide

112-84-5

PVC

2.7

Name

CAS number

Range of application

Maximum level

Cobalt bis (2-ethylhexanoate)

136-52-7

UP

0.02

Name

CAS number

Range of application

Maximum level

Poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate)

28728-19-0

Plastic

Use as needed in production

Copolymer of ethyl acrylate, methacrylic acid and styrene

25035-68-1

Coatings and pants

35

1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid polymer with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, decanedioic acid and 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol

1345820-69-0

Coatings and pants

75