subchapter_subject: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (CONTINUED)"
part_code: "172"
part_subject: "FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
subpart_code: "I"
subpart_subject: "Multipurpose Additives"
section_number: "172.830"
section_subject: "Succinylated monoglycerides."
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 172.830"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 170 to 199"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The food additive succinylated monoglycerides may be safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a)The additive is a mixture of semi-and neutral succinic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides produced by the succinylation of a product obtained by the glycerolysis of edible fats and oils, or by the direct esterification of glycerol with edible fat-forming fatty acids.
(b)The additive meets the following specifications:
(c)The additive is used or intended for use in the following foods:
(1)As an emulsifier in liquid and plastic shortenings at a level not to exceed 3 percent by weight of the shortening.
(2)As a dough conditioner in bread baking, when such use is permitted by an appropriate food standard, at a level not to exceed 0.5 percent by weight of the flour used.