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What is the new food ingredients approved by The National Health Commissions of the People’s Republic of China (NHC)?

June 8, 2022
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In May 2022, The National Health Commissions of the People’s Republic of China (NHC) has approved 3 new food raw materials and 18 new food additives.

Below are the approved ingredients:

1. New Food Raw Materials

  • Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii
  • Sugarcane Poyphenols
  • Bifidobacterium longum subsp. Longum BB536

2. Food Additives

a. New food additive

  • Quinoline yellow aluminium lake

b. New enzymes for food industry

  • β-fructofuranosidase
  • β-glucanase
  • Protease
  • Trehalase
  • Phospholipase A1
  • Glucose oxidase
  • Lactase
  • Phytase

The quality specification requirements of enzymes should meet the requirements of the ’National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives, Enzymes’ (GB 1886.174).

c. New food processing aid

  • Sodium sulfide pentahydrate

d. New nutrition enhancer

  • Inositol

e. Food additives with expanded scope

  • Transglutaminase
  • Magnesium Chloride
  • Sucralose
  • Lutein
  • Acesulfame potassium

f. Processing aids with expanded scope

  • Polyacrylamide
  • Polydimethyl siloxane and emulsion

 

Reference

National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China. (2022). Announcement on Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii etc on Three New Food Raw Materials.