Code of Federal Regulations (alpha)

CFR /  Title 21  /  Part 168  /  Sec. 168.121 Dried glucose sirup.

(a) Dried glucose sirup is glucose sirup from which the water has been partially removed and conforms to the specifications of Sec. 168.120, except that:

(1) The total solids content is not less than 90.0 percent m/m when the reducing sugar content (dextrose equivalent), expressed as D-glucose, is not less than 88.0 percent m/m, calculated on a dry basis; or

(2) The total solids content is not less than 93.0 percent m/m when the reducing sugar content, (dextrose equivalent) expressed as D-glucose, is less than 88.0 percent m/m, calculated on a dry basis.

(b) The name of the food is ``Dried glucose sirup'' or ``Glucose sirup solids''. When the food is derived from a specific type of starch, the name may alternatively be ``Dried ------ sirup'' or ``------ sirup solids'', the blank to be filled in with the name of the starch; for example, ``Dried corn sirup'', ``Corn sirup solids'', ``Dried wheat sirup'', ``Wheat sirup solids'', ``Dried tapioca sirup'', ``Tapioca sirup solids''. When the starch is derived from sorghum grain, the alternative name of the food is ``Dried sorghum grain sirup'' or ``Sorghum grain sirup solids''. The word ``sirup'' may also be spelled ``syrup''.