Sucrose oligoesters, as identified in this section, may be safely used in accordance with the following conditions:
(a) Sucrose oligoesters consist of mixtures of sucrose fatty acid esters with an average degree of esterification ranging from four to seven. It is produced by interesterification of sucrose with methyl esters of fatty acids derived from edible fats and oils (including hydrogenated fats and oils). The only solvents which may be used in the preparation of sucrose oligoesters are dimethyl sulfoxide, isobutyl alcohol, and those solvents generally recognized as safe in food.
(b) Sucrose oligoesters meet the specifications in the methods listed in the table in this paragraph. The methods for determining compliance with each specification are incorporated by reference. The Director of the Office of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be examined at the Food and Drug Administration's Main Library, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 2, Third Floor, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 301-796-2039, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030 or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html. Copies of the methods are available from the sources listed in the table in this paragraph: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source for Obtaining
(1) Sucrose esters.................. Not less than 90%...... ``Method for Analyzing Office of Food
the Purity of Sucrose Additive Safety,
Fatty Acid Esters,'' Center for Food
issued by Mitsubishi Safety and Applied
Chemical Corp., June 17, Nutrition (HFS-200),
1998. Food and Drug
Administration, 5100
Paint Branch Pkwy.,
College Park, MD
20740.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Mono-, di-, and tri-esters...... Not more than 45%...... ``Method for Measuring Do.
the Ester Distribution
of Sucrose
Oligoesters,'' issued by
Mitsubishi Chemical
Corp., June 17, 1998.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) Tetra-, penta-, hexa-, and hepta- Not less than 50%...... Do. Do.
esters.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(4) Octa-esters..................... Not more than 40%...... Do. Do.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(5) Free Sucrose.................... Not more than 0.5%..... ``Free Sucrose Method,'' Do.
issued by Mitsubishi
Chemical Corp., June 17,
1998.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(6) Acid Value...................... Not more than 4.0...... ``Acid Value,'' Appendix United States
VII, Method I Pharmacopeial
(Commercial Fatty Convention, 12601
Acids), in the Food Twinbrook Pkwy.,
Chemicals Codex, 7th ed. Rockville, MD 20852
(2010), p. 1220. (Internet address
http://www.usp.org)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(7) Residue on Ignition............. Not more than 0.7%..... ``Residue on Ignition,'' Do.
Appendix IIC, Method I,
in the Food Chemicals
Codex, 7th ed. (2010),
pp. 1141-1142 (using a 1-
gram sample).----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(8) Residual Methanol............... Not more than 10 Method listed in the Do
milligrams/kilogram. monograph for ``Sucrose
Fatty Acid Esters'' in
the Food Chemicals
Codex, 7th ed. (2010),
pp. 998-1000.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(9) Residual Dimethyl Sulfoxide..... Not more than 2.0 ......do Do.
milligrams/kilogram.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(10) Residual Isobutyl Alcohol...... Not more than 10 ......do Do.
milligrams/kilogram.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(11) Lead........................... Not more than 1.0 ``Atomic Absorption Do.
milligram/kilogram. Spectrophometric
Graphite Furnace
Method,'' Method I in
the Food Chemicals
Codex, 7th ed. (2010),
p. 1154-1155----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c) The additive is used as an emulsifier (as defined in Sec. 170.3(o)(8) of this chapter) or stabilizer (as defined in Sec. 170.3(o)(28) of this chapter) in chocolate and in butter-substitute spreads, at a level not to exceed 2.0 percent; except that the additive may not be used in a standardized food unless permitted by the standard of identity. [68 FR 50072, Aug. 20, 2003, as amended at 78 FR 71465, Nov. 29, 2013]