Food and Drug Administration, HHS § 172.615

Uses Limitations used in food in accordance with the fol- lowing prescribed conditions: In carbonated bev- Not to exceed 83 parts per million, as (a) The additive is produced by par- erages as a flavor. quinine. Label shall bear a promi- nent declaration of the presence of tial hydrolysis of yeast extract (de- quinine either by the use of the rived from Saccharomyces cereviseae, word ``quinine'' in the name of the Saccharomyces fragilis, or Candida utilis) article or through a separate dec- laration. using the sprout portion of malt barley as the source of enzymes. The additive contains a maximum of 6 percent 5′ nu- § 172.580 Safrole-free extract of sas- cleotides by weight. safras. (b) The additive may be used as a fla- The food additive safrole-free extract vor enhancer in food at a level not in of sassafras may be safely used in ac- excess of that reasonably required to cordance with the following prescribed produce the intended effect. conditions: (a) The additive is the aqueous ex- Subpart G—Gums, tract obtained from the root bark of Bases and Related Substances the Sassafras albidum (Nuttall) Nees (Fam. Lauraceae). § 172.610 Arabinogalactan. (b) It is obtained by extracting the Arabinogalactan may be safely used bark with dilute alcohol, first concen- in food in accordance with the fol- trating the alcoholic solution by vacu- lowing conditions: um distillation, then diluting the con- (a) Arabinogalactan is a poly- centrate with water and discarding the saccharide extracted by water from oily fraction. Western larch wood, having galactose (c) The purified aqueous extract is units and arabinose units in the ap- safrole-free. proximate ratio of six to one. (d) It is used as a flavoring in food. (b) It is used in the following foods in the minimum quantity required to § 172.585 Sugar beet extract flavor base. produce its intended effect as an emul- sifier, stabilizer, binder, or bodying Sugar beet extract flavor base may agent: Essential oils, nonnutritive be safely used in food in accordance sweeteners, flavor bases, nonstandard- with the provisions of this section. ized dressings, and pudding mixes. (a) Sugar beet extract flavor base is the concentrated residue of soluble § 172.615 Chewing gum base. sugar beet extractives from which The food additive chewing gum base sugar and glutamic acid have been re- may be safely used in the manufacture covered, and which has been subjected of chewing gum in accordance with the to ion exchange to minimize the con- following prescribed conditions: centration of naturally occurring trace (a) The food additive consists of one minerals. or more of the following substances (b) It is used as a flavor in food. that meet the specifications and limi- tations prescribed in this paragraph, § 172.590 Yeast-malt sprout extract. used in amounts not to exceed those re- Yeast-malt sprout extract, as de- quired to produce the intended physical scribed in this section, may be safely or other technical effect.

MASTICATORY SUBSTANCES NATURAL (COAGULATED OR CONCENTRATED LATICES) OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN

Family Genus and species

Sapotaceae: Chicle ...... zapotilla Gilly and Manilkara chicle Gilly. Chiquibul ...... Manilkara zapotilla Gilly. Crown gum ...... Manilkara zapotilla Gilly and Manilkara chicle Gilly. Gutta hang kang ...... Palaquium leiocarpum Boerl. and Palaquium oblongifolium Burck. Massaranduba balata (and the solvent-free Manilkara huberi (Ducke) Chevalier. resin extract of Massaranduba balata). Massaranduba chocolate ...... Manilkara solimoesensis Gilly.

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