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Code · CFR · Title 21 — Food and Drugs · Part 173 — Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption · § 173.55

§ 173.55. Polyvinylpyrrolidone.

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The food additive polyvinylpyrroli-done may be safely used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(a)The additive is a polymer of purified vinylpyrrolidone catalytically produced, having an average molecular weight of 40,000 and a maximum unsaturation of 1 percent, calculated as the monomer, except that the polyvinylpyrrolidone used in beer is that having an average molecular weight of 360,000 and a maximum unsaturation of 1 percent, calculated as the monomer.
(b)The additive is used or intended for use in foods as follows: Food Limitations BeerAs a clarifying agent, at a residual level not to exceed 10 parts per million. Flavor concentrates in tablet formAs a tableting adjuvent in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice. Nonnutritive sweeteners in concentrated liquid formAs a stabilizer, bodying agent, and dispersant, in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice. Nonnutritive sweeteners in tablet formAs a tableting adjuvant in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice. Vitamin and mineral concentrates in liquid formAs a stabilizer, bodying agent, and dispersant, in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice. Vitamin and mineral concentrates in tablet formAs a tableting adjuvant in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice. VinegarAs a clarifying agent, at a residual level not to exceed 40 parts per million. WineAs a clarifying agent, at a residual level not to exceed 60 parts per million.
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