[Title 21 CFR 182.1866]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - April 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS]
[Chapter I - FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)]
[Subchapter B - FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION]
[Part 182 - SUBSTANCES GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE]
[Subpart B - Multiple Purpose GRAS Food Substances]
[Sec. 182.1866 - High fructose corn syrup.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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  Sec. 182.1866
  
    FOOD AND DRUGS
    FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)
    FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
    SUBSTANCES GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE
    Multiple Purpose GRAS Food Substances
  


Sec. 182.1866  High fructose corn syrup.

    (a) Product. High fructose corn syrup is a sweet, nutritive 
saccharide mixture containing approximately 52 percent (dry weight) 
glucose, 43 percent (dry weight) fructose, and 5 percent (dry weight) 
other saccharides. It is prepared as a clear aqueous solution from high 
dextrose equivalent corn starch hydrolysate by partial enzymatic 
conversion of glucose (dextrose) to fructose utilizing an insoluble 
glucose isomerase enzyme preparation described in Sec. 184.1372 of this 
chapter.
    (b) Limitations, restrictions, or explanations. This substance is 
generally recognized as safe when used in food as a nutritive 
carbohydrate sweetener at levels not to exceed current good 
manufacturing practice.

[48 FR 5719, Feb. 8, 1983]