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table 10.3
(Continued) permitted Substances, Maximum Level of addition, and principal Uses
in Japan
Other principal
Uses
Substance Name
permitted Food
Max. Level
Sucralose
Substitute for sugar
Not more than 12 g/kg
directly added to
coffee or tea and
used as a
substitute food
for sugar
Chewing gum
Not more than 2.6 g/kg
Confections and pastry
Not more than 1.8 g/kg
Jam
Not more than 1.0 g/kg
Japanese sake (rice wine), compound
sake (formulated rice wine), wine,
miscellaneous alcoholic beverage,
soft drinks, milk drink, and lactic acid
bacteria drinks
Not more than 0.4 g/kg
other foods
Not more than 0.58 g/kg
Source:
Japan External Trade organization. Speciications and Standards for Foods and Food additives under
the Food Sanitation act 2008, 101-103. 2009. With permission.
Permittedsubstances'maximumlevelofadditionandprincipalusesinJapan(JapanExternal
TradeOrganization2009)areshowninTable10.3.
10.13 LeGISLatION IN INDIa
NutritivesweetenersusedinIndiaincludesucrose,glucose,andHFCS.
Sugaralcoholsorpolyolsincludesorbitol,mannitol,xylitol,maltitol,isomalt,andlactitol.The
labeldeclarationnecessaryis“Polyolsmayhavealaxativeeffect.”
Sorbitolispermittedinjams,jellies,fruitcheese,andfruitmarmaladesata3%maximum.
Polyols,singlyorincombination,areaddedinthefollowingfoods(Pai2010):
•
Snacks/saoutiries(friedproducts)—Chivda,bhujia,dalmoth,kodubale,kharaboondi,spicedand
frieddal,andbananachips
•
Sweets(carbohydrate-andmilk-basedproducts)—Halwa,mysorepak,boondiladoo,jalebi,khoya
Buri,peda,gulabjamun,rasgulla,andsimilarmilkproduct-basedsweetssoldbyanyname
•
Instantmixes—Idlimix,dosamix,puliyogaremix,pongalmix,gulabjamunmix,jalebimix,and
vadamix
•
Rice-andpulses-basedpapads
•
Ready-to-servebeveragesandtea-orcoffee-baseddrinks
•
Chewing/bubblegum
•
Sugar-basedorsugar-freeconfections
•
Chocolates
•
Syntheticsyrupfordispensers
•
Lozenges
JaggeryandkhandsariarethetraditionalIndiansugarcanesweeteners(Rao,Das,andDas2007).
High-intensitylow-caloriesweetenersincludeSAC,CYC,ASP,ACSK,SCL,stevia.
PreventionofFoodAdulteration(PFA)ruleshavebeenadoptedsince1954.FSSA2006isslowly
takingoverandshortlywillreplacePFA.TheIndianFoodAuthorityhasbeenappointed,andvari-
ousscientiiccommitteesandpanelsarealsoappointedrecently.Science-basedregulationshavebeen
adoptedusingriskanalysis,allowingvariousingredientsandadditives.Theyarelistedasfollows
1. Everypackageoffoodcontainingpermittedartiicialsweetenershallcarrythefollowing:
a.
This[nameoffood]contains[nameofartiicialsweetener]
b.
Notrecommendedforchildren
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