GB 1886.366-2023National Food Safety Standard Food Additive beta-Carotene (English PDF)

Foreword

This standard replaces GB 8821-2011 "National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Beta-Carotene".

Compared with GB 8821-2011, the main changes in this standard are as follows.

---Changed the starting materials in the range;

---Changed the color item requirements in the sensory requirements;

--- Put the contents under the identification test items into physical and chemical indicators;

---Deleted the smell item requirement in the sensory requirements;

---Deleted three indicators in the physical and chemical indicators. clarity test, melting point, and heavy metals (calculated as Pb);

---Added lead (Pb) indicator;

---Added description of commercialized products.

National food safety standards

Food additive beta-carotene

1 Scope

This standard applies to the food additive beta-carotene prepared by chemical synthesis using retinyl acetate or beta-ionone as starting materials.

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2 Chemical name, molecular formula, structural formula and relative molecular mass

3 Technical requirements