Galacto-oligosaccharide
Product details
- Definition/Description
- Galacto-oligosaccharide is produced from milk lactose by an enzymatic process using β-galactosidases from Aspergillus oryzae , Bifidobacterium bifidum, Pichia pastoris, Sporobolomyces singularis, Kluyveromyces lactis, Bacillus circulans, and Papiliotrema terrestris .
- Traditional food
- No
Status
- Status
- Authorised
- Applies in
- England, Scotland, Wales
- Status change date
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The date the status was last changed.
Terms of authorisation
- Conditions under which the novel food may be used
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Food category Maximum levels (expressed as ratio kg galacto-oligosaccharide/kg final food) Baby cereals 0.027 Baby desert 0.027 Baby juice 0.025 Baby snack 0.143 Baby yogurt drink 0.024 Bars 0.125 Cereals 0.125 Dairy analogue drinks 0.02 Dairy based deserts 0.043 Drinks intended to meet the expenditure of intense muscular effort especially for sportsmen 0.013 Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC 0.333 Frozen dairy deserts 0.043 Fruit drinks and energy drinks 0.021 Fruit pie fillings 0.059 Fruit preparations 0.125 Infant formula and follow-on formula as defined in Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 0.008 Infant meal replacement drinks 0.012 Juice 0.021 Meal replacement for weight control (as drinks) 0.02 Milk 0.02 Milk drinks 0.03 Yoghurt 0.033
- Additional specific labelling requirements
- not specified
- Other requirements
- not specified
- Data protection
- not specified
- Legislation links
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England, Scotland, Wales: Assimilated EU Regulations 2017/2470 , Assimilated EU Regulations 2018/1023
Updates
- Last updated
- The date the item authorisation was last updated.