# Commission Decision of 2 February 2011 authorising the placing on the market of a chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 480) (Only the French text is authentic) (2011/76/EU), Division: Description

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Chitin-glucan is obtained from the mycelium of Aspergillus niger, it is a slightly yellow, odourless, free-flowing powder. It has a dry matter content of 90 % or more.
Chitin-glucan is composed largely of two polysaccharides:
chitin, composed of repeating units of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (CAS No: 1398-61-4),
beta(1,3)-glucan, composed of repeating units of D-glucose (CAS No: 9041-22-9).
Specification of chitin-glucan from Aspergillus niger
Loss on drying
≤ 10 %
Chitin-glucan
≥ 90 %
Ratio of chitin to glucan
30:70 to 60:40
Ash
≤ 3 %
Lipids
≤ 1 %
Proteins
≤ 6 %

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/76/annex/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-76/annex/division-1
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