# Commission Implementing Decision of 1 June 2012 authorising the placing on the market of Gamma-Cyclodextrin as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 3496) (Only the German text is authentic) (2012/288/EU), Division: Definition

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

A non-reducing cyclic saccharide consisting of eight α-1,4-linked D-glucopyranosyl units produced by the action of cyclodextrin glucosyltransferase (CGTase, EC 2.4.1.19) on hydrolysed starch. Recovery and purification of γ-cyclodextrin may be carried out by precipitation of a complex of γ-cyclodextrin with 8-cyclohexadecen-1-one, dissolution of the complex with water and n-decane, steam-stripping of the aqueous phase and recovery of gamma-CD from the solution by crystallisation.
Chemical name Cyclooctaamylose
CAS number 17465-86-0
Chemical formula (C6H10O5)8
Structural formula
Assay Not less than 98 % (dry basis)
Description Virtually odourless, white or almost white crystalline solid

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/288/annex/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-288/annex/division-2
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