{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-450/annex/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-450/annex/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/450",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/450 of 13 March 2017 authorising the placing on the market of lactitol as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2017) 1576) (Only the English text is authentic)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-450",
  "path": "annex/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Identity of lactitol",
  "text": "Chemical name\n4-O-β-D-Galactopyranosyl-D-glucitol\nChemical formula\nC12H24O11\nMolecular weight\n344,31 g/mol\nCAS No\n585-86-4\nDescription: Crystalline powder or colourless solution manufactured via catalytic hydrogenation of lactose. Crystalline products occur in anhydrous, monohydrate and dihydrate forms. Nickel is used as a catalyst.\nd.b expressed on the dry weight basis\nParameters\nSpecification value\nSolubility (in water)\nVery soluble in water\nSpecific rotation\n[α] D20 = + 13° to + 16°\nAssay\nNot less than 95 % d.b\nWater content\nNot more than 10,5 %\nOther polyols\nNot more than 2,5 % d.b\nReducing sugars\nNot more than 0,2 % d.b\nChlorides\nNot more than 100 mg/kg d.b\nSulphates\nNot more than 200 mg/kg d.b\nSulphated ash\nNot more than 0,1 % d.b\nNickel\nNot more than 2 mg/kg d.b\nArsenic\nNot more than 3 mg/kg d.b\nLead\nNot more than 1 mg/kg d.b",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "d.b expressed on the dry weight basis"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/450/annex/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:33.685108+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}