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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1050/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/1050",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1050/2012 of 8 November 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Polyglycitol syrup (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "text": "In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 the following entry for E 964 is inserted after the entry for E 962:\n‘ E 964 POLYGLYCITOL SYRUP\nSynonyms\nHydrogenated starch hydrolysate, hydrogenated glucose syrup and polyglucitol\nDefinition\nA mixture consisting mainly of maltitol and sorbitol and lesser amounts of hydrogenated oligo- and polysaccharides and maltrotriitol. It is manufactured by the catalytic hydrogenation of a mixture of starch hydrolysates consisting of glucose, maltose and higher glucose polymers, similar to the catalytic hydrogenation process used for the manufacture of maltitol syrup. The resulting syrup is desalted by ion exchange and concentrated to the desired level.\nEinecs\nChemical name\nSorbitol: D-glucitol\nMaltitol: (α)-D-Glucopyranosyl-1,4-D-glucitol\nChemical formula\nSorbitol: C6H14O6\nMaltitol: C12H24O11\nMolecular weight\nSorbitol: 182,2\nMaltitol: 344,3\nAssay\nContent not less than 99 % of total hydrogenated saccharides on the anhydrous basis, not less than 50 % higher molecular weight polyols, not more than 50 % of maltitol and not more than 20 % of sorbitol on the anhydrous basis.\nDescription\nColourless and odourless clear viscous liquid\nIdentification\nSolubility\nVery soluble in water and slightly soluble in ethanol\nTest for maltitol\nPasses test\nTest for sorbitol\nTo 5 g of the sample add 7 ml of methanol, 1 ml of benzaldehyde and 1 ml of hydrochloric acid. Mix and shake in a mechanical shaker until crystals appear. Filter the crystals and dissolve in 20 ml of boiling water containing 1 g of sodium bicarbonate. Filter the crystals, wash with 5 ml of a water-methanol mixture (1 in 2) and dry in the air. The crystals of the monobenzylidine derivative of sorbitol so obtained melt between 173 and 179 °C.\nPurity\nWater content\nNot more than 31 % (Karl Fischer method)\nChlorides\nNot more than 50 mg/kg\nSulphates\nNot more than 100 mg/kg\nReducing sugars\nNot more than 0,3 %\nNickel\nNot more than 2 mg/kg\nLead\nNot more than 1 mg/kg\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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