# The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000, Chapter PART III: PERMITTED EMULSIFIERS, STABILISERS, THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS CHAPTER A EEC No. Name or description Conditions E322 Lecithins All feeding stuffs E400 Alginic acid All feeding stuffs E401 Sodium alginate All feeding stuffs E402 Potassium alginate All feeding stuffs E404 Calcium alginate All feeding stuffs E405 Propylene glycol alginate (propan-1,2-diol alginate) All feeding stuffs E406 Agar All feeding stuffs E407 Carrageenan All feeding stuffs E410 Locust bean gum (carob gum) All feeding stuffs E411 Tamarind seed flour All feeding stuffs E412 Guar gum (guar flour) All feeding stuffs E413 Tragacanth All feeding stuffs E414 Acacia (gum arabic) All feeding stuffs E415 Xanthan gum All feeding stuffs E420 D-Glucitol (sorbitol) All feeding stuffs E421 Mannitol All feeding stuffs E422 Glycerol All feeding stuffs E440 Pectins All feeding stuffs E460 Mycrocrystalline cellulose All feeding stuffs E460(ii) Cellulose powder All feeding stuffs E461 Methylcellulose All feeding stuffs E462 Ethylcellulose All feeding stuffs E463 Hydroxypropylcellulose All feeding stuffs E464 Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose All feeding stuffs E465 Ethylmethylcellulose All feeding stuffs E466 Carboxymethylcellulose (sodium salt of carboxymethyl ether of cellulose) All feeding stuffs E470 Sodium, potassium and calcium salts of edible fatty acids, alone or in mixtures, derived either from edible fats or distilled edible fatty acids E471 Monoacyl and diacylglycerols (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids) All feeding stuffs E472 Monoacyl and diacylglycerols esterified with the following acids: (a) acetic (b) lactic (c) citric (d) tartaric (e) monoacetyltartaric and diacetyltartaric All feeding stuffs E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids (esters of saccharose and edible fatty acids) All feeding stuffs E474 Mixture of sucrose esters of monoacyl and diacylglycerols (sucroglycerides) All feeding stuffs E475 Polyglycerol esters of non-polymerised edible fatty acids All feeding stuffs E477 Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids (propan-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids) All feeding stuffs E480 Stearoyl-2-lactylic acid All feeding stuffs E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate All feeding stuffs E482 Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate All feeding stuffs E483 Stearyl tartrate All feeding stuffs E484 Glycerol poly(ethylene glycol)ricinoleate All feeding stuffs E486 Dextrans All feeding stuffs E491 Sorbitan monostearate All feeding stuffs E492 Sorbitan tristearate All feeding stuffs E493 Sorbitan monolaurate All feeding stuffs E494 Sorbitan mono-oleate All feeding stuffs E495 Sorbitan monopalmitate All feeding stuffs CHAPTER B Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 EEC No. Name or Description Kind of animal permitted Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff) Conditions E403 Ammonium Alginate All species of animals except aquarium fish All feeding stuffs E418 Gellan Gum (Polytetrasaccharide containing glucose, glucuronic acid and rhamonose (2:1:1) produced by Pseudomonas elodea (ATCC31466)) Dogs, Cats No limit Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% E432 Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate All species of animals 5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates) Milk replacer feeds only E433 Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan mono-oleate All species of animals 5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates) Milk replacer feeds only E434 Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monopalmitate All species of animals 5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates) Milk replacer feeds only E435 Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monosterate All species of animals 5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates) Milk replacer feeds only E436 Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan tristearate All species of animals 5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates) Milk replacer feeds only E450b(i) Pentasodium triphosphate Dogs, Cats 5000 All feeding stuffs E487 Polyethyleneglycol esters of fatty acids from soya oil Calves 6000 Milk replacer feeds only E488 Polyoxyethylated glycerides of tallow fatty acids Calves 5000 Milk replacer feeds only E489 Ethers of polyglycerol and of alcohols obtained by the reduction of oleic and palmitic acids Calves 5000 Milk replacer feeds only E490 Propan–1, 2–diol Dairy cows 12000 All feeding stuffs Calves Cattle for fattening Lambs Kids Swine Poultry 36000 All feeding stuffs E496 Poly(ethylene glycol) 6000 All species of animals 300 All feeding stuffs E497 Polyoxypropylene—polyoxyethylene polymers (M.W. 6800-9000) All species of animals 50 All feeding stuffs E498 Partial polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of caster oil (polyglycerol polyricinoleate) Dogs No limit All feeding stuffs E499 Cassia Gum Dogs, Cats 17600 Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2481/schedule/3/part/TABLE/chapter/3 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-2000/schedule-3/part-TABLE/chapter-3 Contains public sector information 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