Table 2.
Proposal for modification of the specifications (Documentation provided to EFSA No 8)
| Specifiations | Gellan variants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA gellan | LA gellan (non‐clarified) | LA gellan (clarified) | Deacylated gellan (clarified) | |
| Degree of acylation | > 50% | ≤ 50% | ≤ 50% | < 1% |
| Total acyl content (wt%) | > 7.35% | ≤ 7.35% | ≤ 7.35% | < 0.15% |
| Residual solvent 2‐propanol* | ≤ 750 mg/kg | ≤ 750 mg/kg | ≤ 750 mg/kg | ≤ 750 mg/kg |
| Residual solvent ethanol* | < 0.9% | < 0.9% | < 0.9% | < 0.9% |
| Nitrogen | < 3% | < 3% | < 1% | < 1% |
| Loss of drying | ≤ 15% | ≤ 15% | ≤ 15% | ≤ 15% |
| Transmittance (0.5% solution) | NA | NA | ≥ 80% | ≥ 80% |
* ‘Separate limits should be set for 2‐propanol and ethanol. The interested party does ‘not support the setting of combined limits, typically referred to as “singly or in combination” as found frequently in European specifications (Regulation 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives)’. The interested party ‘supports that separate limits be set for each solvent used. This does not even require more analytical efforts as these determinations can be done with the same gas chromatography system’.