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On 21 October, 2021, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 11 new food additives (including food nutrition enhancers) passing the technical review of the CFSA Expert Review Committee and now opens for public comments, including 7 new food additives and 4 food additives with expanded scope. The deadline for public comments is 18 November, 2021.

(1) New food additive

No	Name	Function	Category number	Food name/category	Maximum level (g/kg)	Note
1	Quinoline yellow aluminum lake	Colorant	05.03	Coatings for candy and chocolate products(only for candy)	0.3	Measured as quinoline yellow

(2) New food enzymes

No	Name	Source	Donor
1	β-fructofuranosidase	Aspergillus fijiensis	—
2	Lactase	Bacillus subtilis	Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus
3	Phytase	Aspergillus niger	Aspergillus tubingensis

The quality specification requirements of enzymes should meet the requirements of the ‘National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives, Enzymes’ (GB 1886.174)

(3) Food additives with expanded scope

N o	Name	Function	Category number	Food name/category	Maximum lev el (g/kg)	Note
1	Magnesium chloride	Flavoring agent	06.07	Instant rice and flour products	Appropriate level as required in production	—
			6.08	Frozen rice and flour products
			12.10	Compound condiment
2	Lutein	Colorant	01.01.03	Modified milk	0.05	—
			01.02.02	Flavored fermented milk

(4) Processing aid with expanded scope

No	Name	Function	Usage scop e
1	polyacrylamide	Flocculating agents	Processing technology of salt

(5) New food nutrition enhancers

N o	Name	Category number	Food name/category	Usage amount	Note
1	2′-Fucosyllactose (synthetic)	01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children)	1.2 g/L	Count as the state of ready to eat, for powdery products, the level of use should be increased by times of brewing
2	D-ribose	13.05	Other special dietary foods except 13.01~13.04 (only for sports nutrition foods)	≤33 g/kg	—
2	D-ribose	14.04.02.01	beverages for special uses (only for sports drinks)	≤8.0 g/kg	Count as the state of ready to drink
3	lnositol (Cyclohexanehexol)	01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children)	210 mg/kg~250 mg/kg	—
		14.02.03	Fruit /vegetable juice(meat) beverages (including fermented products)	60 mg/kg~120 mg/kg
		14.04.02.02	Flavored drink	60 mg/kg~120 mg/kg
		13.0	Foods for special dietary uses	Refer to relevant standards for special dietary foods

(6) Food nutrition enhancer with expanded scope

No	Name	Categor y number	Food name/category	Usage scope	N ote
1	Vitamin K (Vitamin K2)	01.03.02	Modified milk powder(Milk powder for children, pregnant and puerpera are excluded)	340 μg/kg ~680 μg/kg	—
1	Vitamin K (Vitamin K2)	13.03	Formula foods for special medical purposes (excepted for those mentioned in 13.01)	Refer to the regulation of vitamin K1 in GB 29922	—

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CFSA Opened Public Comments for Eleven New Food Additives

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