Article 1
Open ↗Synthetic zeaxanthin as specified in the Annex may be placed on the market in the Union as a novel food ingredient in food supplements at the maximum intake recommended by the manufacturer of up to 2 mg per day.
Source
2013/49/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 22 January 2013 authorising the placing on the market of synthetic zeaxanthin as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 110)
2013/49/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 22 January 2013 authorising the placing on the market of synthetic zeaxanthin as a novel food ingredient under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 110)
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Article 2
Open ↗The designation of synthetic zeaxanthin authorised by this Decision on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘synthetic zeaxanthin’.
Article 3
Open ↗This Decision is addressed to DSM Nutritional Products, Alexander Fleminglaan 1, 2613 AX Delft, The Netherlands.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX SPECIFICATIONS OF SYNTHETIC ZEAXANTHIN Definition Zeaxanthin is a naturally occurring xanthophyll pigment, it is an oxygenated carotenoid. Synthetic zeaxanthin is produced by a multi-step chemical synthesis from smaller molecules. Synthetic zeaxanthin is presented either as a spray-dried powder of gelatin or starch base (‘beadlets’) with added α-tocopherol and ascorbyl palmitate or as a corn oil suspension with added α-tocopherol Description: Orange-red crystalline powder with little or no odour Chemical formula: C 40 H 56 O 2 Structural formula: CAS No: 144-68-3 Molecular weight: 568,9 daltons Physical-chemical properties of synthetic zeaxanthin Loss on drying less than 0,2 % All-trans zeaxanthin more than 96 % Cis-zeaxanthin less than 2 % Other carotenoids less than 1,5 % Triphenylphosphine oxid (CAS No 791-28-6) less than 50 mg/kg
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