Canada approved tara for bread, butter and other foods.

Food partners according to health Canada website, health Canada recently issued notice, revised the emulsifier, gelling agent, stabilizer and thickener list ", approved by Tara gum (Tara gum department) as a food additive used in some food.

Tara gum is also known as the prickly ash, derived from the Peruvian shrubs.The endosperm of the leguminous seed of leguminosae is the raw material.

The ministry of health in Canada has assessed the use and usage of tara as a food additive in the context of risk assessment.

Using range

The use of

Bread, butter, sauerkraut, etc.

Use according to production requirement.

Cottage cheese, cream cottage cheese.

0.5%

Ice cream topping

0.5%, when mixed with other stabilizers, no more than 0.5%.

Ice milk ingredients

0.5%, when mixed with other stabilizers, no more than 0.5%.

Low calorie margarine.

0.5%, when mixed with other stabilizers, no more than 0.5%.

Sherbet.

0.75%, when mixed with other stabilizers, the total amount is not more than 0.5%.

Sour cream

0.5%, with the addition of monoglycerin, glycerin diester, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, the total amount is not more than 0.5%.

Non-standardized food

Use according to production.

Cold packaged cheese food.

0.5%

Cream cheese spread.

0.5%, the total amount is not more than 0.5%.

Cream cheese dressing products.

0.5%, the total amount is not more than 0.5%.