[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR172.315]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 172--FOOD ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR DIRECT ADDITION TO FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Special Dietary and Nutritional Additives
 
Sec. 172.315  Nicotinamide-ascorbic acid complex.

    Nicotinamide-ascorbic acid complex may be safely used in accordance 
with the following prescribed conditions:
    (a) The additive is the product of the controlled reaction between 
ascorbic acid and nicotinamide, melting in the range 141  deg.C to 145 
deg.C.
    (b) It is used as a source of ascorbic acid and nicotinamide in 
multivitamin preparations.