[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR168.111]

[Page 547-548]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 168_SWEETENERS AND TABLE SIRUPS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Requirements for Specific Standardized Sweeteners and Table 
                                 Sirups
 
Sec.  168.111  Dextrose monohydrate.

    (a) Dextrose monohydrate is purified and crystallized D-glucose 
containing one molecule of water of crystallization with each molecule 
of D-glucose.
    (b) The food shall meet the following specifications:
    (1) The total solids content is not less than 90.0 percent mass/mass 
(m/m), and the reducing sugar content (dextrose equivalent), expressed 
as D-glucose, is not less than 99.5 percent m/m calculated on a dry 
basis.
    (2) The sulfated ash content is not more than 0.25 percent m/m 
(calculated on a dry basis), and the sulfur dioxide content is not more 
than 20 mg/kg.
    (c) The name of the food is ``Dextrose monohydrate'' or ``Dextrose'' 
or alternatively, ``------ sugar monohydrate'' or ``------ sugar'', with 
the blank to be filled with the name of the food source, for example, 
``Corn sugar monohydrate'' or ``Corn sugar''.
    (d) For purposes of this section, the methods of analysis to be used 
to determine if the food meets the specifications of paragraph (b) (1) 
and (2) of this

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section are the following sections in ``Official Methods of Analysis of 
the Association of Official Analytical Chemists,'' 13th Ed. (1980), 
which is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the 
Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, 481 North 
Frederick Ave., suite 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2504, or may be 
examined at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol 
Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.
    (1) Total solids content, 31.005.
    (2) Reducing sugar content, section 31.220(a).
    (3) Sulfated ash content, section 31.216.
    (4) Sulfur dioxide content, sections 20.106-20.111.

[42 FR 14479, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 11834, Mar. 19, 1982; 
49 FR 10103, Mar. 19, 1984; 54 FR 24896, June 12, 1989; 58 FR 2886, Jan. 
6, 1993; 63 FR 14035, Mar. 24, 1998]