EU approves new process for producing stevia sweetener E 960c(ii) with modified yeast
19 Oct 20263 views
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Food additive manufacturers, food industry and beverage and food producers with stevia
Summary
The European Commission updates the specifications for stevia sweetener E 960c(ii), allowing its production through enzymatic conversion with genetically modified yeast.
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Regulation (EU) 2026/2309 amends the annex to Regulation (EU) 231/2012 to include new specifications for food additive E 960c(ii), rebaudioside M. Its production is authorized through enzymatic conversion of highly purified rebaudioside A using genetically modified yeast Komagataella phaffii CGMCC 7539. This update exp…
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OJ:L_202602309: Reglamento (UE) 2026/2309 de la Comisión, de 16 de octubre de 2026, que modifica el anexo del Reglamento (UE) n.o 231/2012, por el que se establecen especificaciones para los aditivos alimentarios que figuran en los anexos II y III del Reglamento (CE) n.o 1333/2008 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, en lo referente a las especificaciones relativas a los glucósidos de esteviol producidos enzimáticamente para incluir el rebaudiósido M producido mediante conversión enzimática del rebaudiósido A muy purificado a partir de extractos de hojas de estevia [E 960c(ii)] utilizando la levadura modificada genéticamente K. phaffii CGMCC 7539
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