On May 14, 2025, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) opened 10 new food additives for public feedback. This includes a new variety of food additive — Branching enzyme, a new variety of food nutritional fortification substance — 3-fucosyllactose, five food additives with the usage expanded including Advantame and three food additives with quality specifications supplemented including Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides. Any comments can be submitted before June 13, 2025. Details are as follows:

A new variety of enzyme preparation for food industry

A new variety of food nutritional fortification substance

1. Chinese name: 3-岩藻糖基乳糖

English name: 3-fucosyllactose, 3-FL

Function classification: food nutritional fortification substance

The usage, scope of use and quality specification of 3-fucosyllactose should be implemented in accordance with the draft of the food nutritional fortification substance 3-fucosyllactose in the Publicly Soliciting Opinions on 8 New Varieties of Food Additives Including Aminopeptidase issued by the CFSAs (except for Appendix C Information on Production Bacteria for 3-Fucosyllactose). The production bacteria information of the new variety of nutritional fortification substance is shown in the table below.

Three food additives with the usage expanded

Two food nutritional fortification substances with the scope of use expanded

Three food additives with quality specifications supplemented

1. Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides

This quality specification is applicable to the food additive enzymatically produced steviol glycosides with rich Rebaudioside AM, made from the leaves of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni by processes such as extraction, refinement, enzymatic conversion, flocculation and filtration, resin treatment, concentration and drying. The production bacteria of enzymatically produced steviol glycosides should undergo safety assessment and meet the requirements of the following table.

a is the donor of sucrose synthetase

b is the donor of β-1,3-glycosyltransferase

c is the donor of β-1,2-glycosyltransferase

2. Food nutritional fortification substance 2'-fucosyllactose

The quality specifications of this substance should be implemented in accordance with the NHC Announcement No. 8 of 2023 (except for Appendix C Information on Bacteria for the Production of 2'-fucosyllactose), and the production bacteria information on the new variety of nutritional fortification substance is shown in the following table.

3. Chinese name: 碳酸钙（海藻来源）

English name: Calcium carbonate (Calcified Lithothamnion tophiforme source)

Function classification: food nutritional fortification

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Lillian Zhou

Source: CFSA

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