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  },
  "functional_class": "Antioxidant",
  "summary": "Potassium lactate is a preservative and humectant used in processed meats where sodium is being reduced. It is not a dairy ingredient despite the name.",
  "derivation_summary": "Made by neutralising fermentation-derived lactic acid with potassium hydroxide.",
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          "effective_from": null,
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1639",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-184.1639"
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table Three, INS 326",
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        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "name": "Fluid Buttermilk (plain)"
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 261",
          "effective_from": "2013",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 326, food category 01.1.3",
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        },
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 631",
          "effective_from": "2024",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 326, food category 01.2.1.2",
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
            "code": "01.4.1",
            "name": "Pasteurized cream (plain)"
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          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 12",
          "effective_from": "2024",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 326, food category 01.4.1",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
          "source": "gsfa",
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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            "name": "Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)"
          },
          "max_level": null,
          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": null,
          "effective_from": "2013",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 326, food category 01.4.2",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
          },
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
            "code": "09.2.5",
            "name": "Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms"
          },
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          "effective_from": "2018",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 326, food category 09.2.5",
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        },
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
            "code": "13.2",
            "name": "Complementary foods for infants and young children"
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          "max_level_unit": "GMP",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 83 & XS73",
          "effective_from": "2023",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 326, food category 13.2",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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      "name": "L-Lactic acid potassium salt",
      "type": "common",
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      "name": "lactate potassium",
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      "name": "Lactic acid potassium salt 50%, extra pure",
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      "name": "Monopotassium 2-hydroxypropanoate",
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    {
      "name": "Monopotassium 2-hydroxypropanoate acid",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Monopotassium 2hydroxypropanoate",
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      "name": "Potassium alpha-hydroxypropionate",
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