Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: May 15, 2024
§ 173.55 - Polyvinylpyrrolidone.

The food additive polyvinylpyrroli-done may be safely used in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

(a) The additive is a polymer of purified vinylpyrrolidone catalytically produced, having an average molecular weight of 40,000 and a maximum unsaturation of 1 percent, calculated as the monomer, except that the polyvinylpyrrolidone used in beer is that having an average molecular weight of 360,000 and a maximum unsaturation of 1 percent, calculated as the monomer.

(b) The additive is used or intended for use in foods as follows:

Food Limitations
BeerAs a clarifying agent, at a residual level not to exceed 10 parts per million.
Flavor concentrates in tablet formAs a tableting adjuvent in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice.
Nonnutritive sweeteners in concentrated liquid formAs a stabilizer, bodying agent, and dispersant, in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice.
Nonnutritive sweeteners in tablet formAs a tableting adjuvant in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice.
Vitamin and mineral concentrates in liquid formAs a stabilizer, bodying agent, and dispersant, in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice.
Vitamin and mineral concentrates in tablet formAs a tableting adjuvant in an amount not to exceed good manufacturing practice.
VinegarAs a clarifying agent, at a residual level not to exceed 40 parts per million.
WineAs a clarifying agent, at a residual level not to exceed 60 parts per million.
authority: 21 U.S.C. 321,342,348
source: 42 FR 14526, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 173.55