---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.826"
title: "21"
number: "172.826"
heading: "Sodium stearyl fumarate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.826"
---

# §172.826. Sodium stearyl fumarate.


Sodium stearyl fumarate may be safely used in food in accordance with the following conditions:

- (a) It contains not less than 99 percent sodium stearyl fumarate calculated on the anhydrous basis, and not more than 0.25 percent sodium stearyl maleate.
- (b) **The additive is used or intended for use—**
  - (1) As a dough conditioner in yeast-leavened bakery products in an amount not to exceed 0.5 percent by weight of the flour used.
  - (2) **As a conditioning agent in dehydrated potatoes in an amount not to exceed 1 percent by weight thereof.**
  - (3) As a stabilizing agent in nonyeast-leavened bakery products in an amount not to exceed 1 percent by weight of the flour used.
  - (4) As a conditioning agent in processed cereals for cooking in an amount not to exceed 1 percent by weight of the dry cereal, except for foods for which standards of identity preclude such use.
  - (5) As a conditioning agent in starch-thickened or flour-thickened foods in an amount not to exceed 0.2 percent by weight of the food.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 342, 348, 371, 379e.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.