---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.834"
title: "21"
number: "172.834"
heading: "Ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.834"
---

# §172.834. Ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides.


The food additive ethoxylated mono-and diglycerides (polyoxyethylene (20) mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids) (polyglycerate 60) may be safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) **The food additive is manufactured by—**
  - (1) Glycerolysis of edible fats primarily composed of stearic, palmitic, and myristic acids; or
  - (2) Direct esterification of glycerol with a mixture of primarily stearic, palmitic, and myristic acids;
- (b) **The additive meets the following specifications—**
- (c) The additive is used or intended for use in the following foods when standards of identity established under section 401 of the Act do not preclude such use:
- (d) When the name “polyglycerate 60” is used in labeling it shall be followed by either “polyoxyethylene (20) mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids” or “ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides” in parentheses.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 37973, July 26, 1977; 50 FR 49536, Dec. 3, 1985]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[42 FR 14491, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 37973, July 26, 1977; 50 FR 49536, Dec. 3, 1985]