---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 573.530"
title: "21"
number: "573.530"
heading: "Hydrogenated corn syrup."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/573.530"
---

# §573.530. Hydrogenated corn syrup.

- (a) **Identity.** The product is produced by hydrogenation of corn syrup over a nickel catalyst.
- (b) **Specifications.** The product contains 70 percent hydrogenated corn syrup and a maximum of 0.5 percent reducing sugars.
- (c) **Uses.** The product is used as a humectant and plasticizer in preparation of soft-moist dog and cat foods.
- (d) **Limitations.** The product is preferably stored in a closed, stainless steel or aluminum container. The level of use of the product shall not exceed 15 percent of the total weight of the pet food formulation.
- (e) **Labeling.** The labeling shall bear, in addition to other information required by the Act:
  - (1) **The name of the additive.**
  - (2) **Adequate directions for use in accordance with the provisions in paragraph (d) of this section.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 22920, Apr. 4, 1980]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 38652, Sept. 10, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 22920, Apr. 4, 1980]