---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 172.720"
title: "21"
number: "172.720"
heading: "Calcium lactobionate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/172.720"
---

# §172.720. Calcium lactobionate.


The food additive calcium lactobionate may be safely used in food in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:

- (a) The food additive is the calcium salt of lactobionic acid (4-(β,D-galactosido)-D-gluconic acid) produced by the oxidation of lactose.
- (b) It is used or intended for use as a firming agent in dry pudding mixes at a level not greater than that required to accomplish the intended effect.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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