---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 21.131"
title: "27"
number: "21.131"
heading: "Sucrose octaacetate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/21.131"
---

# §21.131. Sucrose octaacetate.

- (a) Sucrose octaacetate is an organic acetylation product occurring as a white or cream-colored powder having an intensely bitter taste.
- (b) **Free acid (as acetic acid).** Maximum percentage 0.15 by weight when determined by the following procedure: Dissolve 1.0 gram of sample in 50 mL of neutralized ethyl alcohol (or S.D.A. No. 3-A, No. 3-C, or No. 30) and titrate with 0.1 N sodium hydroxide using phenolphthalein indicator.
- (c) **Insoluble matter.** 0.30 percent by weight maximum.
- (d) **Melting point.** Not less than 78.0 °C.
- (e) **Purity.** Sucrose octaacetate 98 percent minimum by weight when determined by the following procedure: Transfer a weighed 1.50 grams sample to a 500 mL Erlenmeyer flask containing 100 mL of neutral ethyl alcohol (or S.D.A. No. 3-A, No. 3-C, or No. 30) and exactly 50.0 mL of 0.5 N sodium hydroxide. Reflux for 1 hour on a steam bath, cool and titrate the excess sodium hydroxide with 0.5 N sulfuric acid using phenolphthalein indicator.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-133, 48 FR 24673, June 2, 1983. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-442, 66 FR 12854, Mar. 1, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 26 U.S.C. 5242, 7805.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-133, 48 FR 24673, June 2, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-133, 48 FR 24673, June 2, 1983. Redesignated by T.D. ATF-442, 66 FR 12854, Mar. 1, 2001]