Lactic Acid By N. B. Enterprise

Prepared at the 46th JECFA (1996), published in FNP 52 Add 4 (1996) superseding specifications prepared at the 21st JECFA (1977), published
in NMRS 57 (1977) and in FNP 52 (1992). Metals and arsenic specifications revised at the 63rd JECFA (2004). An ADI 'not limited' for lactic acid and its salts was established at the 23rd JECFA (1979)
SYNONYMS INS No. 270 DEFINITION Obtained by the lactic fermentation of sugars or is prepared synthetically; may contain condensation products such as lactic acid, lactate and
dilactide. Common products of commerce are 50-90% solutions. Solid products containing about 100-125% of titratable lactic acid also exist.
(Note: Lactic acid is hygroscopic and when concentrated by boiling or by distillation it forms condensation products which hydrolyze to lactic acid
on dilution and heating in water).