Plant extracts common varieties have? In the present situation and the application of regulation? The following, we will carry on some simple introduction, and enumerate allows you to use in all kinds of rules, for reference:
One, common plant extracts have?
Plant extracts ingredients, generally can be divided into glucoside, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, such as such as green tea extract, its main components in tea polyphenols; Ginseng extract, mainly contain a variety of ginseng monomer saponins; According to the characteristics of different, can be divided into extract, powder, lens, etc., such as violet leaf extract, hangzhou white chrysanthemum extract.
The current international popular nearly hundred kinds of plant extracts, common has the following categories:
1. Antioxidants: grape seed extract, green tea extract, pine bark extract, etc.;
2. The immune modulators: ginseng extract, gynostemma extract, ganoderma extract etc.;
3. Improve the function of cardiovascular system: ginkgo biloba extract, extracts from lotus plumule, rhodiola extract, etc.;
4. Sedative classes: valerian extract, hops extract, etc.;
5. Categories: natural pigment of lycopene, purple potato extract, etc.;
6. Functional sweeteners: licorice extract, stevia extract, etc.
Second, the application of plant extracts in food and regulatory conditions
At present, the plant extracts used as food raw materials, the regulation of our country is not regulated, part of the material in the form of different rules.
1. According to GB2760, part of the plant extracts can be used as a food additive, according to its function, main can be divided into:
1) antioxidants: rosemary extract; Tea polyphenols (aka d polyphenols); Licorice root antioxidant; Bamboo leaves antioxidants.
2) natural spices: clove bud tincture (extract); Chinese cinnamon bark tincture (extract); Spit lu tincture (extract); Walnut shell extracts; Kola nut extract; Bay leaf extract/oil resin; Ginger extract (ginger extract); White oak wood extracts; Styrax extracts; Carob extract; Soap bark extract; Good ginger root extract; Spring often net oil (extract) (roma); Medicine buckthorn extract; The summer solstice grass extracts; Mo harvard yucca extract; Seaweed (alga) extract; Gentian root extract; Wild black cherry bark extract; Helichrysum extracts; Naringin (pomelo peel glucoside extract); Paraguay tea net oil/extracts; White walnut tree bark extract; Melon, planar extracts; Mace oil resin/extracts; West Indian bay leaf extracts; The angelica extracts; Quassic extracts; Extract/yellow mustard yellow mustard oil resin; Brown mustard extracts; Black pepper oil resin/black pepper extract; Olive oil extract/sweet resin; Molasses extracts; Clover extract; Jamaica pepper oil resin/extracts; Basil extract; Celery seed extract (solid); Celery seed (CO2) extracts; Yellow cinchona bark extract; Red clover extract (solid); Dandelion root solid extract; Guangzhou flower extracts from maple (solid); Sage oil resin/extracts; Chinaroot greenbrier extracts; Valerian root extract. American chestnut leaf extract; Elderflower extract; Saffron extract; Bay leaf extracts; Lemon extracts; Tamarind extract (concrete); Fenugreek seed soaking; Orange peel extract; Ferulic liquid extract (liquid extract); Myrrh resin extract. Chinese prickly ash extract; Wormwood extracts; Juniper extracts; Licorice extract (powder); Betaine (naturally); Hyssop extract (aka god vanilla extract); Ann ancient bark extract; Germany often spring, the mother chrysanthemum extract; Annatto extract; Card's bark extract; Rose hips seed extract; Gansu oregano oil resin/extracts; Morocco nutmeg extract; Sesame (CO2) extracts; Dried bonito (CO2) extracts; Aloe vera extract; YanGen plant (ricinus communis) extracts; Grape seed extract. Spearmint extracts; Murraya paniculata concrete; Licorice liquid extract; Michelia extract; Rose extract; Iris extract; Hangzhou white chrysanthemum extract (aka HangJu flower liquid extract); Maple maple extract; Rock rose extract (also known as lai best when extract); Acacia extract; Big flower jasmine extract; The little flower jasmine extract; Turmeric extract; DaiDaiHua extract; Gardenia extract. Trees orchid extract; Tree moss extract; Sweet root extract; Incense was extract (extract); Roasted torreya nucifera shell extract; Hop extract; Osmanthus concrete; Wild rose extract; Chicory extract; Tuberose concrete; Violet leaf extract; Blackcurrant extract; Locust tree flower extract; The ink red flower extract; The church grass liquid extract; Dandelion liquid extract; Fenugreek seed extract; Red jujube extract.
3) stain (pigment) : chrysanthemum yellow extract; Tomato red; Citrus yellow; Black beans red; Blackcurrant red; Safflower yellow; Red rice red; Peanut red; Curcumin. Caramel color. Cherokee rose brown; Cocoa shell color; Chilli orange; Chili red; Chilli oil resin; Blue ingot annatto; Radish red; Fall kwai red; Rose eggplant red; Densely covered yellow; Grape red skin; Mulberry red; Seabuckthorn; Zizyphus jujube color; Natural amaranth; The acorn shell brown; Cochineal; Annatto orange (also known as bixin, bixin); Yang mei red; Lutein. Corn yellow; The orange; Algae (light blue, sea water); Gardenia yellow; Gardenia blue; Alkannin; Purple sweet potato pigment; The sorghum red; Beet red.
Has been approved in our country on the use of more than 40 standard natural pigment, only the more sugar beet red, orange, red pepper, caramel color, densely yellow, radish red, black currant varieties such as red, monascus yellow pigment, orange yellow, its usage is not restricted, can according to production need to add. Most of the rest of the varieties, are the biggest usage restrictions. The alkannin largest usage is 0.1 g, and synthesis of new red pigment carmine, limited; Curcumin maximum usage regulation 0.01 g, is a synthetic pigment sunset yellow, tartrazine one over ten of 0.1 g.
4) sweeteners: Mr. Horse sweet; Stevia glycoside; Extracts from fructus momordicae sweet glycoside (herbal).
2. Salt alga and extracts, the health ministry announcement, 18, 2009 approved as a new resource food (now known as the new food raw materials).
3. 2015 edition of "Chinese pharmacopoeia" specified in the rhubarb liquid extract, rhubarb extract, salvia miltiorrhiza, tanshinone extract, licorice root total phenolic acid extract liquid extract, licorice extract, north bean root extract, angelica liquid extract, hawthorn leaf extract, st John's wort, polygala liquid extract, acanthopanax extract, swollen section wind extract, Jiang Liu wormwood extracts, extract, leonurus liquid extract, zhejiang bei liquid extract, ginkgo biloba extract, skullcap extract, belladonna liquid extract, belladonna extract of 21 kinds of items can be used as pharmaceutical raw materials.
4. Chinese medicine and health products import and export chamber of commerce issued a ginkgo biloba extract, cranberry extract, ginseng extract, giant knotweed extract, centella asiatica extract, willow branch extracts, milk thistle extract items such as business standards, but according to the functions of the ministry of commerce, not sure the material can be used as food ingredients, applies only to products are exported to the eu market, U.S. and Japan, etc., and more varieties of plant extracts standard will be gradually develop in the future.
5. The center of the state drug administration of health food review health food declare q&a that enterprises can be purchased plant extracts as health food raw materials, but in the process of declaration used shall meet the corresponding requirements. Involved in the health food of various extracts were lack of national standards, the new "food safety" for the first time put forward "health food raw materials directory", establish after this directory will be to extract the market play a role specification, will also have the authority on the basis of consumer choose and buy.
Based on the above analysis, we can think, on the premise of comply with relevant regulations, after registration application and approval, plant extracts can be used as health food raw materials, but could not as raw materials for the ordinary food. If you want to use it in the ordinary food, should be in accordance with the health development planning commission regulations, to declare for the new food raw materials or food additives varieties. (source China's food science and technology network)