Use
Amino Acids is the food additive amino acids may be safely used as
nutrients added to foods. the food additive consists of one or more
of the following individual amino acids in the free, hydrated, or
anhydrous form or as the hydrochloride, sodium, or potassium salts:
l-alanine, l-arginine, l-asparagine, l-aspartic acid, l-cysteine, l-cys-
tine, l-glutamic acid, l-glutamine, aminoacetic acid (glycine), l-his-
tidine, l-isoleucine, l-leucine, l-lysine, dl-methionine (not for infant
foods), l-methionine, l-phenylalanine, l-proline, l-serine, l-threo-
nine, l-tryptophan, l-tyrosine, or l-valine. the additive(s) is used to
significantly improve the biological quality of the total protein in a
food containing naturally occurring, primarily intact protein that is
considered a significant dietary protein source. the amount of the
additive added for nutritive purposes plus the amount naturally
present in free and combined (as protein) form should not exceed
the levels of amino acids expressed as percent by weight of the total
protein of the finished food.