Information about solid extracts

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Information About Solid Extracts

This is such an important issue that it needs to be repeated. Solid extracts may contain caramel color and/or propylene glycol. When this is the case, identify caramel color and quantify the amount of propylene glycol. If documentation lists the propylene glycol content as a range, report the maximum value of the range. If the solid extract is free of these materials, please state that on the formula. A specification or ingredient data sheet may be submitted, but it must provide the information mentioned above. The following is an example of a line item in box 12:

Fenugreek Solid Extract (10% PG by wt, Caramel Color)………1.0 lbs