| FEMA | 3811 |
| CAS | 20702-77-6 |
| EINECS | 243-978-6 |
| JECFA Food Flavoring | N/A |
| CoE Number | N/A |
| Organoleptic Notes |
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| Odor | odorless |
| Flavor | sweet licorice, sweet, |
| Material Notes | Intensely sweet, 612 times more sweet than sucrose. ADI 5 mg/kg (1987). Permitted in EU at low concs. (=10 ppm) for certain applications, e.g. low-alcohol beer. Generally recognised as safe (GRAS) in the USA. Practical use limited by slow development of taste sensation and peculiar aftertaste Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, sometimes abbreviated to neohesperidin DC or simply NHDC, is an artificial sweetener derived from citrus.; The European Union approved NHDC's use as a sweetener in 1994. It has not been approved as a sweetener in the United States. It is sometimes said that NHDC is considered a Generally Recognized as Safe flavour enhancer by the Flavour and Extract Manufacturers' Association, which is a trade group with no legal standing. NHDC has never appeared on the FDA's GRAS listing. |