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21 CFR § 137.175 - Phosphated flour.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s137.175"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 137.175 - Phosphated flour."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "137.175"
section_name: "Phosphated flour."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
part_number: "137"
part_name: "CEREAL FLOURS AND RELATED PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 341, 343, 348, 371, 379e."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 14402, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "137"
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# 137.175 Phosphated flour.

Phosphated flour, phosphated white flour, and phosphated wheat flour, conform to the definition and standard of identity, and are subject to the requirements for label declaration of ingredients, prescribed for flour by § 137.105, except that:

(a) Monocalcium phosphate is added in a quantity not less than 0.25 percent and not more than 0.75 percent of the weight of the finished phosphated flour; and

(b) In determining whether the ash content complies with the requirements of this section allowance is made for the added monocalcium phosphate.

[42 FR 14402, Mar. 15, 1977, as amended at 58 FR 2877, Jan. 6, 1993]