WGS & CSL

Substances covered

Both substances were registered in October 2010.

Substance name	EC Number	CAS Number	SIEF
Syrups, wheat, hydrolyzed starch	931-687-3	-	-
Corn Steep Liquor	266-113-4	66071-94-1	SIEF

Membership

Manufacturers, importers, only representatives as defined in the REACH Regulation of the substance on its own, in preparations or in articles and who are subject to the registration requirements pursuant to the REACH Regulation, or Affiliates thereof and who participate in the consortium.

Membership is open to any applicant fulfilling the membership criteria. The WGS & CSL consortium, therefore is open to any European company manufacturing WGS and/or CSL as well as importers of the substances and only representatives. Downstream users and other data holders are also invited to play an active role in the work of the Consortium.

Current members of the WGS & CSL Consortium are:

Cargill
Chamtor
Roquette
Syral

Wheat Glucose Syrups – Substance Identity Profile (SIP)

Please find below the proposed substance identity profile of Wheat Gluose Syrups. As IUPAC name Syrups, Wheat, Hydrolyzed Starch is accepted and Glucose Syrups Wheat Hydrolysates as synonym, together with the testing proposal for identification of the substance and impurities, in accordance with the requirements listed in Section 2 Annex VI of the REACH Regulation.

A description of the SIP is hereby provided:

Name and other identifiers of the substance

The substance Syrups, Wheat, Hydrolyzed Starch is a UVCB (origin: organic) having the following characteristics (see the IUCLID dataset for further details).

Table 1. Substance identity

IUPAC name	Syrups, Wheat, Hydrolyzed Starch
Description	A complex combination obtained by the hydrolysis of wheat starch by the action of acids or enzymes. It consists primarily of d-glucose, maltose and maltodextrins.
EC number	931-687-3
Synonyms	Glucose Syrups Wheat Hydrolysates
Molecular formula	not applicable
Molecular weight range	>180

Composition of the substance

Name: Syrups, wheat, hydrolyzed starch (dry form)
Description: A complex combination obtained by the hydrolysis of wheat starch by the action of acids or enzymes. It consists primarily of d-glucose, maltose and maltodextrins.
Degree of purity: 100.0 % (w/w).

Table 2. Constituents

Constituent	Typical concentration	Concentration range	Remarks
d-glucose EC no.: 200-075-1		< 80.0 % (w/w)
maltose EC no.: 200-716-5		< 80.0 % (w/w)
maltodextrins EC no.: 232-940-4		< 80.0 % (w/w)
water EC no.: 231-791-2		< 5.0 % (w/w)

Name: Syrups, wheat, hydrolyzed starch (Liquid form - 40% of water)
Description: A complex combination obtained by the hydrolysis of wheat starch by the action of acids or enzymes. It consists primarily of d-glucose, maltose and maltodextrins.
Degree of purity: 100.0 % (w/w)

Table 3. Constituents

Constituent	Typical concentration	Concentration range	Remarks
d-glucose EC no.: 200-075-1		< 80.0 % (w/w)
maltose EC no.: 200-716-5		< 80.0 % (w/w)
maltodextrins EC no.: 232-940-4		< 80.0 % (w/w)
water EC no.: 231-791-2		<5.0 - 40.0 % (w/w)

Wheat Glucose Syrups – Joint submission and Letter of Access

The Letter of access may be provided under request: you will be then able to enter the ReachCentrum LoA Shop, create an account, and purchase your Letter of Access. You will be required to accept the SIEF Agreement.

Following payment of the invoice you will receive the token and the other documents to complete registration.

Please note that the final CSR is not jointly submitted, however all Joint Registrants receive a core CSR that they can modify as needed before adding their CSR to their own registrations. This is to ensure the flexibility needed for companies to manage their own CSRs.

Corn Steep Liquor – Substance Identity Profile (SIP)

Please find below the proposed substance identity profile of Corn Steep Liquor together with the testing proposal for identification of the substance and impurities, in accordance with the requirements listed in Section 2 Annex VI of the REACH Regulation.

A description of the SIP is hereby provided:

Name and other identifiers of the substance

The substance Corn, steep liquor is a UVCB (origin: organic) having the following characteristics (see the IUCLID dataset for further details).
The following public name is used: Corn, steep liquor.

Table 1. Substance identity

EC number	266-113-4
EC name	Corn, steep liquor
CAS number (EC inventory)	66071-94-1
CAS name	Corn, steep liquor
IUPAC name	Corn, steep liquor
Description	Substance obtained by the partial removal of water from the liquid resulting from steeping corn in a water and sulphur dioxide solution which is allowed to ferment by the action of naturally occurring lactic acid-producing microorganisms.
Molecular formula	not applicable: UVCB substance
Molecular weight range	not applicable: UVCB substance

Composition of the substance

Name: Corn, steep liquor.
Description: Substance obtained by the partial removal of water from the liquid resulting from steeping corn in a water and sulfur dioxide solution which is allowed to ferment by the action of naturally occurring lactic acid-producing microorganisms.
Degree of purity: > 90.0 — 100.0 % (w/w)

Table 2. Constituents

Constituent	Typical concentration	Concentration range	Remarks
Protein hydrolyzates, corn EC no.: 309-349-6		15.75 — 26.25 % (w/w)
lactic acid EC no.: 200-018-0		5.25 — 15.75 % (w/w)
water EC no.: 231-791-2		40.0 — 55.0 % (w/w)
Unknown constituents of Corn Steep Liquor		0.0 — 10.0 % (w/w)	Various natural components non classified as dangerous and contained in amount of <10 % each

Corn Steep Liquor – Joint submission and Letter of Access

The Letter of access may be provided under request: you will be then able to enter the ReachCentrum LoA Shop, create an account, and purchase your Letter of Access. You will be required to accept the SIEF Agreement.

Following payment of the invoice you will receive the token and the other documents to complete registration.

Please note that the final CSR is not jointly submitted, however all Joint Registrants receive a core CSR that they can modify as needed before adding their CSR to their own registrations. This is to ensure the flexibility needed for companies to manage their own CSRs.

Relevant links

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Contact

alessandra.pavia@reachcentrum.eu

Cantersteen 47
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium

WGS & CSL REACH Consortium

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