MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDE MADE FROM PALM-DERIVED CAPRYLIC-CAPRIC ACID AND GLYCERINE. THE PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OF THE PRODUCT CONSIST OF A MIXTURE OF APPROXIMATELY 95% TRIGLYCERIDE AND THE BALANCE DIGLYCERIDE AND MONOGLYCERIDES. THE PHYSICAL FORM OF THE PRODUCT IS A CLEAR, COLOURLESS LIQUID AND IS TYPICALLY ODOURLESS. THE PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED BY REACTING CAPRYLIC-CAPRIC ACID WITH GLYCERINE IN AN ESTER REACTOR AT A TEMPERATURE OF 220-230 DEGREE C AT LOW PRESSURE. AFTER THE REACTION, THE MIXTURE IS COOLED DOWN AND THE RESULTANT MIXTURE IS THEN DRIED AND SENT TO TUBE CHILLER AND THEN DRUMMED. THE PRODUCT IS USE IN FLAVOURS, BEVERAGES, INFANT FOOD AND HEALTH AND SPORTS DRINKS.

THIS MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDE IS CLASSIFIED TO COMMODITY CODE 3824905500 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR) GIR1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3824 GIR6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL. HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES TO HEADING 3824, (B), SIXTH PARAGRAPH, (11) STATES 'MIXTURES OF MONO-,DI AND TRI, FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL, USED AS EMULSIFERS FOR FATS.