# Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3 in Yogurt and Other Cultured Dairy Products Fermented With Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Subspecies bulgaricus, and Streptococcus thermophilus
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final amendment; order. · Published 2025-09-04 · Effective 2025-09-04 · 90 FR 42699
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-16946
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 42699
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 172
- **Publication date:** 2025-09-04
- **Effective date:** 2025-09-04
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2021-F-0366
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of vitamin D<INF>3</INF> as a nutrient supplement in yogurt and other cultured dairy products fermented with Lactobacillus delbrueckii, subspecies bulgaricus (L. delbrueckii, subsp. bulgaricus), and Streptococcus thermophilus (S. thermophilus) at a level higher than is currently permitted. We are taking this action in response to a food additive petition filed by General Mills, Inc. (General Mills or petitioner). We are also updating the reference for the vitamin D<INF>3</INF> specifications.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/04/2025-16946/food-additives-permitted-for-direct-addition-to-food-for-human-consumption-vitamin-d3-in-yogurt-and)
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