&&According to the information submitted, Sodium Beta-Hydroxybutyrate is a synthetically manufactured salt using butyric acid alongside sodium, to be used in a human supplementation formula. This compounds is also known as 3-hydroxybutyric acid sodium salt.

&&In your request for an Advance Ruling you proposed tariff classification under 2827.39.00.00. This tariff classification number is incorrect&&&&According to the CBSA laboratory, this compound is in the form of a white powder used as a dietary supplement in the ketogenic diet. Since it contains carbon atoms, it is considered to be an organic compound. Therefore, the product would not warrant consideration in Chapter 28 as an inorganic compound. When presented in a pure state, this defined organic compound meets the technical requirements of Chapter 29. In accordance with Explanatory Notes to Heading 29.18, it meets the terms of subheading 2918.19 as “other carboxylic acids with alcohol function, but without other oxygen function”, specifically as salts of butyric acid.