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Carmines (120)
Synonym(s)
Functional Classes
- Colour
GSFA Provisions for Carmines
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Number | Category | MaxLevel | Notes |
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14.2.7 | Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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06.6 | Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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14.2.1 | Beer and malt beverages | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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07.1.4 | Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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06.3 | Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.2.7 | Candied fruit | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.2.4 | Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit | 200 mg/kg |
104: Excluding canned pears (except for use in special holiday packs) and canned pineapples conforming to the Standard for Certain Canned Fruits (CODEX STAN 319-2015).
178: As carminic acid.
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06.5 | Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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01.6.5 | Cheese analogues | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
3: For use in surface treatment only.
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05.3 | Chewing gum | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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14.2.2 | Cider and perry | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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05.1.2 | Cocoa mixes (syrups) | 300 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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05.2 | Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 | 300 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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09.2.4.1 | Cooked fish and fish products | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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09.2.4.2 | Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 250 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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07.1.2 | Crackers, excluding sweet crackers | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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08.3.1.2 | Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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08.3.1.1 | Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products | 200 mg/kg |
118: Except for use in tocino (fresh, cured sausage) at 1 000 mg/kg.
178: As carminic acid.
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01.7 | Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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05.4 | Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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13.5 | Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 | 300 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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13.3 | Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) | 50 mg/kg |
566: Excluding products conforming to the Guidelines for Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (CXG 95-2022).
178: As carminic acid.
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13.4 | Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction | 50 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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14.2.6 | Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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08.4 | Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) | 11500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
365: On a casings basis.
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03.0 | Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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10.4 | Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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02.3 | Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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02.2.2 | Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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02.4 | Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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08.3.1.3 | Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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07.2 | Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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09.3.1 | Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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09.3.2 | Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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01.1.4 | Flavoured fluid milk drinks | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
52: Excluding chocolate milk.
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01.6.4.2 | Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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13.6 | Food supplements | 300 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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10.1 | Fresh eggs |
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
178: As carminic acid.
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09.1.1 | Fresh fish | 300 mg/kg |
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
50: For use in fish roe only.
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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08.1.2 | Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted | 100 mg/kg |
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
117: Except for use in loganiza (fresh, uncured sausage) at 1 000 mg/kg.
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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08.1.1 | Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts | 500 mg/kg |
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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09.1.2 | Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 500 mg/kg |
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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09.2.4.3 | Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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09.2.2 | Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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09.2.1 | Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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09.2.3 | Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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08.3.3 | Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.2.11 | Fruit fillings for pastries | 300 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.2.8 | Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk | 500 mg/kg |
182: Excluding coconut milk.
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.2.9 | Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts | 150 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.2.6 | Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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09.4 | Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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08.3.2 | Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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05.1.5 | Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products | 300 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.2.5 | Jams, jellies, marmelades | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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12.4 | Mustards | 300 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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06.4.3 | Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products | 100 mg/kg |
153: For use in instant noodles only.
178: As carminic acid.
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08.2 | Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts | 500 mg/kg |
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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15.2 | Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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01.6.2.1 | Ripened cheese, includes rind | 125 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
505: Except for use in products conforming to the General Standard for Cheese (CXS 283-1978) at GMP for red marbled cheeses only.
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09.3.3 | Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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12.6 | Sauces and like products | 500 mg/kg |
577: Except for use at 50 mg/kg in products conforming to the Standard for Chili Sauce (CXS 306-2011).
178: As carminic acid.
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12.2.2 | Seasonings and condiments | 500 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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09.3.4 | Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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09.2.5 | Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms | 300 mg/kg |
22: For use in smoked fish paste only.
178: As carminic acid.
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15.3 | Snacks - fish based | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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15.1 | Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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12.5 | Soups and broths | 50 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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06.8.1 | Soybean-based beverages | 100 mg/kg |
172: Except for products conforming to the Regional Standard for Non-Fermented Soybean Products (Asia) (CXS 322R-2015): for use in composite/flavoured soybean beverages and soybean-based beverages.
178: As carminic acid.
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04.1.1.2 | Surface-treated fresh fruit | 500 mg/kg |
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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04.2.1.2 | Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds | 500 mg/kg |
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
178: As carminic acid.
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04.2.2.6 | Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5 | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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04.2.2.5 | Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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04.2.2.3 | Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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14.1.4 | Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks | 100 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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14.2.4 | Wines (other than grape) | 200 mg/kg |
178: As carminic acid.
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Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).
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