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Sodium diacetate (262(ii))

Synonym(s)

Functional Classes

  • Preservative
  • Acidity regulator
  • Sequestrant
Click here to search the FAO JECFA database for the specifications of additive(s) with INS No. 262(ii)
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GSFA Provisions for Sodium diacetate

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares 4000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.4 Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce) 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.8.4.2 Deep fried semi-dehydrated soybean curd 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 2000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 2500 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 500 mg/kg
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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