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Caramel II - sulfite caramel (150b)

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GSFA Provisions for Caramel II - sulfite caramel

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) 4000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 15000 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 7500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 7500 mg/kg
267: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Certain Canned Fruits (CODEX STAN 319-2015) except for use in special holiday packs for canned pears conforming to the standard.
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces) 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 50000 mg/kg
183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 50000 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 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 1250 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 15000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 2000 mg/kg
400: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243- 2003) at 150 mg/kg. 209: Except for use in ice cream products with light brown colour at 3600 mg/kg.
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 4000 mg/kg
566: Excluding products conforming to the Guidelines for Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (CXG 95-2022).
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 8000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 500 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 3000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 2000 mg/kg
400: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243- 2003) at 150 mg/kg. 52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 7500 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.3.3 Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted 2000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 7500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 7500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 7500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 7500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 500 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 25600 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 1500 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.5 Mead 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares 15000 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 300 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) 15000 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 50000 mg/kg
194: For use in instant noodles conforming to the Standard for Instant Noodles (CODEX STAN 249-2006) only.
Table Item 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 2000 mg/kg
335: For use in products containing vegetable protein only.
Table Item 15.0 Ready-to-eat savouries 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.7 Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3 200 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 6000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.1.2 Soda breads 15000 mg/kg
398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 25000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 15000 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only. 398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 15000 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only.
Table Item 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 500 mg/kg
Table Item 12.3 Vinegars 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads 15000 mg/kg
403: For use in pumpernickel bread at 15,000 mg/kg and for use in malt bread at 3,000 mg/kg only. 398: Some Codex Members allow the use of additives with sweetener and colour functions in this food category while others limit this food category to products without these additives.
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.).