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Grape skin extract (163(ii))

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GSFA Provisions for Grape skin extract

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) 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 200 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 1500 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. 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin. 183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 500 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 01.4.4 Cream analogues 150 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only. 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 200 mg/kg
402: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CXS 243- 2003) at 100 mg/kg. 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 250 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 250 mg/kg
566: Excluding products conforming to the Guidelines for Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (CXG 95-2022). 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 250 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 5000 mg/kg
365: On a casings basis.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 100 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 04.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3 100 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 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.
Table Item 09.3.2 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine 1500 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 100 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk. 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs 1500 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted 1000 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.
Table Item 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 1000 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 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.
Table Item 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 1500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 500 mg/kg
182: Excluding coconut milk. 179: For use in restoring the natural colour lost in processing only. 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 1500 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 150 mg/kg
201: For use in flavoured products only. 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 200 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 5000 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 5000 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 1000 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 1500 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 1500 mg/kg
Table Item 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 1500 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 1000 mg/kg
22: For use in smoked fish paste only.
Table Item 15.3 Snacks - fish based 400 mg/kg
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 05.2.2 Soft candy 1700 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 500 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 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 04.2.2.5 100 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 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
179: For use in restoring the natural colour lost in processing only. 181: As anthocyanin.
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 100 mg/kg
179: For use in restoring the natural colour lost in processing only. 181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 300 mg/kg
181: As anthocyanin.
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.).