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CHLOROPHYLLS AND CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER COMPLEXES

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Participating Additive(s)

Number Name
141(i) Chlorophylls, copper complexes
141(ii) Chlorophyllin copper complexes, potassium and sodium salts

GSFA Provisions for CHLOROPHYLLS AND CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER COMPLEXES

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 6 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 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 250 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 100 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) 75 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 50 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces) 50 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 700 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 700 mg/kg
183: For use in surface decoration only.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 6 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 30 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.12 Cooked fruit 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 500 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 100 mg/kg
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 500 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 300 mg/kg
2: On the dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis.
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products 100 mg/kg
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
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 75 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.1 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly 40 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 40 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 50 mg/kg
190: Except for use in fermented milk drinks at 500 mg/kg. 52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 50 mg/kg
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 500 mg/kg
3: For use in surface treatment only.
Table Item 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 40 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 40 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 100 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 100 mg/kg
182: Excluding coconut milk.
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 150 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 150 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 500 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2.1 Hard candy 700 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 700 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 200 mg/kg
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 500 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2.3 Nougats and marzipans 100 mg/kg
Table Item 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 64 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 100 mg/kg
153: For use in instant noodles only.
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 75 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.1 Ripened cheese, includes rind 15 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 200 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 100 mg/kg
578: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Chili Sauce (CXS 306-2011): Chlorophylls, copper complexes (INS 141(i)) only at 30 mg/kg as copper.
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 500 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 75 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 200 mg/kg
Table Item 15.3 Snacks - fish based 350 mg/kg
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 350 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2.2 Soft candy 100 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 400 mg/kg
342: For use of chlorophylls, copper complexes (INS 141(i)) only in products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981).
Table Item 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages 30 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 50 mg/kg
237: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Mozzarella (CXS 262-2006) at 5 mg/kg in cheese mass only, to obtain the colour characteristic of the product. 484: Except for use in products conforming to the Group Standard for Unripened Cheese including Fresh Cheese (CXS 221-2001) at 15 mg/kg.
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
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
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 300 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.).