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ASCORBYL ESTERS

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Participating Additive(s)

Number Name
304 Ascorbyl palmitate
305 Ascorbyl stearate

GSFA Provisions for ASCORBYL ESTERS

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 07.0 Bakery wares 1000 mg/kg
15: On the fat or oil basis. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 80 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 200 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee 500 mg/kg
171: Excluding anhydrous milkfat. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 500 mg/kg
2: On the dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 12.6.4 Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce) 200 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young children 200 mg/kg
15: On the fat or oil basis. 187: Ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) only.
Table Item 05.0 Confectionery 500 mg/kg
15: On the fat or oil basis. 10: As ascorbyl stearate. 375: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Chocolate and Chocolate Products (CODEX STAN 87-1981) except for white chocolate, where ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) may be used only as an antioxidant at 200 mg/kg calculated on a fat content basis.
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 500 mg/kg
2: On the dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 10 mg/kg
560: For use in products conforming to the Guidelines for Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (CXG 95-2022). 187: Ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) only.
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 04.1.2.2 Dried fruit 80 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 04.2.2.2 Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 80 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 5000 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 200 mg/kg
15: On the fat or oil basis. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate. 2: On the dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis.
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate. 15: On the fat or oil basis.
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 80 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 13.1.2 Follow-up formulae 50 mg/kg
315: Singly or in combination: ascorbic acid (INS 300), sodium ascorbate (INS 301), calcium ascorbate (INS 302), and ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304). 187: Ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) only. 551: Maximum use level is expressed as mg additive/L of food.
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 13.1.3 Formulae for special medical purposes for infants 10 mg/kg
187: Ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) only. 551: Maximum use level is expressed as mg additive/L of food.
Table Item 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 1000 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 1000 mg/kg
392: For non-standardized food and for products conforming to the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (CODEX STAN 292-2008): for use as an antioxidant for raw frozen molluscs. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 500 mg/kg
2: On the dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles) 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 13.1.1 Infant formulae 10 mg/kg
551: Maximum use level is expressed as mg additive/L of food. 187: Ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) only.
Table Item 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 500 mg/kg
526: Except for use in products conforming to the Standards for Fish Oils (CXS 329-2017) at 2500 mg/kg. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 80 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate. 545: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Milk Powders and Cream Powder (CXS 207-1999): ascorbic acid, L- (INS 300), ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304), ascorbyl stearate (INS 305) and sodium ascorbate (INS 301), as antioxidants only, singly or in combination at 500 mg/kg, expressed as ascorbic acid.
Table Item 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 200 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 200 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 500 mg/kg
211: For use in noodles only. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 200 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 01.6.2.1 Ripened cheese, includes rind 500 mg/kg
112: For use in grated cheese only. 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
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
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 200 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 200 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages 500 mg/kg
187: Ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) only.
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 500 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats 500 mg/kg
511: Excluding virgin and cold pressed oils in products conforming to the Standard for Edible Fats and Oils not Covered by Individual Standards (CXS 19-1981) and the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils (CXS 210-1999). 10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 1000 mg/kg
10: As ascorbyl stearate. 15: On the fat or oil basis.
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.).