GSFA Online Food Additive Group Details for SORBATES

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Updated up to the 47^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2024)

Food Additive Group Details

SORBATES

The provisions that follow are defined at the additive group level, and thus apply to the total content of the additives participating in this group. Additives that make up this group are provided for reference only.

Participating Additive(s)

INS No.	Additive Name

	203	Calcium sorbate
	202	Potassium sorbate
	200	Sorbic acid

GSFA Provisions for SORBATES

Number	Food Category	Max Level	Notes
14.2.7	Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)	500 mg/kg	Note 224 Note 42
07.0	Bakery wares	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
06.6	Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry)	2,000 mg/kg	Note 42
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	200 mg/kg	Note 42 Note XS252 Note XS250
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	500 mg/kg	Note 42
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	3,000 mg/kg	Note 3 Note 42
05.3	Chewing gum	1,500 mg/kg	Note 42
14.2.2	Cider and perry	500 mg/kg	Note 42
05.1.2	Cocoa mixes (syrups)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
05.1.3	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	1,000 mg/kg	Note XS86 Note 42
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	500 mg/kg	Note 160 Note 42
14.1.2.3	Concentrates for fruit juice	1,000 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 122 Note 42 Note 91
14.1.3.3	Concentrates for fruit nectar	1,000 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 122 Note 42 Note 91
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	1,500 mg/kg	Note 42 Note XS309R
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	2,000 mg/kg	Note 42
04.1.2.12	Cooked fruit	1,200 mg/kg	Note 42
09.2.4.2	Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2,000 mg/kg	Note 42 Note 82
04.2.2.8	Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds	1,000 mg/kg	Note 221 Note XS323R Note 42
08.2.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	2,000 mg/kg	Note 3 Note 42
08.2.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	200 mg/kg	Note 3 Note 42
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42 Note 614
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6	1,500 mg/kg	Note 42
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)	1,500 mg/kg	Note 42 Note 566
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	1,500 mg/kg	Note 42
10.2.3	Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	500 mg/kg	Note 42
08.4	Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)	10,000 mg/kg	Note 365 Note 42 Note 222
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
02.3	Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
02.2.2	Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads	2,000 mg/kg	Note 529 Note 42 Note 556
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
08.2.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	200 mg/kg	Note 3 Note 42
12.9.1	Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
12.9.2.1	Fermented soybean sauce	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
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	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
01.1.4	Flavoured fluid milk drinks	1,000 mg/kg	Note 220 Note 42
13.6	Food supplements	2,000 mg/kg	Note 42
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
08.2.3	Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	200 mg/kg	Note 3 Note 42
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
14.1.2.1	Fruit juice	1,000 mg/kg	Note 122 Note 42 Note 91
14.1.3.1	Fruit nectar	1,000 mg/kg	Note 122 Note 42 Note 91
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	1,000 mg/kg	Note XS314R Note 42
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42 Note 569
14.2.3	Grape wines	200 mg/kg	Note 42
08.2.2	Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	200 mg/kg	Note XS97 Note 3 Note 42 Note XS96
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles)	1,000 mg/kg	Note XS328 Note XS326 Note 42 Note XS327
05.1.5	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products	1,500 mg/kg	Note 42
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies, marmelades	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	5,000 mg/kg	Note 42
14.2.5	Mead	200 mg/kg	Note 42
12.4	Mustards	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
12.9.2.3	Other soybean sauces	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
11.4	Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
06.4.3	Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products	2,000 mg/kg	Note 211 Note 42
01.6.4	Processed cheese	3,000 mg/kg	Note 42
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	1,500 mg/kg	Note XS98 Note 42 Note XS88 Note XS89
15.2	Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
01.2.2	Renneted milk (plain)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
01.6.2	Ripened cheese	3,000 mg/kg	Note 595 Note XS274 Note XS277 Note XS276 Note 42 Note XS208 Note 499
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	1,500 mg/kg	Note 42
12.6	Sauces and like products	1,000 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 42
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42 Note XS291
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	1,000 mg/kg	Note 20 Note 42 Note XS236 Note XS222 Note XS189
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
12.5	Soups and broths	1,000 mg/kg	Note 338 Note 42 Note 339
11.6	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	1,000 mg/kg	Note 192 Note 42
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	1,000 mg/kg	Note 605 Note 223 Note 42 Note 561 Note 494 Note 492
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	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42 Note XS308R Note XS57
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)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42 Note XS57
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	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks	500 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 42
01.6.3	Whey cheese	1,000 mg/kg	Note 42
01.6.6	Whey protein cheese	3,000 mg/kg	Note 42
14.2.4	Wines (other than grape)	500 mg/kg	Note 42

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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