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PAPAIN

Papain

INS: 1101ii

Function: Flavour Enhancer, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
06.2	Flours and starches	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		5

PECTINS (AMIDATED AND NON-AMIDATED)

Pectins (Amidated and Non-Amidated)

INS: 440

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	GMP		5
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.1.1.3	Peeled or cut fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	20000 mg/kg		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg	Note 61	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
11.1	White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	10000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	20000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5

PHOSPHATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Phosphated Distarch Phosphate

INS: 1413

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	60000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	60000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		5

PHOSPHATES

Orthophosphoric Acid	INS: 338
Disodium Orthophosphate	INS: 339ii
Monopotassium Orthophosphate	INS: 340i
Tripotassium Orthophosphate	INS: 340iii
Dicalcium Orthophosphate	INS: 341ii
Monoammonium Orthophosphate	INS: 342i
Dimagnesium Orthophosphate	INS: 343ii
Disodium Diphosphate	INS: 450i
Tetrapotassium Diphosphate	INS: 450v
Pentasodium Triphosphate	INS: 451i
Sodium Polyphosphate	INS: 452i
Calcium Polyphosphates	INS: 452iv
Bone Phosphate	INS: 542
Monosodium Orthophosphate	INS: 339i
Trisodium Orthophosphate	INS: 339iii
Dipotassium Orthophosphate	INS: 340ii
Monocalcium Orthophosphate	INS: 341i
Tricalcium Orthophosphate	INS: 341iii
Diammonium Orthophosphate	INS: 342ii
Trimagnesium Orthophosphate	INS: 343iii
Tetrasodium Diphosphate	INS: 450iii
Dicalcium Diphosphate	INS: 450vi
Pentapotassium Triphosphate	INS: 451ii
Potassium Polyphosphate	INS: 452ii
Ammonium Polyphosphates	INS: 452v

Function: Anticaking Agt, Acidity Reg., Adj., Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agt, Emulsifier, Flavour Enh, Firming Agt, Flour Trt Agt, Humectant, Pres., Raising Agt, Seq., Stabilizer, Thk

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	10000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
01.6.4	Processed cheese	10000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	10 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	240 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	240 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	10 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.1.1	Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	5000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.2	Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	5000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.6	Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.8	Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)	6000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.1.3	Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.1.4	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	1300 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	3000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.1	Breads and rolls	9300 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.2	Crackers, excluding sweet crackers	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.3	Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins)	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.4	Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.2	Fine bakery wares	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	1100 mg/kg	Note 33	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	1100 mg/kg	Note 33	5
09.3.1	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
10.3	Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.1	Salt	5500 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.5.1	Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen	4600 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.5.2	Mixes for soups and broths	6000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.6	Sauces and like products	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.1.2	Fruit and vegetable juices	2500 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.1.3	Fruit and vegetable nectars	2500 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.2.3	Wines	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.2.6.2	Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	1300 mg/kg	Note 33	5
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	2000 mg/kg	Note 33	5

POLYDEXTROSE

Polydextroses A and N

INS: 1200

Function: Bulking Agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	GMP		5
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		5
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		5
11.1	White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
11.3	Honey	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5

POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE

Polydimethylsiloxane

INS: 900a

Function: Anticaking Agent, Antifoaming Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	50 mg/kg		5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	50 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	50 mg/kg		5
04.2.2.6	Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5	50 mg/kg		5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	50 mg/kg		5
07.0	Bakery wares	10 mg/kg	Notes 3 & 36	5
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	50 mg/kg		5
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	50 mg/kg		5
09.2	Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	50 mg/kg		5
10.2	Egg products	50 mg/kg		5
10.3	Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs	50 mg/kg		5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	50 mg/kg		5
11.1	White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings	50 mg/kg		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	50 mg/kg		5
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	50 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	50 mg/kg		5
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	50 mg/kg		5
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	10 mg/kg		5
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	10 mg/kg		5
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	50 mg/kg		5
12.8	Yeast and like products	50 mg/kg		5
13.0	Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses	50 mg/kg		5
14.1.3	Fruit and vegetable nectars	50 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	50 mg/kg		5
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	50 mg/kg		5

POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids

INS: 475

Function: Adjuvant, Crystallization Inhibitor, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)	5000 mg/kg		5
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	30000 mg/kg		5
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	10000 mg/kg		5
01.5	Milk powder and cream powder	10000 mg/kg		5
01.6.4	Processed cheese	5000 mg/kg		5
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	5000 mg/kg		5
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	10000 mg/kg		5
02.0	Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil)	20000 mg/kg		5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	1000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	5000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	9000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	5000 mg/kg		5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	3000 mg/kg		5
04.2.2.6	Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5	5000 mg/kg		5
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	10000 mg/kg		5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	10000 mg/kg		5
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	10000 mg/kg		5
06.2	Flours and starches	10000 mg/kg		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	20000 mg/kg		5
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	9000 mg/kg		5
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	10000 mg/kg		5
07.1.2	Crackers, excluding sweet crackers	6000 mg/kg		5
07.1.3	Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins)	6000 mg/kg		5
07.1.4	Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs	10000 mg/kg		5
07.1.5	Steamed breads and buns	6000 mg/kg		5
08.0	Meat and meat products, including poultry and game	5000 mg/kg		5
09.0	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10000 mg/kg		5
10.2	Egg products	5000 mg/kg		5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	9000 mg/kg		5
12.5	Soups and broths	5000 mg/kg		5
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	10000 mg/kg		5
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	10000 mg/kg		5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	9000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	5000 mg/kg		5
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	10000 mg/kg		5

POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID

Polyglycerol Esters of Interesterified Ricinoleic Acid

INS: 476

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	5000 mg/kg		5
01.5	Milk powder and cream powder	10000 mg/kg		5
01.6.4	Processed cheese	5000 mg/kg		5
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	5000 mg/kg		5
02.0	Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil)	10000 mg/kg		5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	10000 mg/kg		5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	1000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	5000 mg/kg		5
06.0	Cereals and cereal products, including flours and starches from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, excluding bakery wares of food category 07.0	5000 mg/kg		5
07.0	Bakery wares	5000 mg/kg		5
08.0	Meat and meat products, including poultry and game	5000 mg/kg		5
09.0	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		5
10.2	Egg products	5000 mg/kg		5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	5000 mg/kg		5
12.5	Soups and broths	5000 mg/kg		5
12.6	Sauces and like products	5000 mg/kg		5
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	5000 mg/kg		5
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	5000 mg/kg		5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	5000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	5000 mg/kg		5
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	1000 mg/kg		5
14.2.2	Cider and perry	1000 mg/kg		5
14.2.3	Wines	1000 mg/kg		5
14.2.4	Fruit wine	1000 mg/kg		5
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	1000 mg/kg		5

POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES

Polyoxyethylene (8) Stearate	INS: 430
Polyoxyethylene (40) Stearate	INS: 431

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
07.0	Bakery wares	4000 mg/kg		5

POLYSORBATES

Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monolaurate	INS: 432
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monopalmitate	INS: 434
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Tristearate	INS: 436
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monooleate	INS: 433
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monostearate	INS: 435

Function: Antifoaming Agent, Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	10000 mg/kg		5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	7000 mg/kg		5

PONCEAU 4R

Ponceau 4R

INS: 124

Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	150 mg/kg		5
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	200 mg/kg		5
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	200 mg/kg		5
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	200 mg/kg		5
11.1	White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings	200 mg/kg		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	200 mg/kg		5
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	200 mg/kg		5
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 05.1.2	200 mg/kg		5

POTASSIUM ACETATES

Potassium Acetates

INS: 261

Function: Acidity Regulator

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5

POTASSIUM ALGINATE

Potassium Alginate

INS: 402

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	6000 mg/kg		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	100 mg/kg		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	10000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	2500 mg/kg		5
14.2.3.2	Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines	GMP		5

POTASSIUM ASCORBATE

Potassium Ascorbate

INS: 303

Function: Antioxidant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
04.1.1	Fresh fruit	GMP		5
06.2	Flours and starches	300 mg/kg		5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	1000 mg/kg	Note 70	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	50 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	500 mg/kg	Note 70	5
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		5

POTASSIUM CARBONATE

Potassium Carbonate

INS: 501i

Function: Acidity Regulator, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	2000 mg/kg		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	2000 mg/kg		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	2600 mg/kg	Note 54	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	5000 mg/kg		5

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE

Potassium Chloride

INS: 508

Function: Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	2000 mg/kg		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	2000 mg/kg		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	30000 mg/kg		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		5

POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE

Potassium Dihydrogen Citrate

INS: 332i

Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	2000 mg/kg		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	2000 mg/kg		5
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	GMP		5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 3	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 61	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		5

POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate

INS: 501ii

Function: Acidity Regulator, Raising Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	2000 mg/kg		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	2000 mg/kg		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	5000 mg/kg		5

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE

Potassium Hydroxide

INS: 525

Function: Acidity Regulator, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5

POTASSIUM LACTATE

Potassium Lactate	INS: 326
Potassium Lactate (Solution)	INS: 326

Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	20000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5

POWDERED CELLULOSE

Powdered Cellulose

INS: 460ii

Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 3	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		5

PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED

Processed Eucheuma Seaweed

INS: 407a

Function: Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		5
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	5000 mg/kg		5

PROPYLENE GLYCOL

Propylene Glycol

INS: 1520

Function: Anticaking Agent, Adjuvant, Antifoaming Agent, Carrier Solvent, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	6000 mg/kg		5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	25000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	50000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	50000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	200000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	200000 mg/kg		5
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	500 mg/kg		5
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	10000 mg/kg		5
07.2.1	Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)	50000 mg/kg		5
07.2.2	Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)	10000 mg/kg		5
07.2.3	Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)	10000 mg/kg		5
12.1	Salt	350 mg/kg		5
12.5.1	Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen	500 mg/kg		5
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	800 mg/kg		5
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	500 mg/kg		5
14.1.4.3	Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks	200000 mg/kg		5
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	300 mg/kg		5

PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE

Propylene Glycol Alginate

INS: 405

Function: Adjuvant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
04.1.2.1	Frozen fruit	10000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	7500 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	7500 mg/kg		5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	7500 mg/kg		5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	2500 mg/kg		5

PROTEASE (A. ORYZAE VAR.)

Protease (Asperigillus oryzae var.)

INS: 1101i

Function: Enzyme, Flavour Enhancer, Flour Treatment Agent, Glazing Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		5
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	GMP		5
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		5