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APPENDIX VIII: REVISED FOOD CATEGORIZATION SYSTEM FOR THE CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES (GSFA)

01.0 Dairy products, excluding products of category 02.0

01.1 Milk and dairy-based drinks
01.1.1 Milk and buttermilk
01.1.1.1 Milk, including sterilized and UHT goats milk

01.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain)

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)
01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)
01.2.1 Fermented milks (plain)
01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation

01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

01.2.2 Renneted milk
01.3 Condensed milk and analogues
01.3.1 Condensed milk (plain)

01.3.2 Beverage whiteners

01.3.3 Sweetened condensed milk (plain and flavoured), and analogues

01.4 Cream (plain) and the like
01.4.1 Pasteurized cream

01.4.2 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams

01.4.3 Clotted cream

01.4.4 Cream analogues

01.5 Milk powder and cream powder
01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain)

01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues

01.5.3 Milk and cream (blend) powder (plain and flavoured)

01.6 Cheese
01.6.1 Unripened cheese

01.6.2 Ripened cheese

01.6.2.1 Total ripened cheese, includes rind

01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese

01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces)

01.6.3 Whey cheese

01.6.4 Processed cheese

01.6.4.1 Plain processed cheese

01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.

01.6.5 Cheese analogues

01.6.6 Whey protein cheese

01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

01.8 Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses

02.0 Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil)
02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water
02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee

02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats

02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

02.2 Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil
02.2.1 Emulsions containing at least 80% fat
02.2.1.1 Butter and concentrated butter

02.2.1.2 Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends)

02.2.2 Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)
02.3 Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

3.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

04.0 Fruits and vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

04.1 Fruit
04.1.1 Fresh fruit
04.1.1.1 Untreated fresh fruit

04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit

04.1.1.3 Peeled or cut fresh fruit

04.1.2 Processed fruit
04.1.2.1 Frozen fruit

04.1.2.2 Dried fruit

04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmalades

04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

04.1.2.7 Candied fruit

04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, incl. fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products

04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries

04.1.2.12 Cooked or fried fruit

04.2 Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
04.2.1 Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds
04.2.1.1 Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

04.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

04.2.1.3 Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds

04.2.2 Processed vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
04.2.2.1 Frozen vegetables

04.2.2.2 Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

04.2.2.3 Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce

04.2.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables

04.2.2.5 Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)

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

04.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable products

04.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds

05.0 Confectionery
05.1 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes
05.1.1 Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)

05.1.2 Cocoa-based spreads, incl. fillings

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

05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3, and 05.4

05.3 Chewing gum

05.4 Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

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
06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice

06.2 Flours and starches

06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

06.4 Pastas and noodles and like products (e.g. rice paper, rice vermicelli)

06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products

06.4.2 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products

06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

06.6 Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry)

06.7 Rice cakes (Oriental type only)

07.0 Bakery wares
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares
07.1.1 Breads and rolls

07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pitta, English muffins)

07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs

07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns

07.2 Fine bakery wares
07.2.1 Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)

07.2.2 Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)

07.2.3 Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)

08.0 Meat and meat products, including poultry and game
08.1 Fresh meat, poultry and game
08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry and game, whole pieces or cuts

08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry and game, comminuted

08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
08.2.1 Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
08.2.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

08.2.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

08.2.1.3 Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

08.2.2 Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

08.2.3 Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
08.3.1 Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
08.3.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

08.3.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

08.3.1.3 Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

08.3.3 Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

08.4 Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)
09.0 Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.1 Fresh fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.1.1 Fresh fish

09.1.2 Fresh molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms

09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

09.2.4 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products

09.2.4.2 Cooked molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.3 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.3.1 Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

09.3.2 Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

09.3.4 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3

09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
10.0 Eggs and egg products
10.1 Fresh eggs

10.2 Egg products

10.2.1 Liquid egg products

10.2.2 Frozen egg products

10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products

10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs

10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

11.0 Sweeteners, including honey
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

11.2 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)

11.3 Honey

11.4 Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners

12.0 Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products
12.1 Salt

12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes) and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)

12.3 Vinegars

12.4 Mustards

12.5 Soups and broths

12.5.1 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen

12.5.2 Mixes for soups and broths

12.6 Sauces and like products
12.6.1 Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)

12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies

12.6.4 Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)

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

12.8 Yeast and like products

12.9 Protein products

13.0 Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses
13.1 Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

13.2 Weaning foods for infants and growing children

13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children

13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1- 13.4

13.6 Food supplements

14.0 Beverages, excluding dairy products
14.1 Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages
14.1.1 Waters
14.1.1.1 Natural mineral waters and source waters

14.1.1.2 Table waters and soda waters

14.1.2 Fruit and vegetable juices
14.1.2.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice

14.1.2.2 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice

14.1.2.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for fruit juice

14.1.2.4 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice

14.1.3 Fruit and vegetable nectars
14.1.3.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar

14.1.3.2 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar

14.1.3.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar

14.1.3.4 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar

14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
14.1.4.1 Carbonated drinks

14.1.4.2 Non-carbonated, including punches and ades

14.1.4.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks

14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
14.2 Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages

14.2.2 Cider and perry

14.2.3 Wines

14.2.3.1 Still wine

14.2.3.2 Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines

14.2.3.3 Fortified wine and liquor wine

14.2.3.4 Aromatized wine

14.2.4 Fruit wine

14.2.5 Mead

14.2.6 Spirituous beverages

14.2.6.1 Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

14.2.6.2 Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol

15.0 Ready-to-eat savouries
15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)

15.3 Snacks - fish based

16.0 Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15.


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