ANNEXE V: AVANT-PROJET D’ADDITIONS AUX TABLEAUX 1 ET 2 DE LA DE LA NORME GENERALE CODEX POUR LES ADDITIFS ALIMENTAIRES (NGAA), A L’ETAPE 5 DE LA PROCEDURE (PART V)

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

RIBOFLAVINES

Riboflavin 5’-Phosphate, Sodium

INS: 101i

Riboflavin 5’-Phosphate

INS: 101ii

Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	500 mg/kg		5
07.0	Bakery wares	GMP		5
08.0	Meat and meat products, including poultry and game	1000 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	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
12.5.2	Mixes for soups and broths	30 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	GMP		5

SACCHARIN

Saccharin

INS: 954

Saccharin (and Sodium, Potassium, Calcium Salts)

INS: 954

Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	200 mg/kg		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	100 mg/kg		5
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	200 mg/kg		5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	300 mg/kg		5
04.2.2	Processed vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	500 mg/kg		5
08.2.2	Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	500 mg/kg		5
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	500 mg/kg		5
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	500 mg/kg		5
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	1200 mg/kg		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	300 mg/kg		5
12.3	Vinegars	300 mg/kg		5
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	500 mg/kg		5
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	500 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	300 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.4	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice	300 mg/kg		5
14.1.3.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar	300 mg/kg		5
14.1.3.4	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar	300 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	200 mg/kg		5
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	200 mg/kg		5

SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC & STEARIC ACIDS (NH4, Ca, K, Na)

SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC &

INS: 470 STEARIC ACIDS (NH4, Ca, K, Na)

Function: Anticaking Agent, Emulsifier, 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
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP	Note 71	5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP	Note 71	5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Notes 3 & 71	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP	Note 71	5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Notes 3 & 71	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 71	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Notes 3 & 71	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Notes 3 & 71	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
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		5
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP	Note 71	5
12.1	Salt	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
12.8	Yeast and like products	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	Note 71	5

SALTS OF OLEIC ACID (Ca, K, Na)

SALTS OF OLEIC ACID (Ca, K, Na)

INS: 470

Function: Anticaking Agent, Emulsifier, 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
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

SILICON DIOXIDE (AMORPHOUS)

Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous)

INS: 551

Function: Anticaking Agent, Filler

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	15000 mg/kg	Note 56	5
12.1	Salt	20000 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	10000 mg/kg	Note 51	5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	10000 mg/kg	Note 65	5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	10000 mg/kg	Note 65	5
14.2.3	Wines	17 mg/kg		5

SODIUM ACETATE

Sodium Acetate

INS: 262i

Function: Acidity Regulator, Preservative, Sequestrant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	5000 mg/kg		5
04.2.1	Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	6000 mg/kg	Note 54	5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		5
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		5
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5

SODIUM ALGINATE

Sodium Alginate

INS: 401

Function: Bulking Agent, 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
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	15000 mg/kg		5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	8000 mg/kg		5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		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	300 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	20000 mg/kg		5

SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES

Sodium Aluminium Phosphate-Acidic

INS: 541i

Sodium Aluminium Phosphate-Basic

INS: 541ii

Function: Acidity Regulator, Emulsifier, Raising Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

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)	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	5
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	5
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	5
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)	2000 mg/kg	Notes 6 & 72	5
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	5
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	1600 mg/kg	Note 6	5
07.0	Bakery wares	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	5

SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE

Sodium Aluminosilicate

INS: 554

Function: Anticaking Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	15000 mg/kg	Note 56	5
12.1	Salt	20000 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	10000 mg/kg	Note 51	5

SODIUM ASCORBATE

Sodium Ascorbate

INS: 301

Function: Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	200 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
04.1.1	Fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP		5
06.2	Flours and starches	300 mg/kg		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	500 mg/kg		5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 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
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg		5
12.8	Yeast and like products	200 mg/kg		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	50 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	3000 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	200 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	300 mg/kg		5
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	200 mg/kg		5
14.1.3.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar	300 mg/kg		5
14.2.3	Wines	200 mg/kg		5

SODIUM CARBONATE

Sodium Carbonate

INS: 500i

Function: Anticaking Agent, 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
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	2000 mg/kg	Note 52	5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	2600 mg/kg	Note 54	5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		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
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5

SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose

INS: 466

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	2000 mg/kg		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	5000 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	2000 mg/kg	Note 52	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	15000 mg/kg		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	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
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)	5000 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	5000 mg/kg		5
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	5000 mg/kg		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	5000 mg/kg		5

SODIUM DIACETATE

Sodium Diacetate

INS: 262ii

Function: Acidity Regulator, Preservative, Sequestrant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	3000 mg/kg		5
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	3000 mg/kg		5
10.2	Egg products	1000 mg/kg		5
10.3	Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs	1000 mg/kg		5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	2000 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	3000 mg/kg		5
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	3000 mg/kg		5

SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE

Sodium Dihydrogen Citrate

INS: 331i

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	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		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
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		5
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	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

SODIUM ERYTHORBATE

Sodium Isoascorbate

INS: 316

Function: Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	100 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	100 mg/kg	Note 52	5
04.1.1.3	Peeled or cut fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	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	1500 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		5
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	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

SODIUM GLUCONATE

Sodium Gluconate

INS: 576

Function: Sequestrant

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

SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate

INS: 500ii

Function: Acidity Regulator, Anticaking Agent, 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
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	1000 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	2000 mg/kg	Notes 34 & 52	5
06.2	Flours and starches	45000 mg/kg		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		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
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5

SODIUM HYDROXIDE

Sodium Hydroxide

INS: 524

Function: Acidity Regulator

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	2000 mg/kg	Notes 34 & 52	5
06.2	Flours and starches	GMP		5
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

SODIUM LACTATE

Sodium Lactate

INS: 325

Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Humectant, 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
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
04.2.1	Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	20000 mg/kg		5
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		5
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5

SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE

Sodium Sesquicarbonate

INS: 500iii

Function: Acidity Regulator, Anticaking Agent, Raising Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5

SORBATES

Sorbic Acid	INS: 200	Sodium Sorbate	INS: 201
Potassium Sorbate	INS: 202	Calcium Sorbate	INS: 203

Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	200 mg/kg	Note 42	5
02.1.1	Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	2000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	1500 mg/kg	Note 42	5
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	1500 mg/kg	Note 42	5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
04.1.2.12	Cooked or fried fruit	1200 mg/kg	Note 42	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	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	2000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	GMP	Note 42	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
12.6	Sauces and like products	2000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
14.1.3	Fruit and vegetable nectars	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
14.2.2	Cider and perry	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
14.2.4	Fruit wine	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5
14.2.5	Mead	1000 mg/kg	Note 42	5

SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Sorbitan Monostearate	INS: 491	Sorbitan Tristearate	INS: 492
Sorbitan Monolaurate	INS: 493	Sorbitan Monooleate	INS: 494
Sorbitan Monopalmitate	INS: 495

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		5