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TALC

Talc

INS: 553iii


Function: Anticaking Agent

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

06.1

Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice

GMP


6


12.1

Salt

20000 mg/kg


6


12.2

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

10000 mg/kg

Note 51

6



TANNIC ACID (TANNINS, FOOD GRADE)

Tannic Acid (Tannins, Food Grade)

INS: 181


Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

05.3

Chewing gum

GMP


6


14.2.2

Cider and perry

200 mg/kg


6


14.2.3

Wines

200 mg/kg


6


14.2.4

Fruit wine

GMP


6


14.2.5

Mead

GMP


6


14.2.6

Spirituous beverages

GMP


6



TARA GUM

Tara Gum

INS: 417


Function: Thickener, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

GMP


6


01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP


6


04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP


6


04.1.1.3

Peeled or cut fresh fruit

GMP


6


04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP


6


04.2.1.3

Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP


6


06.1

Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice

GMP


6


08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP


6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 73

6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 73

6


09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.4

Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


11.2

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

GMP


6


12.2

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

GMP

Note 51

6


13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

1000 mg/kg


6


13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

GMP


6


14.1.2.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice

GMP


6


14.1.3.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar

GMP


6


14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP


6



TARTARIC, ACETIC & FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (MIXED)

Tartaric, Acetic & Fatty Acid Esters of

INS: 472f Glycerol (Mixed)


Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1.2

Buttermilk (plain)

GMP


6


01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

GMP


6


01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP


6


02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

10000 mg/kg

Note 52

6


04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP

Note 16

6


04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

Note 16

6


08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

GMP

Note 16

6


08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP


6


09.1

Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.4

Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


11.2

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

GMP


6


12.2

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

GMP

Note 51

6


14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP


6


14.2.3.4

Aromatized wine

GMP


6



TARTRATES

Tartaric Acid (L(+)-)

INS: 334

Monosodium Tartrate

INS: 335i

Disodium Tartrate

INS: 335ii

Monopotassium Tartrate

INS: 336i

Dipotassium Tartrate

INS: 336ii

Potassium Sodium Tartrate

INS: 337


Function: Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Humectant, Preservative, Raising Agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

GMP

Note 45

6


01.6.1

Unripened cheese

26170 mg/kg

Notes 5 & 45

6


01.6.2

Ripened cheese

GMP

Note 45

6


01.6.3

Whey cheese

GMP

Note 45

6


01.6.4

Processed cheese

34900 mg/kg

Note 45

6


01.6.5

Cheese analogues

GMP

Note 45

6


01.6.6

Whey protein cheese

GMP

Note 45

6


01.7

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

2000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

GMP

Note 45

6


02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

GMP

Note 45

6


02.2.1.2

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

100 mg/kg

Note 45

6


02.2.2

Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)

GMP

Note 45

6


02.4

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

GMP

Notes 2 & 45

6


03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

2000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.1

Fresh fruit

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.1

Frozen fruit

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.2

Dried fruit

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies and marmelades

3000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.6

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

3000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.8

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

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.10

Fermented fruit products

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

10000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.1.2.12

Cooked or fried fruit

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.1

Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.2.1

Frozen vegetables

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.2.2

Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.2.3

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

15000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables

10000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.2.5

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

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


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

2000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.2.7

Fermented vegetable products

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


04.2.2.8

Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds

1300 mg/kg

Note 45

6


05.1

Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes

10000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


05.2

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

20000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


05.3

Chewing gum

30000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


05.4

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

8000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


06.2

Flours and starches

GMP

Note 45

6


06.4.1

Fresh pastas and noodles and like products

GMP

Note 45

6


06.5

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

2860 mg/kg

Note 45

6


07.0

Bakery wares

10000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


08.0

Meat and meat products, including poultry and game

GMP

Note 45

6


10.4

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

2000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


12.2

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

7500 mg/kg

Note 45

6


12.4

Mustards

5000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


12.5

Soups and broths

5000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


12.6.1

Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)

5000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


12.6.2

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

3000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


12.6.3

Mixes for sauces and gravies

GMP

Note 45

6


12.6.4

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

GMP

Note 45

6


13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

5000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.1.2

Fruit and vegetable juices

4000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.1.3

Fruit and vegetable nectars

1600 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.1.4

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

3000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.2.1

Beer and malt beverages

2000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.2.2

Cider and perry

2000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.2.3.1

Still wine

9000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.2.3.2

Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines

2560 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.2.3.3

Fortified wine and liquor wine

2560 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.2.3.4

Aromatized wine

2560 mg/kg

Note 45

6


14.2.4

Fruit wine

GMP

Note 45

6


14.2.5

Mead

GMP

Note 45

6


14.2.6

Spirituous beverages

3000 mg/kg

Note 45

6


16.0

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

600 mg/kg

Notes 2 & 45

6



TARTRAZINE

Tartrazine

INS: 102


Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

300 mg/kg


6


01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

18 mg/kg

Note 12

6


01.3.2

Beverage whiteners

300 mg/kg


6


01.6.1

Unripened cheese

GMP

Note 3

6


01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

100 mg/kg


6


01.6.3

Whey cheese

GMP

Note 3

6


01.6.4

Processed cheese

200 mg/kg


6


01.6.5

Cheese analogues

GMP

Note 3

6


01.7

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

300 mg/kg


6


02.1.3

Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

GMP


6


02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

300 mg/kg


6


02.2.1.2

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

GMP


6


02.4

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

300 mg/kg


6


03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

300 mg/kg


6


04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


04.1.2.2

Dried fruit

200 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies and marmelades

500 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.6

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

500 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

300 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.8

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

500 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

300 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

300 mg/kg


6


04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


04.2.2.2

Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

300 mg/kg


6


04.2.2.3

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

500 mg/kg


6


04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables

200 mg/kg


6


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

200 mg/kg


6


05.1

Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes

300 mg/kg


6


05.2

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

300 mg/kg


6


05.3

Chewing gum

300 mg/kg


6


05.4

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

500 mg/kg


6


06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

300 mg/kg


6


06.4.2

Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products

300 mg/kg


6


06.5

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

300 mg/kg


6


07.0

Bakery wares

300 mg/kg


6


08.0

Meat and meat products, including poultry and game

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


09.1.1

Fresh fish

300 mg/kg

Note 50

6


09.1.2

Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg


6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

500 mg/kg


6


09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

250 mg/kg


6


09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg

Note 22

6


09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


09.3.2

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

500 mg/kg

Note 16

6


09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

500 mg/kg


6


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

500 mg/kg


6


09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500 mg/kg


6


10.1

Fresh eggs

GMP

Notes 3 & 4

6


10.4

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

300 mg/kg


6


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

300 mg/kg


6


11.2

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

300 mg/kg


6


11.4

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

300 mg/kg


6


12.2

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

500 mg/kg


6


12.4

Mustards

300 mg/kg


6


12.5

Soups and broths

300 mg/kg


6


12.6

Sauces and like products

500 mg/kg


6


12.9

Protein products

100 mg/kg


6


13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

50 mg/kg


6


13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

50 mg/kg


6


13.3

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

50 mg/kg


6


13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

50 mg/kg


6


13.5

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

300 mg/kg


6


13.6

Food supplements

300 mg/kg


6


14.1.2.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice

GMP


6


14.1.2.2

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice

GMP


6


14.1.2.3

Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice

300 mg/kg


6


14.1.3.3

Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar

300 mg/kg


6


14.1.4

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

300 mg/kg


6


14.2.1

Beer and malt beverages

GMP


6


14.2.2

Cider and perry

200 mg/kg


6


14.2.3.4

Aromatized wine

200 mg/kg


6


14.2.4

Fruit wine

200 mg/kg


6


14.2.6.1

Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

300 mg/kg


6


14.2.6.2

Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol

200 mg/kg


6


15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

300 mg/kg


6


15.2

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

100 mg/kg


6


16.0

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

500 mg/kg


6



TBHQ

Tertiary Butylhydroquinone

INS: 319


Function: Antioxidant

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.3.1

Condensed milk (plain)

200 mg/kg

Note 88

6


02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

200 mg/kg


6


02.2

Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil

200 mg/kg


6


03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

200 mg/kg

Note 15

6


05.1

Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes

200 mg/kg

Note 15

6


05.2

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

200 mg/kg

Note 15

6


05.3

Chewing gum

750 mg/kg


6


05.4

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

200 mg/kg

Note 15

6


08.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game

100 mg/kg

Note 15

6


08.2

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

100 mg/kg

Note 15

6


08.3

Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

100 mg/kg

Note 15

6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

1000 mg/kg


6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

200 mg/kg


6


14.1.4

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

1000 mg/kg

Note 15

6



THAUMATIN

Thaumatin

INS: 957


Function: Sweetener, Flavour Enhancer

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

12.2

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

400 mg/kg

Note 51

6



TITANIUM DIOXIDE

Titanium Dioxide

INS: 171


Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP


6


01.4.1

Pasteurized cream

GMP


6


01.4.2

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

GMP


6


04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP

Note 16

6


04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

Note 16

6


08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

GMP

Note 16

6


08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

1000 mg/kg

Note 94

6


09.1.1

Fresh fish

GMP

Note 50

6


09.1.2

Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 95

6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

GMP


6


09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 22

6


10.1

Fresh eggs

GMP

Notes 3 & 4

6


13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

GMP


6


13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

GMP


6


14.2.3.2

Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines

GMP


6


14.2.3.4

Aromatized wine

GMP


6



TOCOPHEROLS

Mixed Tocopherols Concentrate

INS: 306

Alpha-Tocopherol

INS: 307


Function: Antioxidant

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1

Milk and dairy-based drinks

200 mg/kg


6


01.2

Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)

200 mg/kg


6


01.3

Condensed milk and analogues

200 mg/kg


6


01.4

Cream (plain) and the like

200 mg/kg


6


01.5.1

Milk powder and cream powder (plain)

5000 mg/kg


6


01.5.2

Milk and cream powder analogues

200 mg/kg


6


01.5.3

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

200 mg/kg


6


01.6

Cheese

200 mg/kg


6


01.7

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

200 mg/kg


6


01.8

Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses

200 mg/kg


6


02.1.1

Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee

500 mg/kg


6


02.1.2

Vegetable oils and fats

300 mg/kg


6


02.1.3

Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

300 mg/kg


6


02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

GMP


6


02.2.1.2

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

500 mg/kg


6


02.2.2

Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)

500 mg/kg


6


02.3

Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

200 mg/kg


6


02.4

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

200 mg/kg


6


03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

500 mg/kg

Note 15

6


04.1.2.2

Dried fruit

200 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.8

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

150 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

150 mg/kg


6


04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

150 mg/kg


6


04.2.2.2

Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

200 mg/kg


6


04.2.2.5

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

25 mg/kg


6


04.2.2.8

Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds

200 mg/kg


6


05.1

Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes

500 mg/kg

Note 15

6


05.2

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

500 mg/kg

Note 15

6


05.3

Chewing gum

1500 mg/kg


6


05.4

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

500 mg/kg

Note 15

6


06.2

Flours and starches

600 mg/kg


6


06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

85 mg/kg


6


06.4.2

Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products

GMP


6


06.5

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

150 mg/kg


6


06.6

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

5 mg/kg


6


07.0

Bakery wares

200 mg/kg


6


08.2

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

3000 mg/kg


6


08.3

Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

3000 mg/kg


6


08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

5000 mg/kg


6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 15

6


10.4

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

150 mg/kg


6


12.2

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

1000 mg/kg


6


12.4

Mustards

200 mg/kg


6


12.5

Soups and broths

200 mg/kg


6


12.6.1

Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)

600 mg/kg


6


12.6.2

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

600 mg/kg


6


12.6.3

Mixes for sauces and gravies

200 mg/kg


6


12.6.4

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

200 mg/kg


6


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


6


12.8

Yeast and like products

200 mg/kg


6


13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

30 mg/kg


6


13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

1000 mg/kg


6


13.3

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

1000 mg/kg


6


14.1.4

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

1000 mg/kg

Note 15

6


14.2.1

Beer and malt beverages

150 mg/kg

Note 96

6


14.2.3

Wines

150 mg/kg

Note 96

6


14.2.6.2

Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol

150 mg/kg

Note 96

6


15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

200 mg/kg


6


15.2

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

1500 mg/kg


6



TRAGACANTH GUM

Tragacanth Gum

INS: 413


Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1.2

Buttermilk (plain)

GMP


6


01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

GMP


6


01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP


6


02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

13000 mg/kg


6


02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

GMP

Note 52

6


04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP

Note 16

6


04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

Note 16

6


08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

GMP

Note 16

6


08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP


6


09.1

Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.4

Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


11.2

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

GMP


6


12.2

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

GMP

Note 51

6


14.1.2.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice

2000 mg/kg


6


14.1.3.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar

GMP


6


14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP


6


14.2.3

Wines

500 mg/kg


6



TRIACETIN

Triacetin

INS: 1518


Function: Humectant

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

14.2.3

Wines

GMP


6



TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE

Tripotassium Citrate

INS: 332ii


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

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1.2

Buttermilk (plain)

GMP


6


01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

GMP


6


01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP


6


01.4.1

Pasteurized cream

2000 mg/kg


6


01.4.2

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

5000 mg/kg


6


02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

GMP


6


04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP

Note 16

6


04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

Note 16

6


04.2.2.1

Frozen vegetables

GMP


6


08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

GMP

Note 16

6


08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP


6


09.1

Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.4

Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


11.2

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

GMP


6


12.2

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

GMP

Note 51

6


13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

GMP


6


13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

GMP


6


14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP


6


14.2.3.4

Aromatized wine

GMP


6



TRISODIUM CITRATE

Trisodium Citrate

INS: 331iii


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

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1

Milk and buttermilk

GMP


6


01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

1500 mg/kg

Note 63

6


01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP


6


01.4.1

Pasteurized cream

2000 mg/kg


6


01.4.2

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

5000 mg/kg


6


02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

GMP


6


04.1.1

Fresh fruit

2000 mg/kg


6


04.2.1

Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

2000 mg/kg


6


04.2.2.1

Frozen vegetables

GMP


6


08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

5000 mg/kg


6


08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP


6


09.1

Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6


09.2.4

Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP


6


10.2.1

Liquid egg products

GMP


6


10.2.2

Frozen egg products

GMP


6


11.2

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

GMP


6


12.2

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

GMP

Note 51

6


13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

GMP


6


13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

5000 mg/kg


6


14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP


6


14.2.3.4

Aromatized wine

GMP


6



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