Food Additive Details
Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose) (953)
Synonym(s)
Hydrogenated Isomaltulose
Isomaltitol
Functional Classes
Anticaking agent
Bulking agent
Flavour enhancer
Glazing agent
Stabilizer
Sweetener
Thickener
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GSFA Provisions for Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose)
Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).
GSFA Table 3 Provisions
Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose) is a food additive that is included in Table 3 , and as such may be used in the following foods under the conditions of good manufacturing practices (GMP) as outlined in the Preamble of the Codex GSFA. Although not listed below, Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose) could also be used in heat-treated butter milk of food category 01.1.1 and spices of food category 12.2.1. Note that food categories listed in the Annex to Table 3 were excluded accordingly.
Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose) is acceptable in foods conforming to the following commodity standards: (additive.commodityStandardsA).
Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose) is a: (additive.functionsB) (additive.commodityStandardsB)
Number
Food Category
12.8
Yeast and like products
14.2.4
Wines (other than grape)
14.1.4
Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
12.3
Vinegars
04.2.2.3
Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce
04.2.2.5
Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)
04.2.2.6
Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5
01.6.1
Unripened cheese
11.6
Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners
12.9
Soybean-based seasonings and condiments
06.8
Soybean products (excluding soybean-based seasonings and condiments of food category 12.9)
12.5
Soups and broths
09.3
Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
12.2.2
Seasonings and condiments
12.6
Sauces and like products
12.7
Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3
01.6.2
Ripened cheese
15.0
Ready-to-eat savouries
12.10
Protein products other than from soybeans
08.2
Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
04.1.2
Processed fruit
08.3
Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
01.6.4
Processed cheese
10.3
Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs
16.0
Prepared foods
06.4.3
Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products
06.7
Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice cakes (Oriental type only)
12.4
Mustards
01.5
Milk powder and cream powder and powder analogues (plain)
14.2.5
Mead
01.8.1
Liquid whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses
09.4
Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
13.6
Food supplements
01.1.4
Flavoured fluid milk drinks
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7
02.2.2
Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads
02.3
Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions
10.4
Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)
03.0
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet
08.4
Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)
04.2.2.2
Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
10.2.3
Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products
14.2.6
Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol
13.4
Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
13.3
Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)
13.5
Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6
01.7
Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)
01.4.4
Cream analogues
04.2.2.8
Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
05.0
Confectionery
01.3
Condensed milk and analogues (plain)
01.4.3
Clotted cream (plain)
14.2.2
Cider and perry
01.6.5
Cheese analogues
06.5
Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)
04.2.2.4
Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
06.3
Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats
14.2.1
Beer and malt beverages
06.6
Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry)
07.0
Bakery wares
14.2.7
Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)
Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).