Food Additive Details
Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) (319)
Synonym(s)
Functional Classes
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GSFA Provisions for Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ)
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
15.0
Ready-to-eat savouries
200 mg/kg
12.6
Sauces and like products
200 mg/kg
12.5
Soups and broths
200 mg/kg
12.4
Mustards
200 mg/kg
12.2
Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles)
200 mg/kg
08.3
Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
100 mg/kg
08.2
Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
100 mg/kg
07.1.4
Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs
200 mg/kg
07.1.3
Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins)
200 mg/kg
07.1.2
Crackers, excluding sweet crackers
200 mg/kg
07.1.1
Breads and rolls
200 mg/kg
06.4.3
Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products
200 mg/kg
05.4
Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces
200 mg/kg
05.3
Chewing gum
400 mg/kg
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
200 mg/kg
05.1.4
Cocoa and chocolate products
200 mg/kg
03.0
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet
200 mg/kg
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7
200 mg/kg
02.3
Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions
200 mg/kg
02.2.2
Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads
200 mg/kg
02.1.3
Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats
200 mg/kg
02.1.2
Vegetable oils and fats
200 mg/kg
02.1.1
Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee
120 mg/kg
01.5.2
Milk and cream powder analogues
100 mg/kg
01.3.2
Beverage whiteners
100 mg/kg
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.).