Food Additive Details
Aluminium ammonium sulfate (523)
Synonym(s)
Functional Classes
Acidity regulator
Colour retention agent
Firming agent
Raising agent
Stabilizer
GSFA Provisions for Aluminium ammonium sulfate
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
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
520 mg/kg
09.2.4.2
Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
200 mg/kg
07.1.5
Steamed breads and buns
40 mg/kg
06.4.1
Fresh pastas and noodles and like products
300 mg/kg
07.1.2
Crackers, excluding sweet crackers
100 mg/kg
07.1.6
Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares
40 mg/kg
07.1.3
Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins)
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.).
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