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Food Additive Details

Propylene glycol alginate (405)
Synonym(s)
  • Hydroxypropyl alginate
  • Propane 1,2-diol alginate
  • 1,2-propane-diol ester of alginic acid
Functional Classes
  • Bulking agent
  • Carrier
  • Emulsifier
  • Foaming agent
  • Gelling agent
  • Stabilizer
  • Thickener

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GSFA Provisions for Propylene glycol alginate
Number Food Category Max Level Notes
Food Category Hierarchy 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.2.1 Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit-filled or custard types) 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.1.4.1 Carbonated water-based flavoured drinks 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 9,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces) 16,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.3 Chewing gum 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.4.3 Clotted cream (plain) 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.1.2 Cocoa mixes (syrups) 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.1.4.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water-based flavoured drinks 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.4.4 Cream analogues 2,500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 6,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 1,200 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 1,200 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 8,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 1,300 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 13.6 Food supplements 1,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.2.2 Frozen egg products 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 6,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.2.1 Liquid egg products 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares 20,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.2.3 Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes) 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 8,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.1.4.2 Non-carbonated water-based flavoured drinks, including punches and ades 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 8,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.2.2 Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.1.2 Other fluid milk (plain) 1,300 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.4 Processed cheese 9,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 12.5.1 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 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 6,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads 4,000 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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