GSFA Online Food Category 14.1.5

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Updated up to the 47^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2024)

Food Category Details

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa (14.1.5)

Description:
Includes the ready-to-drink products (e.g., canned), and their mixes and concentrates. Examples include: chicory-based hot beverages (postum), rice tea, mate tea, and mixes for hot coffee and tea beverages (e.g. instant coffee, powder for hot cappucino beverages). Treated coffee beans for the manufacture of coffee products are also included. Ready-to-drink cocoa is included in category 01.1.4, and cocoa mixes in 05.1.1.

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

GSFA Provisions for Food Category 14.1.5

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
950	Acesulfame potassium	600 mg/kg	Note 188 Note 160 Note 161	14.1.5
260	Acetic acid, glacial	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
472a	Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1422	Acetylated distarch adipate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1414	Acetylated distarch phosphate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1401	Acid-treated starch	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
969	Advantame	6 mg/kg	Note 160 Note 478	14.1.5
406	Agar	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
400	Alginic acid	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1402	Alkaline treated starch	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
300	Ascorbic acid, L-	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
951	Aspartame	600 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 160 Note 478	14.1.5
962	Aspartame-acesulfame salt	600 mg/kg	Note 119 Note 160 Note 477	14.1.5
	BENZOATES	1,000 mg/kg	Note 13	14.1.5
901	Beeswax	GMP	Note 108	14.1.5
1403	Bleached starch	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
170(i)	Calcium carbonate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
509	Calcium chloride	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
327	Calcium lactate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
902	Candelilla wax	GMP	Note 108	14.1.5
150a	Caramel I – plain caramel	GMP	Note 201 Note 160	14.1.5
150c	Caramel III - ammonia caramel	10,000 mg/kg	Note 160 Note 7	14.1.5
150d	Caramel IV - sulfite ammonia caramel	10,000 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 7	14.1.5
290	Carbon dioxide	GMP	Note 59 Note 160	14.1.5
903	Carnauba wax	200 mg/kg	Note 108	14.1.5
410	Carob bean gum	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
407	Carrageenan	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
330	Citric acid	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
472c	Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1400	Dextrins, roasted starch	GMP	Note 90 Note 160	14.1.5
472e	Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol	500 mg/kg	Note 142	14.1.5
242	Dimethyl dicarbonate	250 mg/kg	Note 18	14.1.5
627	Disodium 5'-guanylate	GMP	Note 201	14.1.5
631	Disodium 5'-inosinate	GMP	Note 201	14.1.5
635	Disodium 5'-ribonucleotides	GMP	Note 201	14.1.5
1412	Distarch phosphate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
	ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA ACETATES	35 mg/kg	Note 21	14.1.5
968	Erythritol	16,000 mg/kg	Note 160 Note 381 Note 478	14.1.5
297	Fumaric acid	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
418(i)	Gellan gum	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
422	Glycerol	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
412	Guar gum	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
414	Gum arabic (Acacia gum)	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
	HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA-	450 mg/kg	Note 160 Note 27	14.1.5
463	Hydroxypropyl cellulose	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1442	Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
464	Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1440	Hydroxypropyl starch	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
416	Karaya gum	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
425	Konjac flour	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
472b	Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
322(i)	Lecithin	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
504(i)	Magnesium carbonate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
511	Magnesium chloride	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
528	Magnesium hydroxide	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
504(ii)	Magnesium hydroxide carbonate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
296	Malic acid, DL-	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
965(i)	Maltitol	GMP	Note 160 Note 477	14.1.5
965(ii)	Maltitol syrup	GMP	Note 160 Note 477	14.1.5
461	Methyl cellulose	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
465	Methyl ethyl cellulose	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
460(i)	Microcrystalline cellulose (Cellulose gel)	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
471	Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
621	Monosodium L-glutamate	GMP	Note 201	14.1.5
1410	Monostarch phosphate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
961	Neotame	50 mg/kg	Note 160 Note 478	14.1.5
941	Nitrogen	GMP	Note 59 Note 160	14.1.5
1404	Oxidized starch	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
	PHOSPHATES	300 mg/kg	Note 33 Note 160	14.1.5
440	Pectins	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1413	Phosphated distarch phosphate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
475	Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids	5,000 mg/kg	Note 127	14.1.5
501(i)	Potassium carbonate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
508	Potassium chloride	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
332(i)	Potassium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
460(ii)	Powdered cellulose	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
407a	Processed eucheuma seaweed (PES)	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
405	Propylene glycol alginate	500 mg/kg	Note 160	14.1.5
1101(i)	Protease from Aspergillus orizae var.	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1204	Pullulan	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
	SACCHARINS	200 mg/kg	Note 500 Note 160 Note 477	14.1.5
	SORBATES	500 mg/kg	Note 42 Note 160	14.1.5
	SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS	500 mg/kg	Note 429	14.1.5
	STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES	200 mg/kg	Note 26 Note 160 Note 477	14.1.5
	SUCROSE ESTERS	1,000 mg/kg	Note 176	14.1.5
470(i)	Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids with ammonia, calcium, potassium and sodium	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
470(ii)	Salts of oleic acid with calcium, potassium and sodium	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
904	Shellac, bleached	GMP	Note 108	14.1.5
551	Silicon dioxide, amorphous	GMP	Note 321	14.1.5
350(ii)	Sodium DL-malate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
262(i)	Sodium acetate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
401	Sodium alginate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
301	Sodium ascorbate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
500(i)	Sodium carbonate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
466	Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Cellulose gum)	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
331(i)	Sodium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
365	Sodium fumarates	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
576	Sodium gluconate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
500(ii)	Sodium hydrogen carbonate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
325	Sodium lactate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1450	Starch sodium octenyl succinate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
1405	Starches, enzyme treated	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
955	Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose)	300 mg/kg	Note 160 Note 478	14.1.5
417	Tara gum	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
957	Thaumatin	GMP	Note 160 Note 478	14.1.5
413	Tragacanth gum	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
332(ii)	Tripotassium citrate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
331(iii)	Trisodium citrate	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5
415	Xanthan gum	GMP	Note 160	14.1.5

Items in uppercase (e.g. PHOSPHATES) refer to food additive groups.

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