Food Additive Group Details
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES
The provisions that follow are defined at the additive group level, and thus apply to the total content of the additives participating in this group. Additives that make up this group are provided for reference only.
Participating Additive(s)
GSFA Provisions for STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
11.6
Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners
GMP
05.3
Chewing gum
3,500 mg/kg
13.6
Food supplements
2,500 mg/kg
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
700 mg/kg
13.5
Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6
660 mg/kg
04.1.2.5
Jams, jellies, marmelades
360 mg/kg
12.6.4
Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)
350 mg/kg
05.1.3
Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings
350 mg/kg
12.6.2
Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)
350 mg/kg
05.1.1
Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake
350 mg/kg
13.3
Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)
350 mg/kg
12.6.3
Mixes for sauces and gravies
350 mg/kg
12.6.1
Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)
350 mg/kg
07.2
Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes
350 mg/kg
06.3
Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats
350 mg/kg
05.1.5
Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products
350 mg/kg
05.1.4
Cocoa and chocolate products
350 mg/kg
04.1.2.9
Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts
350 mg/kg
01.5.2
Milk and cream powder analogues
330 mg/kg
04.1.2.4
Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit
330 mg/kg
04.1.2.6
Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5
330 mg/kg
10.4
Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)
330 mg/kg
05.4
Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces
330 mg/kg
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)
330 mg/kg
04.1.2.11
Fruit fillings for pastries
330 mg/kg
04.1.2.8
Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk
330 mg/kg
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7
330 mg/kg
01.7
Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)
330 mg/kg
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
330 mg/kg
13.4
Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
270 mg/kg
03.0
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet
270 mg/kg
09.2.4.3
Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
250 mg/kg
04.2.2.7
Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3
200 mg/kg
01.1.4
Flavoured fluid milk drinks
200 mg/kg
14.2.7
Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)
200 mg/kg
14.1.5
Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
200 mg/kg
14.1.4
Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
200 mg/kg
14.1.3
Fruit and vegetable nectars
200 mg/kg
06.8.1
Soybean-based beverages
200 mg/kg
15.0
Ready-to-eat savouries
170 mg/kg
09.2.5
Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
165 mg/kg
12.9.2.3
Other soybean sauces
165 mg/kg
12.9.2.2
Non-fermented soybean sauce
165 mg/kg
06.5
Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)
165 mg/kg
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
165 mg/kg
09.3.2
Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine
165 mg/kg
09.2.4.2
Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
165 mg/kg
14.2.6
Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol
160 mg/kg
14.2.5
Mead
160 mg/kg
14.2.4
Wines (other than grape)
160 mg/kg
12.4
Mustards
130 mg/kg
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
115 mg/kg
04.1.2.10
Fermented fruit products
115 mg/kg
09.3.3
Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products
100 mg/kg
09.4
Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
100 mg/kg
08.3.2
Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
100 mg/kg
09.3.1
Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly
100 mg/kg
04.1.2.3
Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine
100 mg/kg
08.2
Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
80 mg/kg
09.2.4.1
Cooked fish and fish products
70 mg/kg
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
70 mg/kg
14.2.1
Beer and malt beverages
70 mg/kg
12.5
Soups and broths
50 mg/kg
14.2.2
Cider and perry
50 mg/kg
04.2.2.2
Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
40 mg/kg
04.1.2.1
Frozen fruit
40 mg/kg
04.2.2.8
Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
40 mg/kg
04.1.2.12
Cooked fruit
40 mg/kg
04.1.2.7
Candied fruit
40 mg/kg
12.9.2.1
Fermented soybean sauce
30 mg/kg
12.2.2
Seasonings and condiments
30 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.).