GSFA Online Food Additive Group Details for PHOSPHATES

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

Food Additive Group Details

PHOSPHATES

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)

INS No.	Additive Name

	342(i)	Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate
	452(v)	Ammonium polyphosphate
	542	Bone phosphate
	450(vii)	Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate
	341(i)	Calcium dihydrogen phosphate
	341(ii)	Calcium hydrogen phosphate
	452(iv)	Calcium polyphosphate
	342(ii)	Diammonium hydrogen phosphate
	450(vi)	Dicalcium diphosphate
	340(ii)	Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate
	450(i)	Disodium diphosphate
	339(ii)	Disodium hydrogen phosphate
	450(ix)	Magnesium dihydrogen diphosphate
	343(i)	Magnesium dihydrogen phosphate
	343(ii)	Magnesium hydrogen phosphate
	451(ii)	Pentapotassium triphosphate
	451(i)	Pentasodium triphosphate
	338	Phosphoric acid
	340(i)	Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
	452(ii)	Potassium polyphosphate
	452(iii)	Sodium calcium polyphosphate
	339(i)	Sodium dihydrogen phosphate
	452(i)	Sodium polyphosphate
	450(v)	Tetrapotassium diphosphate
	450(iii)	Tetrasodium diphosphate
	341(iii)	Tricalcium phosphate
	343(iii)	Trimagnesium phosphate
	340(iii)	Tripotassium phosphate
	450(ii)	Trisodium diphosphate
	339(iii)	Trisodium phosphate

GSFA Provisions for PHOSPHATES

Number	Food Category	Max Level	Notes
06.6	Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry)	5,600 mg/kg	Note 33
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	13,000 mg/kg	Note 480 Note 33
07.1.4	Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs	9,300 mg/kg	Note 229 Note 33
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
02.2.1	Butter	880 mg/kg	Note 34 Note 33
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	10 mg/kg	Note 33
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	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS57 Note 33
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	7,000 mg/kg	Note 33
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	9,000 mg/kg	Note 33
05.3	Chewing gum	44,000 mg/kg	Note 33
14.2.2	Cider and perry	880 mg/kg	Note 33
05.1.4	Cocoa and chocolate products	1,100 mg/kg	Note 33
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake	1,100 mg/kg	Note 97 Note 33
05.1.3	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	880 mg/kg	Note XS86 Note 33
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	300 mg/kg	Note 33 Note 160
13.2	Complementary foods for infants and young children	4,400 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 230 Note 33
14.1.2.3	Concentrates for fruit juice	1,000 mg/kg	Note 122 Note 127 Note 33 Note 40
14.1.3.3	Concentrates for fruit nectar	1,000 mg/kg	Note 122 Note 127 Note 33 Note 40
14.1.3.4	Concentrates for vegetable nectar	1,000 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 33 Note 40
01.3.1	Condensed milk (plain)	880 mg/kg	Note 565 Note 33
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS309R Note 33
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
09.2.4.2	Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
04.2.2.8	Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds	2,200 mg/kg	Note 613 Note 76 Note 33
07.1.2	Crackers, excluding sweet crackers	9,300 mg/kg	Note 229 Note 33
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	2,200 mg/kg	Note 617 Note 33
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	1,500 mg/kg	Note 610 Note 33
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	1,500 mg/kg	Note 33
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)	2,200 mg/kg	Note 566 Note 33
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
14.2.6	Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol	440 mg/kg	Note 88 Note 33
06.4.2	Dried pastas and noodles and like products	900 mg/kg	Note 211 Note 33
04.2.2.2	Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	5,000 mg/kg	Note 613 Note 76 Note 33
01.8.2	Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses	4,400 mg/kg	Note XS331 Note 33
08.4	Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)	1,100 mg/kg	Note 33
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	7,500 mg/kg	Note 33
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)	1,400 mg/kg	Note 33
02.3	Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
02.2.2	Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads	2,200 mg/kg	Note 555 Note 554 Note 530 Note 33
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	1,500 mg/kg	Note 33
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 610 Note 635 Note 33
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	2,200 mg/kg	Note 636 Note 33
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	2,200 mg/kg	Note 636 Note 572 Note 33
07.2	Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes	9,300 mg/kg	Note 229 Note 33
09.3.1	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
09.3.2	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
01.1.4	Flavoured fluid milk drinks	1,500 mg/kg	Note 610 Note 364 Note 33
06.2.1	Flours	2,500 mg/kg	Note 225 Note 469 Note 33
01.1.3.2	Fluid buttermilk (plain)	1,500 mg/kg	Note 397 Note 227 Note 33
01.1.1	Fluid milk (plain)	1,500 mg/kg	Note 227 Note 33
13.6	Food supplements	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
13.1.3	Formulae for special medical purposes for infants	450 mg/kg	Note 586 Note 587 Note 551 Note 230 Note 33
06.4.1	Fresh pastas and noodles and like products	2,500 mg/kg	Note 211 Note 33
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2,200 mg/kg	Note 299 Note 33
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	1,290 mg/kg	Note 33
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS312 Note 393 Note XS292 Note 394 Note XS191 Note XS36 Note 33
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
08.2.3	Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	5,000 mg/kg	Note 637 Note 76 Note 33
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	1,500 mg/kg	Note 33
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	2,200 mg/kg	Note 636 Note 33
14.1.2.1	Fruit juice	1,000 mg/kg	Note 122 Note 33 Note 40
14.1.3.1	Fruit nectar	1,000 mg/kg	Note 122 Note 33 Note 40
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	350 mg/kg	Note XS314R Note 33
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	1,500 mg/kg	Note 33
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	1,100 mg/kg	Note XS160 Note 33
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS94 Note XS119 Note 436 Note XS3 Note 33
08.2.2	Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	1,320 mg/kg	Note 289 Note 33
05.1.5	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
13.1.1	Infant formulae	450 mg/kg	Note 586 Note 381 Note 587 Note 551 Note 230 Note 33
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	4,400 mg/kg	Note 67 Note 33
01.8.1	Liquid whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses	880 mg/kg	Note 228 Note 33
14.2.5	Mead	440 mg/kg	Note 88 Note 33
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	4,400 mg/kg	Note 483 Note 482 Note 88 Note 33
01.5.1	Milk powder and cream powder (plain)	4,400 mg/kg	Note 543 Note 548 Note 544 Note 33 Note 547
07.1.6	Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares	9,300 mg/kg	Note 229 Note 33
08.2.1	Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
01.1.2	Other fluid milk (plain)	2,200 mg/kg	Note 411 Note 364 Note 33
07.1.3	Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins)	9,300 mg/kg	Note 229 Note 33
11.4	Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)	1,320 mg/kg	Note 33
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	5,600 mg/kg	Note 76 Note 33
11.1.2	Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose	6,600 mg/kg	Note 56 Note 465 Note 33
06.4.3	Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products	2,500 mg/kg	Note 211 Note 475 Note 33
10.3	Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs	1,000 mg/kg	Note 33
01.6.4	Processed cheese	9,000 mg/kg	Note 33
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS88 Note 302 Note 33
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	2,200 mg/kg	Note 33
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS291 Note 33
12.1.1	Salt	8,800 mg/kg	Note 33
12.1.2	Salt Substitutes	4,400 mg/kg	Note 33
12.6	Sauces and like products	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS302 Note 573 Note 33
12.2.2	Seasonings and condiments	2,200 mg/kg	Note 226 Note 33
09.3.4	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3	2,200 mg/kg	Note 193 Note 33
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS311 Note XS236 Note XS167 Note XS244 Note 413 Note 334 Note XS189 Note 33 Note 420
07.1.1.2	Soda breads	9,300 mg/kg	Note 229 Note 33
12.5	Soups and broths	1,500 mg/kg	Note 343 Note 33
06.8.3	Soybean curd (tofu)	100 mg/kg	Note 33
06.8.1	Soybean-based beverages	1,300 mg/kg	Note 33
12.9	Soybean-based seasonings and condiments	1,200 mg/kg	Note 33
07.1.5	Steamed breads and buns	9,300 mg/kg	Note 229 Note 33
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	1,760 mg/kg	Note 16 Note 33
11.6	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	1,000 mg/kg	Note 33
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	4,400 mg/kg	Note 562 Note 495 Note 487 Note 33 Note 564 Note 496
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	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS308R Note XS57 Note 33
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)	2,200 mg/kg	Note XS57 Note 76 Note 33
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	2,200 mg/kg	Note 638 Note 636 Note 33
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks	1,000 mg/kg	Note 33

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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