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Food Additive Group Details

STEAROYL LACTYLATES

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
GSFA Provisions for STEAROYL LACTYLATES
Number Food Category Max Level Notes
Food Category Hierarchy 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 6,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.3 Chewing gum 2,000 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 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.4.4 Cream analogues 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 8,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 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
Food Category Hierarchy 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 2,500 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 10,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 1,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.2.1 Flours 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.2.2 Frozen egg products 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 08.2.2 Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 2,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.2.1 Liquid egg products 500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 2,500 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 5,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.1.2 Soda breads 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 3,000 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats 300 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 07.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads 3,000 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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