ANNATTO EXTRACTS

Annatto Extracts

INS: 160b

Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey- based drinks)

50 mg/kg

Note 8

6

01.2.1.1

Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation

50 mg/kg

6

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

50 mg/kg

Note 74

6

01.6.2.1

Total ripened cheese, includes rind

600 mg/kg

6

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

50 mg/kg

Note 74

6

01.6.2.3

Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces)

50 mg/kg

Note 74

6

01.6.3

Whey cheese

50 mg/kg

Note 74

6

01.6.4

Processed cheese

50 mg/kg

Note 74

6

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

50 mg/kg

Note 74

6

01.6.6

Whey protein cheese

50 mg/kg

Note 74

6

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

100 mg/kg

6

02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

10 mg/kg

Note 9

6

02.2.1

Emulsions containing at least 80% fat

100 mg/kg

6

02.2.2

Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)

30 mg/kg

Note 9

6

02.3

Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

10 mg/kg

6

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

10 mg/kg

6

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

100 mg/kg

Note 9

6

04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

20 mg/kg

Note 16

6

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

GMP

6

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies and marmelades

200 mg/kg

6

04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

GMP

6

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

20 mg/kg

6

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

150 mg/kg

6

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

GMP

6

04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

20 mg/kg

Note 16

6

04.2.2.3

Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce

300 mg/kg

6

04.2.2.6

Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5

10 mg/kg

6

05.1

Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes

25 mg/kg

Note 9

6

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

25 mg/kg

Note 9

6

05.3

Chewing gum

1000 mg/kg

6

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces

30 mg/kg

Note 9

6

06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

75 mg/kg

Note 9

6

06.4.2

Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products

12 mg/kg

Note 8

6

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

10 mg/kg

6

06.6

Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)

GMP

6

07.1

Bread and ordinary bakery wares

GMP

6

07.2.1

Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)

15 mg/kg

Note 9

6

07.2.2

Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)

40 mg/kg

Note 9

6

07.2.3

Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)

15 mg/kg

Note 9

6

08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts

20 mg/kg

Note 16

6

08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

1000 mg/kg

Note 94

6

08.2

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

50 mg/kg

Note 9

6

08.3.1.1

Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

1000 mg/kg

Notes 9 & 78

6

08.3.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

20 mg/kg

Note 16

6

08.3.1.3

Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

50 mg/kg

Note 9

6

08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

50 mg/kg

Note 9

6

08.3.3

Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

20 mg/kg

Note 16

6

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

60 mg/kg

Note 9

6

09.1

Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

20 mg/kg

Note 16

6

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

10 mg/kg

Note 8

6

09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

30 mg/kg

Note 9

6

09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

10 mg/kg

Note 8

6

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

30 mg/kg

Note 9

6

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

15 mg/kg

Note 9

6

09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

15 mg/kg

Note 9

6

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

15 mg/kg

Notes 9 & 22

6

09.3

Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

15 mg/kg

Note 9

6

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

10 mg/kg

Note 8

6

10.1

Fresh eggs

GMP

Notes 3 & 4

6

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

10 mg/kg

6

11.1

White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings

GMP

6

11.2

Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)

GMP

6

12.2

Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)

30 mg/kg

Note 9

6

12.4

Mustards

100 mg/kg

Note 8

6

12.5

Soups and broths

150 mg/kg

Note 8

6

12.6.1

Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)

100 mg/kg

Note 8

6

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

100 mg/kg

Note 8

6

12.6.3

Mixes for sauces and gravies

100 mg/kg

Note 8

6

12.6.4

Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)

400 mg/kg

6

12.9

Protein products

GMP

6

13.6

Food supplements

GMP

6

14.1.2.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice

GMP

6

14.1.2.3

Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice

GMP

6

14.1.3.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar

GMP

6

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or“electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks

50 mg/kg

6

14.2.1

Beer and malt beverages

GMP

Note 96

6

14.2.3

Wines

GMP

6

14.2.6

Spirituous beverages

10 mg/kg

6

15.0

Ready-to-eat savouries

300 mg/kg

Note 9

6

16.0

Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories01 - 15

200 mg/kg

6

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey- based drinks)	50 mg/kg	Note 8	6
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	50 mg/kg		6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.2.1	Total ripened cheese, includes rind	600 mg/kg		6
01.6.2.2	Rind of ripened cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.2.3	Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces)	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.3	Whey cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.6	Whey protein cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	100 mg/kg		6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	10 mg/kg	Note 9	6
02.2.1	Emulsions containing at least 80% fat	100 mg/kg		6
02.2.2	Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
02.3	Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	10 mg/kg		6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	10 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	100 mg/kg	Note 9	6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	GMP		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	200 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	GMP		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	20 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	150 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	GMP		6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	300 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.6	Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5	10 mg/kg		6
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	25 mg/kg	Note 9	6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	25 mg/kg	Note 9	6
05.3	Chewing gum	1000 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	75 mg/kg	Note 9	6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	12 mg/kg	Note 8	6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	10 mg/kg		6
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	GMP		6
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	GMP		6
07.2.1	Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
07.2.2	Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)	40 mg/kg	Note 9	6
07.2.3	Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	1000 mg/kg	Note 94	6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	50 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.3.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	1000 mg/kg	Notes 9 & 78	6
08.3.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.3.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	50 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	50 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	60 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10 mg/kg	Note 8	6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10 mg/kg	Note 8	6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.4.2	Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.4.3	Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Notes 9 & 22	6
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10 mg/kg	Note 8	6
10.1	Fresh eggs	GMP	Notes 3 & 4	6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	10 mg/kg		6
11.1	White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings	GMP		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
12.4	Mustards	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.5	Soups and broths	150 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	400 mg/kg		6
12.9	Protein products	GMP		6
13.6	Food supplements	GMP		6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		6
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	GMP		6
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	GMP		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or“electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	50 mg/kg		6
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	GMP	Note 96	6
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		6
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	10 mg/kg		6
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	300 mg/kg	Note 9	6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories01 - 15	200 mg/kg		6