SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids

INS: 473

Function: Adjuvant, Emulsifiers, Stabilizer, Thickener

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)

5000 mg/kg

6

01.3.2

Beverage whiteners

20000 mg/kg

6

01.4.2

Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams

GMP

6

01.4.4

Cream analogues

GMP

6

01.5.1

Milk powder and cream powder (plain)

10000 mg/kg

6

01.5.2

Milk and cream powder analogues

10000 mg/kg

6

01.6.4

Processed cheese

10000 mg/kg

6

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

10000 mg/kg

6

01.7

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

10000 mg/kg

6

02.1.2

Vegetable oils and fats

5000 mg/kg

6

02.2

Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil

10000 mg/kg

6

02.3

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

10000 mg/kg

6

02.4

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

10000 mg/kg

6

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

5000 mg/kg

6

04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP

6

04.1.2.8

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

1500 mg/kg

6

04.1.2.9

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

5000 mg/kg

6

04.2.1.3

Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds

3000 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

5000 mg/kg

6

05.1

Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes

10000 mg/kg

6

05.2

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

10000 mg/kg

6

05.3

Chewing gum

15000 mg/kg

6

05.4

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

10000 mg/kg

6

06.0

Cereals and cereal products, including flours and starches from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, excluding bakery wares of food category 07.0

10000 mg/kg

6

07.1

Bread and ordinary bakery wares

GMP

6

07.2

Fine bakery wares

10000 mg/kg

6

08.2.2

Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

5000 mg/kg

Note 15

6

08.3.2

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

5000 mg/kg

Note 15

6

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

5000 mg/kg

6

09.2.1

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

10000 mg/kg

6

09.2.4

Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

10000 mg/kg

6

09.2.5

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

10000 mg/kg

6

09.4

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

GMP

6

10.4

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

5000 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

5000 mg/kg

6

12.5

Soups and broths

5000 mg/kg

6

12.6

Sauces and like products

10000 mg/kg

6

13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

5000 mg/kg

6

13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

5000 mg/kg

6

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children

5000 mg/kg

6

13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

5000 mg/kg

6

13.6

Food supplements

GMP

6

14.1.4.1

Carbonated drinks

1000 mg/kg

6

14.1.4.2

Non-carbonated, including punches and ades

5000 mg/kg

6

14.1.4.3

Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks

10000 mg/kg

6

14.1.5

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

5000 mg/kg

6

14.2.2

Cider and perry

5000 mg/kg

6

14.2.4

Fruit wine

5000 mg/kg

6

14.2.5

Mead

5000 mg/kg

6

14.2.6

Spirituous beverages

5000 mg/kg

6

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

10000 mg/kg

6

16.0

Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15

10000 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)	5000 mg/kg		6
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	20000 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		6
01.4.4	Cream analogues	GMP		6
01.5.1	Milk powder and cream powder (plain)	10000 mg/kg		6
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	10000 mg/kg		6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	10000 mg/kg		6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	10000 mg/kg		6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	10000 mg/kg		6
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	5000 mg/kg		6
02.2	Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil	10000 mg/kg		6
02.3	Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	10000 mg/kg		6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	10000 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	5000 mg/kg		6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	1500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	5000 mg/kg		6
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	3000 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	5000 mg/kg		6
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	10000 mg/kg		6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	10000 mg/kg		6
05.3	Chewing gum	15000 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	10000 mg/kg		6
06.0	Cereals and cereal products, including flours and starches from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, excluding bakery wares of food category 07.0	10000 mg/kg		6
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	GMP		6
07.2	Fine bakery wares	10000 mg/kg		6
08.2.2	Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	5000 mg/kg	Note 15	6
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	5000 mg/kg	Note 15	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	5000 mg/kg		6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10000 mg/kg		6
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10000 mg/kg		6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10000 mg/kg		6
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	5000 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	5000 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	5000 mg/kg		6
12.6	Sauces and like products	10000 mg/kg		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	5000 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		6
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	5000 mg/kg		6
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	5000 mg/kg		6
13.6	Food supplements	GMP		6
14.1.4.1	Carbonated drinks	1000 mg/kg		6
14.1.4.2	Non-carbonated, including punches and ades	5000 mg/kg		6
14.1.4.3	Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks	10000 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	5000 mg/kg		6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	5000 mg/kg		6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	5000 mg/kg		6
14.2.5	Mead	5000 mg/kg		6
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	5000 mg/kg		6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	10000 mg/kg		6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	10000 mg/kg		6