ACESULFAME POTASSIUM

Acesulfame Potassium

INS: 950

Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

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)	500 mg/kg		6
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	GMP		6
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	GMP		6
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	GMP		6
01.5.1	Milk powder and cream powder (plain)	GMP		6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	GMP		6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	1000 mg/kg		6
02.3	Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	GMP		6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	1000 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	800 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.1	Frozen fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	200 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	GMP		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.12	Cooked or fried fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	200 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	350 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.5	Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)	2500 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	350 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.7	Fermented vegetable products	GMP		6
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)	2500 mg/kg		6
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	2500 mg/kg		6
05.1.3	Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4	1000 mg/kg		6
05.1.4	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products	2500 mg/kg		6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	3500 mg/kg		6
05.3	Chewing gum	5000 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	500 mg/kg		6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	1200 mg/kg		6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	350 mg/kg		6
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	GMP		6
07.2.1	Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)	1000 mg/kg		6
07.2.2	Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)	2000 mg/kg		6
07.2.3	Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)	1000 mg/kg		6
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	600 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)	350 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	1000 mg/kg		6
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high- intensity sweeteners	GMP		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP		6
12.3	Vinegars	GMP		6
12.4	Mustards	350 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	110 mg/kg		6
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	1000 mg/kg		6
12.6.2	Non- emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	350 mg/kg		6
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	350 mg/kg		6
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	350 mg/kg		6
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 05.1.2	1000 mg/kg		6
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	450 mg/kg		6
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	450 mg/kg		6
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4	500 mg/kg		6
13.6	Food supplements	2000 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	600 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.2	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice	600 mg/kg		6
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	500 mg/kg		6
14.1.3.2	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar	500 mg/kg		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or“electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	600 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		6
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	350 mg/kg		6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	350 mg/kg		6
14.2.3	Wines	350 mg/kg		6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	GMP		6
14.2.5	Mead	GMP		6
14.2.6.1	Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol	GMP		6
14.2.6.2	Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol	350 mg/kg		6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	1000 mg/kg		6
15.2	Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)	1000 mg/kg		6
15.3	Snacks - fish based	350 mg/kg		6