ASPARTAME

Aspartame

INS: 951

Function: Flavor 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)	600 mg/kg		6
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	2000 mg/kg		6
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	GMP	Note 2	6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		6
01.4.3	Clotted cream	GMP		6
01.4.4	Cream analogues	1000 mg/kg		6
01.5.1	Milk powder and cream powder (plain)	GMP		6
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	2000 mg/kg		6
01.5.3	Milk and cream (blend) powder (plain and flavoured)	GMP		6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	GMP		6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	1000 mg/kg		6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	3000 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	3000 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	3000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.1	Frozen fruit	GMP		6
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	3000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	1000 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	2000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	2000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	3000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	3000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	2000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	3000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.12	Cooked or fried fruit	2000 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	1000 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.2	Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	1000 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	300 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	1000 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.5	Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)	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	1000 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.7	Fermented vegetable products	2500 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.8	Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds	1000 mg/kg		6
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)	3000 mg/kg		6
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	3000 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	2500 mg/kg		6
05.1.4	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products	3000 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	10000 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	1000 mg/kg		6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	5000 mg/kg		6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	1000 mg/kg		6
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	4000 mg/kg		6
07.2	Fine bakery wares	5000 mg/kg		6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	300 mg/kg		6
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	300 mg/kg		6
09.2	Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks,	300 mg/kg		6
	crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg		6
10.2.3	Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products	1000 mg/kg		6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	1000 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	3000 mg/kg		6
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high- intensity sweeteners	1000 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	2000 mg/kg		6
12.4	Mustards	350 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	600 mg/kg		6
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	2000 mg/kg		6
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	2000 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	800 mg/kg		6
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	800 mg/kg		6
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4	2000 mg/kg		6
13.6	Food supplements	5500 mg/kg		6
14.1.2	Fruit and vegetable juices	2000 mg/kg		6
14.1.3	Fruit and vegetable nectars	2000 mg/kg		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	1000 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	600 mg/kg	Note 85	6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	600 mg/kg		6
14.2.3	Wines	600 mg/kg	Note 85	6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	700 mg/kg		6
14.2.5	Mead	700 mg/kg		6
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	700 mg/kg	Note 85	6
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	500 mg/kg		6