CAROTENES, VEGETABLE

Carotenes, Natural Extracts, (Vegetable)

INS: 160aii

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)

GMP

6

01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP

6

01.3.2

Beverage whiteners

GMP

6

01.4

Cream (plain) and the like

GMP

6

01.5.2

Milk and cream powder analogues

GMP

6

01.6

Cheese

600 mg/kg

6

01.7

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

GMP

6

02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

GMP

6

02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

600 mg/kg

6

02.2.1.2

Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends)

GMP

6

02.2.2

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

GMP

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

GMP

6

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

GMP

6

04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP

Note 16

6

04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

GMP

6

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

GMP

6

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies and marmelades

GMP

6

04.1.2.6

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

500 mg/kg

6

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

GMP

6

04.1.2.8

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

4 mg/kg

6

04.1.2.9

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

GMP

6

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

4 mg/kg

6

04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

Note 16

6

04.2.2.3

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

500 mg/kg

6

04.2.2.5

Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)

GMP

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

GMP

6

04.2.2.7

Fermented vegetable products

GMP

6

05.1

Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes

120 mg/kg

6

05.2

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

120 mg/kg

6

05.3

Chewing gum

500 mg/kg

6

05.4

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

GMP

6

06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

400 mg/kg

6

06.4.2

Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products

GMP

6

06.5

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

GMP

6

07.2

Fine bakery wares

GMP

6

08.1.1

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

GMP

Note 16

6

08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

1000 mg/kg

6

08.2

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

GMP

Note 16

6

08.3.1.1

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

1000 mg/kg

Note 78

6

08.3.1.2

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

20 mg/kg

6

08.3.1.3

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

20 mg/kg

6

08.3.2

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

20 mg/kg

6

08.3.3

Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

GMP

Note 16

6

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

GMP

6

09.1.1

Fresh fish

GMP

Note 50

6

09.1.2

Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

Note 16

6

09.2.1

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

GMP

Note 95

6

09.2.2

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

GMP

Note 16

6

09.2.3

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

GMP

Note 16

6

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

GMP

6

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP

6

09.2.4.3

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

GMP

Note 16

6

09.2.5

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

GMP

Note 22

6

09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

GMP

Note 16

6

09.3.2

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

GMP

Note 16

6

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

GMP

6

09.3.4

Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3

GMP

Note 16

6

09.4

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

500 mg/kg

6

10.1

Fresh eggs

GMP

Notes 3 & 4

6

10.4

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

150 mg/kg

6

12.2

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

GMP

6

12.4

Mustards

GMP

6

12.5

Soups and broths

GMP

6

12.6.1

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

GMP

6

12.6.2

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

GMP

6

12.6.3

Mixes for sauces and gravies

GMP

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

GMP

6

12.9

Protein products

GMP

6

13.3

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

GMP

Note 83

6

13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

GMP

6

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4

GMP

6

13.6

Food supplements

GMP

6

14.1.3.2

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar

GMP

6

14.1.3.4

Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar

GMP

6

14.1.4

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

2000 mg/kg

6

14.2.2

Cider and perry

GMP

6

14.2.3.2

Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines

GMP

6

14.2.3.4

Aromatized wine

GMP

6

14.2.4

Fruit wine

GMP

6

14.2.6

Spirituous beverages

GMP

6

15.1

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

25 mg/kg

6

15.2

Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)

GMP

6

16.0

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

GMP

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)	GMP			6
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP			6
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	GMP			6
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	GMP			6
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	GMP			6
01.6	Cheese	600 mg/kg			6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	GMP			6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	GMP			6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	600 mg/kg			6
02.2.1.2	Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends)	GMP			6
02.2.2	Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)	GMP			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	GMP			6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	GMP			6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		Note 16	6
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	GMP			6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	GMP			6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	GMP			6
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	500 mg/kg			6
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	GMP			6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	4 mg/kg			6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	GMP			6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	4 mg/kg			6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		Note 16	6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	500 mg/kg			6
04.2.2.5	Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)	GMP			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	GMP			6
04.2.2.7	Fermented vegetable products	GMP			6
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	120 mg/kg			6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	120 mg/kg			6
05.3	Chewing gum	500 mg/kg			6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	GMP			6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	400 mg/kg			6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP			6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	GMP			6
07.2	Fine bakery wares	GMP			6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	1000 mg/kg			6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	GMP		Note 16	6
08.3.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	1000 mg/kg		Note 78	6
08.3.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	20 mg/kg			6
08.3.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	20 mg/kg			6
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	20 mg/kg			6
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	GMP		Note 16	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	GMP			6
09.1.1	Fresh fish	GMP		Note 50	6
09.1.2	Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		Note 95	6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		Note 16	6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		Note 16	6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	GMP			6
09.2.4.2	Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP			6
09.2.4.3	Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		Note 16	6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		Note 22	6
09.3.1	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly	GMP		Note 16	6
09.3.2	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine	GMP		Note 16	6
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	GMP			6
09.3.4	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3	GMP		Note 16	6
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg			6
10.1	Fresh eggs	GMP		Notes 3 & 4	6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	150 mg/kg			6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP			6
12.4	Mustards	GMP			6
12.5	Soups and broths	GMP			6
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	GMP			6
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	GMP			6
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	GMP			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	GMP			6
12.9	Protein products	GMP			6
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	GMP	Note 83		6
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	GMP			6
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4	GMP			6
13.6	Food supplements	GMP			6
14.1.3.2	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar	GMP			6
14.1.3.4	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar	GMP			6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	2000 mg/kg			6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	GMP			6
14.2.3.2	Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines	GMP			6
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP			6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	GMP			6
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	GMP			6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	25 mg/kg			6
15.2	Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)	GMP			6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	GMP			6