GUAR GUM

Guar Gum

INS: 412

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1

Milk and buttermilk

6000 mg/kg

6

01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

5000 mg/kg

6

01.2.2

Renneted milk

GMP

6

01.4.1

Pasteurized cream

GMP

6

01.4.2

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

5000 mg/kg

6

02.1

Fats and oils essentially free from water

20000 mg/kg

6

02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

GMP

Note 52

6

04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

GMP

6

04.1.1.3

Peeled or cut fresh fruit

GMP

6

04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

6

04.2.1.3

Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds

GMP

6

04.2.2.1

Frozen vegetables

20000 mg/kg

6

06.1

Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice

GMP

6

08.1.2

Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted

GMP

6

09.2.1

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

5000 mg/kg

6

09.2.2

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

2000 mg/kg

6

09.2.3

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

GMP

6

09.2.4

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

GMP

6

09.2.5

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

GMP

6

11.2

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

10000 mg/kg

6

12.2

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

GMP

Note 51

6

13.1

Infant formulae and follow -on formulae

10000 mg/kg

6

13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

20000 mg/kg

6

14.1.2.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice

GMP

6

14.1.3.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar

GMP

6

14.1.5

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

GMP

6

14.2.3

Wines

500 mg/kg

6

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	6000 mg/kg		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		6
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	20000 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		6
04.1.1.3	Peeled or cut fresh fruit	GMP		6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		6
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		6
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	20000 mg/kg		6
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	2000 mg/kg		6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	10000 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	20000 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		6
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	GMP		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		6
14.2.3	Wines	500 mg/kg		6