POLYSORBATES

Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monolaurate	INS: 432
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monooleate	INS: 433
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monopalmitate	INS: 434
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monostearate	INS: 435
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Tristearate	INS: 436

Function: Antifoaming Agent, Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

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	5000 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	3000 mg/kg		6
01.4.4	Cream analogues	5000 mg/kg		6
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	4000 mg/kg		6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	80 mg/kg	Note 38	6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	6000 mg/kg		6
02.0	Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil)	10000 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP	Note 16	6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	3000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	5000 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	500 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	30 mg/kg	Notes 7 & 100	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	3000 mg/kg		6
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)	5000 mg/kg		6
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	10000 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	10000 mg/kg		6
05.1.4	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products	5000 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	20000 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	7000 mg/kg		6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	3000 mg/kg		6
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	5000 mg/kg	Note 2	6
07.1.1	Breads and rolls	500 mg/kg		6
07.1.2	Crackers, excluding sweet crackers	5000 mg/kg	Note 11	6
07.1.3	Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins)	10000 mg/kg	Note 11	6
07.1.4	Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs	5000 mg/kg	Note 11	6
07.1.5	Steamed breads and buns	5000 mg/kg	Note 11	6
07.2	Fine bakery wares	5000 mg/kg		6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	10000 mg/kg		6
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	10000 mg/kg		6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	1500 mg/kg		6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	5000 mg/kg		6
12.1	Salt	10 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	4600 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	1000 mg/kg		6
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	5000 mg/kg		6
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	4600 mg/kg		6
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	5000 mg/kg		6
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	4600 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	2000 mg/kg		6
12.8	Yeast and like products	4 mg/kg		6
12.9	Protein products	4000 mg/kg	Note 15	6
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	1000 mg/kg		6
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	1000 mg/kg		6
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4	360 mg/dos		6
13.6	Food supplements	790 mg/kg	Note 101	6
14.1.4.1	Carbonated drinks	500 mg/kg		6
14.1.4.2	Non-carbonated, including punches and ades	500 mg/kg		6
14.1.4.3	Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks	45000 mg/kg	Note 102	6
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	120 mg/kg		6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	2000 mg/kg		6