POTASSIUM ALGINATE

Potassium Alginate

INS: 402

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.

Food Category

Max Level

Comments

Step

Year

01.1.1.2

Buttermilk (plain)

6000 mg/kg

6

01.2.1.2

Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation

5000 mg/kg

6

01.4.1

Pasteurized cream

100 mg/kg

6

01.4.2

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

5000 mg/kg

6

02.2.1.1

Butter and concentrated butter

GMP

Note 52

6

09.2.1

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

5000 mg/kg

6

11.2

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

10000 mg/kg

6

13.1

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae

300 mg/kg

6

13.2

Weaning foods for infants and growing children

5000 mg/kg

6

14.1.2.1

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice

2500 mg/kg

6

14.2.3.2

Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines

GMP

6

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	6000 mg/kg		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	100 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	300 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	2500 mg/kg		6
14.2.3.2	Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines	GMP		6