Food Additive Details
Annatto extracts, bixin-based (160b(i))
Functional Classes
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GSFA Provisions for Annatto extracts, bixin-based
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
01.1.4
Flavoured fluid milk drinks
20 mg/kg
01.2.1
Fermented milks (plain)
10 mg/kg
01.3.2
Beverage whiteners
50 mg/kg
01.4.4
Cream analogues
100 mg/kg
01.5.2
Milk and cream powder analogues
100 mg/kg
01.6.2.2
Rind of ripened cheese
100 mg/kg
01.6.2.3
Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces)
50 mg/kg
01.6.4.1
Plain processed cheese
60 mg/kg
01.6.4.2
Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.
15 mg/kg
01.6.5
Cheese analogues
100 mg/kg
01.7
Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)
100 mg/kg
02.1.1
Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee
100 mg/kg
02.1.2
Vegetable oils and fats
10 mg/kg
02.1.3
Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats
10 mg/kg
02.2.1
Butter
20 mg/kg
02.2.2
Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads
100 mg/kg
02.3
Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions
25 mg/kg
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7
15 mg/kg
03.0
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet
20 mg/kg
05.1.3
Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings
50 mg/kg
05.1.4
Cocoa and chocolate products
50 mg/kg
05.1.5
Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products
50 mg/kg
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
200 mg/kg
05.3
Chewing gum
300 mg/kg
05.4
Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces
80 mg/kg
09.2.5
Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
10 mg/kg
12.6.2
Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)
10 mg/kg
13.6
Food supplements
200 mg/kg
14.1.4
Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
30 mg/kg
14.2.4
Wines (other than grape)
20 mg/kg
14.2.6
Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol
30 mg/kg
14.2.7
Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)
30 mg/kg
Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).