Food Additive Details
Neotame (961)
Functional Classes
Flavour enhancer
Sweetener
GSFA Provisions for Neotame
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
14.1.4
Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
33 mg/kg
12.3
Vinegars
12 mg/kg
04.2.2.3
Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce
10 mg/kg
14.1.3.2
Vegetable nectar
65 mg/kg
04.2.2.5
Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)
33 mg/kg
04.2.2.6
Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5
33 mg/kg
11.6
Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners
GMP
12.5
Soups and broths
20 mg/kg
09.3
Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
10 mg/kg
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 05.1.3
33 mg/kg
15.0
Ready-to-eat savouries
32 mg/kg
11.4
Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)
70 mg/kg
12.6.2
Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)
70 mg/kg
12.4
Mustards
12 mg/kg
12.6.3
Mixes for sauces and gravies
12 mg/kg
01.5.2
Milk and cream powder analogues
65 mg/kg
04.1.2.5
Jams, jellies, marmelades
70 mg/kg
05.1.5
Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products
100 mg/kg
12.2
Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles)
32 mg/kg
09.4
Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
10 mg/kg
04.1.2.6
Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5
70 mg/kg
04.1.2.9
Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts
100 mg/kg
04.1.2.8
Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk
100 mg/kg
04.1.2.3
Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine
100 mg/kg
04.1.2.11
Fruit fillings for pastries
100 mg/kg
04.2.2.1
Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
33 mg/kg
04.1.2.1
Frozen fruit
100 mg/kg
13.6
Food supplements
90 mg/kg
01.1.4
Flavoured fluid milk drinks
20 mg/kg
07.2
Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes
80 mg/kg
04.2.2.7
Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3
33 mg/kg
04.1.2.10
Fermented fruit products
65 mg/kg
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7
100 mg/kg
02.3
Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions
10 mg/kg
12.6.1
Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)
65 mg/kg
10.4
Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)
100 mg/kg
03.0
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet
100 mg/kg
04.2.2.2
Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
33 mg/kg
04.1.2.2
Dried fruit
100 mg/kg
13.4
Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
33 mg/kg
13.3
Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)
33 mg/kg
13.5
Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6
65 mg/kg
05.4
Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces
100 mg/kg
01.7
Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)
100 mg/kg
01.4.4
Cream analogues
33 mg/kg
04.2.2.8
Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
33 mg/kg
04.1.2.12
Cooked fruit
65 mg/kg
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
330 mg/kg
14.1.3.4
Concentrates for vegetable nectar
65 mg/kg
14.1.5
Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
50 mg/kg
05.1.3
Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings
100 mg/kg
05.1.2
Cocoa mixes (syrups)
33 mg/kg
05.1.4
Cocoa and chocolate products
80 mg/kg
12.6.4
Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)
12 mg/kg
05.3
Chewing gum
1,000 mg/kg
01.6.5
Cheese analogues
33 mg/kg
06.5
Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)
33 mg/kg
04.2.2.4
Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
33 mg/kg
04.1.2.4
Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit
33 mg/kg
04.1.2.7
Candied fruit
65 mg/kg
06.3
Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats
160 mg/kg
07.1
Bread and ordinary bakery wares
70 mg/kg
01.3.2
Beverage whiteners
65 mg/kg
14.2.7
Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)
33 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.).
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