GSFA Online Food Additive Details for Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose)

GSFA Online

Updated up to the 47^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2024)

Food Additive Details

Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose) (955)

Synonym(s)

4,1',6'-trichlorogalactosucrose

Functional Classes

Flavour enhancer
Sweetener

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GSFA Provisions for Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose)

Number	Food Category	Max Level	Notes
01.1.4	Flavoured fluid milk drinks	300 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 639 Note 404
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	580 mg/kg	Note 201 Note 478 Note XS252 Note XS250
01.4.4	Cream analogues	580 mg/kg	Note 68 Note 478
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	400 mg/kg	Note 478 Note XS251 Note 408
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	400 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 639
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	400 mg/kg	Note 478
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	320 mg/kg	Note 478
04.1.2.1	Frozen fruit	400 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 358
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	180 mg/kg	Note 144
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	400 mg/kg	Note 478 Note XS319
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies, marmelades	400 mg/kg	Note 478
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	400 mg/kg	Note 478 Note XS160
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	1,500 mg/kg	Note 478
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	400 mg/kg	Note XS314R Note 478
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	400 mg/kg	Note 478
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	150 mg/kg	Note 478
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	400 mg/kg	Note 478
04.1.2.12	Cooked fruit	150 mg/kg	Note 478
04.2.2.2	Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	580 mg/kg	Note 613 Note 348 Note 144
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	400 mg/kg	Note 144
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	580 mg/kg	Note 478 Note XS57
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)	400 mg/kg	Note 169 Note 478 Note XS57
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	400 mg/kg	Note 478 Note XS308R Note XS57
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	580 mg/kg	Note XS294 Note 144
04.2.2.8	Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds	150 mg/kg	Note 613 Note 478 Note 345 Note 144
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake	580 mg/kg	Note 97 Note 478 Note XS141
05.1.2	Cocoa mixes (syrups)	400 mg/kg	Note 97 Note 478
05.1.3	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	400 mg/kg	Note 169 Note 478 Note XS86
05.1.4	Cocoa and chocolate products	800 mg/kg	Note XS87 Note 478
05.1.5	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products	800 mg/kg	Note 478
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	1,800 mg/kg	Note XS309R Note 164 Note 478
05.3	Chewing gum	5,000 mg/kg	Note 478
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	1,000 mg/kg	Note 478
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	1,000 mg/kg	Note 478
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	400 mg/kg	Note 478
06.7	Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice cakes (Oriental type only)	200 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 72
06.8.1	Soybean-based beverages	400 mg/kg	Note 478
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	650 mg/kg	Note 398
07.2	Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes	700 mg/kg	Note 478
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	120 mg/kg	Note 144 Note XS291
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	120 mg/kg	Note XS70 Note XS90 Note XS119 Note 144 Note XS3 Note XS94 Note XS37
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)	400 mg/kg	Note 478
11.4	Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)	1,500 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 159
11.6	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	GMP
12.2.2	Seasonings and condiments	700 mg/kg	Note 478
12.3	Vinegars	400 mg/kg	Note 277 Note 478
12.4	Mustards	140 mg/kg	Note 478
12.5	Soups and broths	600 mg/kg	Note 478 Note XS117
12.6	Sauces and like products	450 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 127
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	1,250 mg/kg	Note 169 Note 478
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)	400 mg/kg	Note 566 Note 478
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	320 mg/kg	Note 478
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6	400 mg/kg	Note 478
13.6	Food supplements	2,400 mg/kg	Note 478
14.1.3.1	Fruit nectar	300 mg/kg	Note 478
14.1.3.2	Vegetable nectar	300 mg/kg	Note 478
14.1.3.3	Concentrates for fruit nectar	300 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 127
14.1.3.4	Concentrates for vegetable nectar	300 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 127
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks	300 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 127
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	300 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 160
14.2.7	Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)	700 mg/kg	Note 478
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	1,000 mg/kg	Note 478

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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