Food Additive Details
Sodium diacetate (262(ii))
Functional Classes
Acidity regulator
Preservative
Sequestrant
GSFA Provisions for Sodium diacetate
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
07.1
Bread and ordinary bakery wares
4,000 mg/kg
12.6.4
Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)
2,500 mg/kg
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
1,000 mg/kg
10.4
Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)
2,000 mg/kg
12.6.1
Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)
2,500 mg/kg
02.3
Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions
1,000 mg/kg
02.2.2
Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads
1,000 mg/kg
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7
1,000 mg/kg
12.6.3
Mixes for sauces and gravies
2,500 mg/kg
12.6.2
Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)
2,500 mg/kg
08.3
Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
1,000 mg/kg
08.2
Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
1,000 mg/kg
15.1
Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)
1,000 mg/kg
12.5
Soups and broths
500 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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