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