Food Additive Details
Tartrazine (102)
Synonym(s)
CI (1975) No. 19140
CI Food Yellow 4
FD&C Yellow No. 5
Functional Classes
GSFA Provisions for Tartrazine
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
05.4
Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces
500 mg/kg
14.2.1
Beer and malt beverages
500 mg/kg
01.1.4
Flavoured fluid milk drinks
300 mg/kg
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
300 mg/kg
05.3
Chewing gum
300 mg/kg
13.6
Food supplements
300 mg/kg
06.4.3
Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products
300 mg/kg
14.2.2
Cider and perry
200 mg/kg
14.2.4
Wines (other than grape)
200 mg/kg
14.2.6
Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol
200 mg/kg
14.2.7
Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)
200 mg/kg
05.1.4
Cocoa and chocolate products
100 mg/kg
05.1.5
Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products
100 mg/kg
09.2.5
Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
100 mg/kg
14.1.4
Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
100 mg/kg
05.1.3
Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings
100 mg/kg
12.5
Soups and broths
50 mg/kg
09.4
Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
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.).
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