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Updated up to the 46th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2023)

Food Additive Search Results

Found 49 additives having the functional class "Humectant":

INS No. Food Additive or Group Acceptable in Foods Conforming to the Following Commodity Standards
967 Xylitol
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 105-1981
CS 87-1981
339(iii) Trisodium phosphate
450(ii) Trisodium diphosphate
340(iii) Tripotassium phosphate
341(iii) Tricalcium phosphate
1518 Triacetin
CS 309R-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
450(iii) Tetrasodium diphosphate
450(v) Tetrapotassium diphosphate
420(ii) Sorbitol syrup
CS 117-1981
CS 249-2006
CS 256-2007
CS 306-2011
CS 105-1981
CS 87-1981
420(i) Sorbitol
CS 117-1981
CS 249-2006
CS 256-2007
CS 306-2011
CS 105-1981
CS 87-1981
452(i) Sodium polyphosphate
325 Sodium lactate
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 249-2006
CS 319-2015
CS 290-1995
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 117-1981
CS 253-2006
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 302-2011
CS 291-2010
350(i) Sodium hydrogen DL-malate
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 319-2015
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 98-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 302-2011
CS 291-2010
339(i) Sodium dihydrogen phosphate
466 Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Cellulose gum)
CS 273-1968
CS 319-2015 (canned mangoes only)
CS 275-1973
CS 249-2006
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 105-1981
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 302-2011
CS 221-2001
452(iii) Sodium calcium polyphosphate
401 Sodium alginate
CS 273-1968
CS 97-1981
CS 275-1973
CS 249-2006
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 96-1981
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 221-2001
350(ii) Sodium DL-malate
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 249-2006
CS 319-2015
CS 117-1981
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 302-2011
CS 291-2010
1520 Propylene glycol
407a Processed eucheuma seaweed (PES)
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 249-2006
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 250-2006
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 252-2006
CS 262-2006 (as anticaking agent only, see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
460(ii) Powdered cellulose
CS 263-1966, CS 264-1966, CS 265-1966, CS 266-1966, CS 267-1966, CS 268-1966, CS 269- 1967, CS 270-1968, CS 271-1968, CS 272-1968 (for surface treatment only, of sliced, cut, shredded or grated cheese for these cheese standards)
CS 283-1978 (for use in sliced, cut, shredded or grated cheese only)
CS 105-1981
CS 327-2017 (anticaking agents in ground cumin only)
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 221-2001
CS 262-2006 (as anticaking agent only, see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
CS 117-1981 (anticaking agents in dehydrated products only)
452(ii) Potassium polyphosphate
326 Potassium lactate
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 319-2015
CS 290-1995
CS 117-1981
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 253-2006
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 291-2010
340(i) Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
402 Potassium alginate
CS 273-1968
CS 97-1981
CS 275-1973
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 96-1981
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 221-2001
1200 Polydextroses
CS 306-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 105-1981
CS 87-1981
CS 256-2007
451(i) Pentasodium triphosphate
451(ii) Pentapotassium triphosphate
421 Mannitol
CS 256-2007
CS 306-2011
CG 95-2022 (For use at 10 mg/kg as carrier), (For use in vitamin B12 dry rubbing, 0.1% only)
CS 105-1981
CS 87-1981
CS 117-1981 (anticaking agents in dehydrated products only)
965(ii) Maltitol syrup
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 105-1981
CS 87-1981
965(i) Maltitol
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 105-1981
CS 87-1981
425 Konjac flour
CS 309R-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
422 Glycerol
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 87-1981
CS 256-2007
968 Erythritol
CS 306-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
339(ii) Disodium hydrogen phosphate
450(i) Disodium diphosphate
340(ii) Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate
480 Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate
407 Carrageenan
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 281-1971
CS 282-1971
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 105-1981
CS 96-1981
CS 250-2006
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 97-1981
CS 249-2006
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 117-1981
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 252-2006
CS 221-2001
452(iv) Calcium polyphosphate
341(ii) Calcium hydrogen phosphate
341(i) Calcium dihydrogen phosphate
450(vii) Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate
404 Calcium alginate
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 221-2001
542 Bone phosphate
452(v) Ammonium polyphosphate
403 Ammonium alginate
CS 273-1968
CS 117-1981
CS 275-1973
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 221-2001
400 Alginic acid
CS 273-1968
CS 275-1973
CS 249-2006
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 105-1981
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 221-2001
406 Agar
CS 273-1968
CS 97-1981
CS 275-1973
CS 249-2006
CS 119-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 70-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 96-1981
CS 94-1981 (for use in packing media only)
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 117-1981
CS 256-2007
CS 309R-2011
CS 253-2006 (see functional class table and footnote)
CS 306-2011
CS 221-2001

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