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

Food Additive Search Results

Found 43 additives having the functional class "Preservative":

INS No. Food Additive or Group Acceptable in Foods Conforming to the Following Commodity Standards
260 Acetic acid, glacial
CS 221-2001
CS 302-2011
CS 306-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 309R-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 94-1981
CS 249-2006
CS 291-2010
CS 275-1973
CS 70-1981
CS 273-1968
CS 119-1981
CS 160-1987 (only for use in heat pasteurized products to maintain the pH at less than or equal to 4.6, and in heat sterilized products)
CS 319-2015
210 Benzoic acid
928 Benzoyl peroxide
263 Calcium acetate
CS 290-1995
CS 117-1981
CS 306-2011
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 309R-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 291-2010
CS 275-1973
CS 273-1968
CS 319-2015
213 Calcium benzoate
385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate
282 Calcium propionate
CS 221-2001
CS 275-1973
CS 306-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 273-1968
CS 256-2007
CS 291-2010
CS 262-2006 (see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
203 Calcium sorbate
290 Carbon dioxide
CG 95-2022
CS 275-1973
CS 117-1981
CS 306-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 221-2001 (for whipped products only)
CS 291-2010
242 Dimethyl dicarbonate
230 Diphenyl
386 Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate
214 Ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate
239 Hexamethylene tetramine
384 Isopropyl citrates
243 Lauric arginate ethyl ester
1105 Lysozyme
218 Methyl para-hydroxybenzoate
235 Natamycin (Pimaricin)
234 Nisin
231 ortho-Phenylphenol
261(i) Potassium acetate
CS 290-1995
CS 117-1981
CS 306-2011
CS 309R-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 291-2010
CS 275-1973
CS 273-1968
CS 262-2006 (as anticaking agent only, see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
CS 319-2015
212 Potassium benzoate
224 Potassium metabisulfite
252 Potassium nitrate
249 Potassium nitrite
283 Potassium propionate
CS 221-2001
CS 275-1973
CS 117-1981
CS 306-2011
CS 273-1968
CS 256-2007
CS 291-2010
CS 262-2006 (see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
202 Potassium sorbate
225 Potassium sulfite
280 Propionic acid
CS 221-2001
CS 275-1973
CS 117-1981
CS 306-2011
CS 273-1968
CS 256-2007
CS 291-2010
CS 262-2006 (see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
262(i) Sodium acetate
CS 290-1995
CS 306-2011
CS 117-1981
CS 262-2006 (for use in cheese mass only)
CS 309R-2011
CS 256-2007
CS 249-2006
CS 291-2010
CS 275-1973
CS 273-1968
CS 319-2015
211 Sodium benzoate
262(ii) Sodium diacetate
222 Sodium hydrogen sulfite
223 Sodium metabisulfite
251 Sodium nitrate
250 Sodium nitrite
232 Sodium ortho-phenylphenol
281 Sodium propionate
CS 221-2001
CS 275-1973
CS 117-1981
CS 306-2011
CS 273-1968
CS 256-2007
CS 291-2010
CS 262-2006 (see functional class table in CXS 262-2006)
221 Sodium sulfite
200 Sorbic acid
220 Sulfur dioxide
339(iii) Trisodium phosphate

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