GSFA Online Food Category 13.1.2

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Updated up to the 42^nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2019)

Food Category Details

Follow-up formulae (13.1.2)

Description:
Food intended for use as a liquid part of the complementary feeding of infants (aged at least 6 months) and for young children (aged 1-3 years).¹ They may be ready-to-eat or in a powdered form to be reconstituted with water. Products, other than those under food category13.1.3, may be soy based hydrolyzed protein and/or amino acid-based, or milk-based.

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

GSFA Provisions for Food Category 13.1.2

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
	ASCORBYL ESTERS	50 mg/kg	Note 187 Note 72 Note 315	13.1.2
1422	Acetylated distarch adipate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 285 Note 72 Note 150 Note 292	13.1.2
1414	Acetylated distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 285 Note 72 Note 150 Note 292	13.1.2
300	Ascorbic acid, L-	50 mg/kg	Note 242 Note 72 Note 315	13.1.2
302	Calcium ascorbate	50 mg/kg	Note 70 Note 72 Note 315	13.1.2
526	Calcium hydroxide	GMP	Note 72	13.1.2
410	Carob bean gum	1,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.2
407	Carrageenan	300 mg/kg	Note 328 Note 72 Note 329 Note 151	13.1.2
330	Citric acid	GMP	Note 72	13.1.2
472c	Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol	9,000 mg/kg	Note 381 Note 380	13.1
1412	Distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 285 Note 72 Note 150 Note 292	13.1.2
412	Guar gum	1,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.2
270	Lactic acid, L-, D- and DL-	GMP	Note 72 Note 83	13.1.2
322(i)	Lecithin	5,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.2
471	Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids	4,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.2
440	Pectins	10,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.2
1413	Phosphated distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 285 Note 72 Note 150 Note 292	13.1.2
501(i)	Potassium carbonate	GMP	Note 72	13.1.2
332(i)	Potassium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 72	13.1.2
501(ii)	Potassium hydrogen carbonate	GMP	Note 72	13.1.2
525	Potassium hydroxide	GMP	Note 72	13.1.2
301	Sodium ascorbate	50 mg/kg	Note 70 Note 316 Note 72 Note 315	13.1.2
500(i)	Sodium carbonate	GMP	Note 316 Note 72	13.1.2
331(i)	Sodium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 316 Note 72	13.1.2
500(ii)	Sodium hydrogen carbonate	GMP	Note 316 Note 72	13.1.2
524	Sodium hydroxide	GMP	Note 316 Note 72	13.1.2
	TOCOPHEROLS	30 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.2
332(ii)	Tripotassium citrate	GMP	Note 72	13.1.2
331(iii)	Trisodium citrate	GMP	Note 316 Note 72	13.1.2

Items in uppercase (e.g. PHOSPHATES) refer to food additive groups.

Standard for Follow-Up Formula (CODEX STAN 156-1987).

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