GSFA Online Food Category 13.1.1

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

Food Category Details

Infant formulae (13.1.1)

Description:
A human milk substitute for infants (aged no more than 12 months) that is specifically formulated to provide the sole source of nutrition during the first months of life up to the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding. Product is in a liquid form, either as a ready-to-eat product, or is reconstituted from a powder. Products, other than those under food category 13.1.3, may be, 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 13.1.1

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
	ASCORBYL ESTERS	10 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 187	13.1.1
1414	Acetylated distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 292 Note 72 Note 150 Note 284	13.1.1
526	Calcium hydroxide	2,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
290	Carbon dioxide	GMP	Note 59	13.1.1
410	Carob bean gum	1,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.1
407	Carrageenan	300 mg/kg	Note 381 Note 379	13.1.1
330	Citric acid	GMP	Note 72	13.1.1
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 292 Note 72 Note 150 Note 284	13.1.1
412	Guar gum	1,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 14	13.1.1
1440	Hydroxypropyl starch	5,000 mg/kg	Note 292 Note 72 Note 150 Note 284	13.1.1
270	Lactic acid, L-, D- and DL-	GMP	Note 72 Note 83	13.1.1
322(i)	Lecithin	5,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.1
471	Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids	4,000 mg/kg	Note 72	13.1.1
941	Nitrogen	GMP	Note 59	13.1.1
1413	Phosphated distarch phosphate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 292 Note 72 Note 150 Note 284	13.1.1
501(i)	Potassium carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
332(i)	Potassium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
501(ii)	Potassium hydrogen carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
525	Potassium hydroxide	2,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
500(i)	Sodium carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
331(i)	Sodium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
500(ii)	Sodium hydrogen carbonate	2,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
524	Sodium hydroxide	2,000 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
	TOCOPHEROLS	10 mg/kg	Note 72 Note 416	13.1.1
332(ii)	Tripotassium citrate	GMP	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1
331(iii)	Trisodium citrate	GMP	Note 72 Note 55	13.1.1

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

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