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Food Category Details

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Fresh pastas and noodles and like products (06.4.1)

Description:
Products that are untreated (i.e. not heated, boiled, steamed, cooked, pre-gelatinized or frozen) and are not dehydrated. These products are intended to be consumed soon after preparation. Examples include: unboiled noodles, and “skins” or crusts for spring rolls, wontons, and shuo mai.

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 06.4.1
INS No. Food Additive or Group Max Level Notes Defined In
300 Ascorbic acid, L- 200 mg/kg 06.4.1
523 Aluminium ammonium sulfate 300 mg/kg 06.4.1
297 Fumaric acid 700 mg/kg 06.4.1
SUCROSE ESTERS 2,000 mg/kg 06.4.1
PHOSPHATES 2,500 mg/kg 06.4.1
TARTRATES 5,000 mg/kg 06.4.1
262(i) Sodium acetate 6,000 mg/kg 06.4.1
405 Propylene glycol alginate 10,000 mg/kg 06.4.1
500(i) Sodium carbonate 10,000 mg/kg 06.4.1
501(i) Potassium carbonate 11,000 mg/kg 06.4.1
1520 Propylene glycol 20,000 mg/kg 06.4.1
290 Carbon dioxide GMP 06.4.1
406 Agar GMP 06.4.1
1204 Pullulan GMP 06.4.1
418 Gellan gum GMP 06.4.1
401 Sodium alginate GMP 06.4.1
460(i) Microcrystalline cellulose (Cellulose gel) GMP 06.4.1
400 Alginic acid GMP 06.4.1
437 Tamarind seed polysaccharide GMP 06.4.1
466 Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Cellulose gum) GMP 06.4.1
415 Xanthan gum GMP 06.4.1
413 Tragacanth gum GMP 06.4.1
1412 Distarch phosphate GMP 06.4.1
407 Carrageenan GMP 06.4.1
410 Carob bean gum GMP 06.4.1
407a Processed eucheuma seaweed (PES) GMP 06.4.1
425 Konjac flour GMP 06.4.1
416 Karaya gum GMP 06.4.1
424 Curdlan GMP 06.4.1
414 Gum arabic (Acacia gum) GMP 06.4.1
412 Guar gum GMP 06.4.1
1413 Phosphated distarch phosphate GMP 06.4.1
440 Pectins GMP 06.4.1
472b Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol GMP 06.4.1
472c Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol GMP 06.4.1
472a Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol GMP 06.4.1
422 Glycerol GMP 06.4.1
270 Lactic acid, L-, D- and DL- GMP 06.4.1
170(i) Calcium carbonate GMP 06.4.1
500(ii) Sodium hydrogen carbonate GMP 06.4.1
575 Glucono delta-lactone GMP 06.4.1
325 Sodium lactate GMP 06.4.1
330 Citric acid GMP 06.4.1
301 Sodium ascorbate GMP 06.4.1
322(i) Lecithin GMP 06.4.1
350(ii) Sodium DL-malate GMP 06.4.1
471 Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids GMP 06.4.1

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


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