GSFA Online Food Category 14.2.3.3

GSFA Online

Updated up to the 44^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2021)

Food Category Details

Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine (14.2.3.3)

Description:
Grape wines produced either by: (i) the fermentation of grape must (juice) of high sugar concentration; or (ii) by the blending of concentrated grape juice with wine; or (iii) the mixture of fermented must with alcohol. Examples include: grape dessert wine.¹

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 14.2.3.3

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
290	Carbon dioxide	GMP	Note 60	14.2.3
	SULFITES	350 mg/kg	Note 44 Note 103	14.2.3
	SORBATES	200 mg/kg	Note 42	14.2.3
242	Dimethyl dicarbonate	200 mg/kg	Note 18	14.2.3
150c	Caramel III - ammonia caramel	50,000 mg/kg		14.2.3.3
1105	Lysozyme	500 mg/kg		14.2.3
150d	Caramel IV - sulfite ammonia caramel	50,000 mg/kg		14.2.3.3

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

Food Chemistry, H.-D. Belitz & W. Grosch, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1987, p. 669-679.