Food Additive Group Details
BENZOATES
The provisions that follow are defined at the additive group level, and thus apply to the total content of the additives participating in this group. Additives that make up this group are provided for reference only.
Participating Additive(s)
GSFA Provisions for BENZOATES
Number
Food Category
Max Level
Notes
14.2.7
Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)
1,000 mg/kg
07.0
Bakery wares
1,000 mg/kg
04.1.2.7
Candied fruit
1,000 mg/kg
06.5
Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)
1,000 mg/kg
05.3
Chewing gum
1,500 mg/kg
14.2.2
Cider and perry
1,000 mg/kg
05.1.3
Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings
1,500 mg/kg
14.1.5
Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
1,000 mg/kg
14.1.2.3
Concentrates for fruit juice
1,000 mg/kg
14.1.3.3
Concentrates for fruit nectar
1,000 mg/kg
14.1.3.4
Concentrates for vegetable nectar
600 mg/kg
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
1,500 mg/kg
04.1.2.12
Cooked fruit
1,000 mg/kg
09.2.4.2
Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
2,000 mg/kg
04.2.2.8
Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
1,000 mg/kg
08.3.1.2
Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
1,000 mg/kg
08.2.1.2
Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
1,000 mg/kg
01.7
Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)
300 mg/kg
05.4
Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces
1,500 mg/kg
13.5
Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6
2,000 mg/kg
13.3
Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)
1,500 mg/kg
13.4
Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
1,500 mg/kg
04.1.2.2
Dried fruit
800 mg/kg
04.2.2.2
Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
1,000 mg/kg
10.4
Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)
1,000 mg/kg
02.3
Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions
1,000 mg/kg
02.2.2
Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads
1,000 mg/kg
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7
1,000 mg/kg
04.1.2.10
Fermented fruit products
1,000 mg/kg
04.2.2.7
Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3
1,000 mg/kg
13.6
Food supplements
2,000 mg/kg
04.1.2.11
Fruit fillings for pastries
1,000 mg/kg
04.1.2.3
Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine
1,000 mg/kg
14.1.2.1
Fruit juice
1,000 mg/kg
14.1.3.1
Fruit nectar
1,000 mg/kg
04.1.2.8
Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk
1,000 mg/kg
04.1.2.9
Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts
1,000 mg/kg
04.1.2.6
Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5
1,000 mg/kg
05.1.5
Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products
1,500 mg/kg
04.1.2.5
Jams, jellies, marmelades
1,000 mg/kg
10.2.1
Liquid egg products
5,000 mg/kg
14.2.5
Mead
1,000 mg/kg
12.4
Mustards
1,000 mg/kg
11.4
Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)
1,000 mg/kg
06.4.3
Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products
1,000 mg/kg
12.7
Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3
1,500 mg/kg
12.6
Sauces and like products
1,000 mg/kg
12.2.2
Seasonings and condiments
1,000 mg/kg
09.3
Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
2,000 mg/kg
09.2.5
Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
200 mg/kg
15.1
Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)
1,000 mg/kg
12.5
Soups and broths
500 mg/kg
11.6
Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners
2,000 mg/kg
04.2.2.6
Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5
3,000 mg/kg
04.2.2.5
Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)
1,000 mg/kg
04.2.2.3
Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce
2,000 mg/kg
12.3
Vinegars
1,000 mg/kg
14.1.4
Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
250 mg/kg
14.2.4
Wines (other than grape)
1,000 mg/kg
Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).
