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Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol (472e)

Synonym(s)

Functional Classes

  • Sequestrant
  • Emulsifier
  • Stabilizer
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GSFA Provisions for Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares 6000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 50000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.4.3 Clotted cream (plain) 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 500 mg/kg
142: Excluding coffee and tea.
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 10000 mg/kg
XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211).
Table Item 04.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 01.4.4 Cream analogues 6000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.2 Dried fruit 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.2.2.2 Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 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 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 5000 mg/kg
399: For use in products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milk (CODEX STAN 243- 2003) at 10,000 mg/kg.
Table Item 06.2 Flours and starches (including soybean powder) 3000 mg/kg
186: For use in flours with additives only. XS152: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Wheat Flour (CXS 152-1985).
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.1.2 Other fluid milk (plain) 120 mg/kg
407: Excluding all fluid milks that are not mineral or vitamin fortified.
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.4 Processed cheese 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.2.2 Renneted milk (plain) 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.1 Ripened cheese, includes rind 10000 mg/kg
XS263: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cheddar (CXS 263-1966). XS264: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Danbo (CXS 264-1966). XS266: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Gouda (CXS 266-1966). XS265: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Edam (CXS 265-1966). XS268: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Samsø (CXS 268-1966). XS270: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Tilsiter (CXS 270-1968). XS267: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Havarti (CXS 267-1966). XS269: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Emmental (CXS 269-1967). XS274: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Coulommiers (CXS 274-1969). XS271: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Saint-Paulin (CXS 271-1968). XS276: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Camembert (CXS 276-1973). XS272: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Provolone (CXS 272-1968). XS277: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Brie (CXS 277-1973).
Table Item 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 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.1.2 Salt Substitutes 16000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 10000 mg/kg
XS302: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fish Sauce (CODEX STAN 302-2011).
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 20000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 5000 mg/kg
XS117: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981).
Table Item 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages 2000 mg/kg
347: Excluding plain products.
Table Item 01.4.2 Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain) 6000 mg/kg
Table Item 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 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 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 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 5000 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.).