| Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA | ◐Permitted, with conditions | 73 food categories highest permitted level 1,500 mg/kg Show every food category- 01.1.4 Flavoured Fluid Milk Drinks — 20 mg/kg
- 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners — 10 mg/kg
- 01.4.4 Cream analogues — 20 mg/kg
- 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues — 6 mg/kg
- 01.6.1 Unripened cheese — 3 mg/kg
- 01.6.2.1 Ripened cheese, includes rind — 25 mg/kg
- 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese — 100 mg/kg
- 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces) — 20 mg/kg
- 01.6.4 Processed cheese — 25 mg/kg
- 01.6.5 Cheese analogues — 25 mg/kg
- 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) — 20 mg/kg
- 02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats — 25 mg/kg
- 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats — 10 mg/kg
- 02.2.1 Butter — 12 mg/kg
- 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads — 35 mg/kg
- 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions — 10 mg/kg
- 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 — 15 mg/kg
- 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet — 70 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products — 10 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries — 10 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine — 50 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit — 50 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.5 — 15 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category — 10 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit — 30 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk — 18 mg/kg
- 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, incl. fruit-flavoured water-based desserts — 50 mg/kg
- 04.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds — 50 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 — 50 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 — 5 mg/kg
- 04.2.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds — 50 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) — 50 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 — 50 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, — 5 mg/kg
- 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, incl. fillings — 3 mg/kg
- 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products — 100 mg/kg
- 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products — 100 mg/kg
- 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3, and 05.4 — 100 mg/kg
- 05.3 Chewing gum — 100 mg/kg
- 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit), and sweet sauces — 100 mg/kg
- 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats — 200 mg/kg
- 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products — 40 mg/kg
- 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) — 50 mg/kg
- 06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) — 50 mg/kg
- 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages — 25 mg/kg
- 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers — 200 mg/kg
- 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) — 60 mg/kg
- 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs — 30 mg/kg
- 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns — 1 mg/kg
- 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes — 42 mg/kg
- 08.3.1 Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products — 20 mg/kg
- 08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products — 20 mg/kg
- 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) — 1,500 mg/kg
- 09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — 100 mg/kg
- 09.3 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — 20 mg/kg
- 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms — 20 mg/kg
- 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) — 15 mg/kg
- 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments — 100 mg/kg
- 12.4 Mustards — 5 mg/kg
- 12.5 Soups and broths — 10 mg/kg
- 12.6 Sauces and like products — 80 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 — 20 mg/kg
- 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) — 50 mg/kg
- 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction — 8 mg/kg
- 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories — 100 mg/kg
- 13.6 Food supplements — 220 mg/kg
- 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," “energy,” or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks — 25 mg/kg
- 14.2.2 Cider and perry — 3 mg/kg
- 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) — 3 mg/kg
- 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol — 3 mg/kg
- 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low-alcoholic refreshers) — 15 mg/kg
- 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) — 30 mg/kg
- 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) — 30 mg/kg
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