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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/carmines",
  "slug": "carmines",
  "name": "Carmines",
  "identifiers": {
    "e_number": "E120",
    "ins_number": "120",
    "cas_number": "1390-65-4",
    "inchikey": "DGQLVPJVXFOQEV-NGOCYOHBSA-N",
    "pubchem_cid": 14749
  },
  "functional_class": "Colour",
  "summary": "Carmine is a crimson colouring obtained from cochineal insects. It is used in confectionery, drinks, dairy products, preserved meats and cosmetics, and is one of the few widely used colours that is not synthetic.",
  "derivation_summary": "Extracted from the dried bodies of the female cochineal scale insect, Dactylopius coccus, farmed chiefly in Peru and the Canary Islands. Carminic acid is drawn out with hot water and precipitated as an aluminium lake. Because it is insect-derived it is not vegan or vegetarian, and it raises questions under some halal and kosher rulings.",
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      "jurisdiction": "US",
      "jurisdiction_name": "United States",
      "authority": "Food and Drug Administration",
      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
      "provision_count": 0,
      "provisions": []
    },
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      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 01.1.4",
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        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 01.6.2.1",
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        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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          "max_level": 100,
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 01.6.4.2",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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            "name": "Cheese analogues"
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          "max_level": 100,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 3 & 178",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 01.6.5",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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            "name": "Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)"
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          "max_level": 150,
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 01.7",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178 & XS253",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 02.2.2",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
          "effective_from": "2023",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 02.3",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 02.4",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 03.0",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "effective_from": "2008",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.1.2",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
          "effective_from": "2005",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.2.11",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 104 & 178",
          "effective_from": "2018",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.2.4",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.2.5",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
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            "name": "Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category"
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          "max_level": 500,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178 & XS160",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.2.6",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
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          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.2.7",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        },
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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            "name": "Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk"
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          "max_level": 500,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178, 182 & XS314R",
          "effective_from": "2024",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.2.8",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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          "max_level": 150,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.1.2.9",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
          "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T07:54:15.059Z"
        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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          "max_level": 500,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 4, 16 & 178",
          "effective_from": "2008",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.2.1.2",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "max_level": 200,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178, XS38, XS66, XS115 & XS260",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.2.2.3",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "max_level": 100,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178 & XS57",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.2.2.5",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "max_level": 200,
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 04.2.2.6",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 05.1.2",
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            "system": "codex",
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          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
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          "effective_from": "2005",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 05.1.5",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178 & XS309R",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 05.2",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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            "system": "codex",
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          "max_level": 500,
          "max_level_unit": "mg/kg",
          "conditions": "GSFA notes: 178",
          "effective_from": "2008",
          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 05.3",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "max_level": 500,
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          "effective_from": "2005",
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            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 05.4",
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 06.3",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "max_level": 100,
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 06.4.3",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "max_level": 150,
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 06.5",
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          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
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          "citation": {
            "ref": "CXS 192-1995 Table One, INS 120, food category 06.6",
            "url": "https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/gsfa/en/"
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          "source": "gsfa",
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        },
        {
          "status": "permitted_with_conditions",
          "food_category": {
            "system": "codex",
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            "name": "Soybean-based beverages"
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