13.5 Food for special medical purposes

ANZ food category, from Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, Schedule 15.

Schedule 15 is hierarchical: under S15—2, a permission for a class of food also applies to the classes listed beneath it. So this page lists the additives permitted for this category directly, and then those permitted for the broader categories that contain it. A condition on a broader category's permission ("only nut butters and nut spreads") still applies here.

Subcategories

Provided for this category

AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Acesulfame potassium E950450 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 950
Aspartame-acesulfame salt E962450 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 962
Benzoic acid E2101,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 210
Calcium benzoate E2131,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 213
Calcium saccharin E954200 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 954
Calcium sorbate E2031,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 203
Phosphoric acid E338GMP

Note: Permitted for use as an acidity regulator.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 338
Potassium benzoate E2121,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 212
Potassium hydroxide E525GMP

Note: Permitted for use as an acidity regulator.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 525
Potassium saccharin E954200 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 954
Potassium sorbate E2021,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 202
Saccharin E954200 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 954
Sodium benzoate E2111,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 211
Sodium hydroxide E524GMP

Note: Permitted for use as an acidity regulator.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 524
Sodium saccharin E954200 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 954
Sodium sorbate1,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 201
Sorbic acid E2001,500 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 200
Steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Steviol glycosides from Stevia) E96075 mg/kg; 330 mg/kg

Not for a very low energy food. Not for a product formulated for infants. For a very low energy food only.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 13.5, INS 960

Permitted as members of an additive group

Schedule 15 permits some additives by reference to a Schedule 16 list. Each list below shares one set of conditions for this category.

Schedule 16, S16—2 (additives permitted at GMP) — 209 additives
Schedule 16, S16—3 (colourings permitted at GMP) — 30 additives
Schedule 16, S16—4 (colourings permitted to a maximum level) — 12 additivesAll colourings permitted to a maximum level together: no more than 70 mg/L in a beverage or 290 mg/kg in another food (Standard 1.3.1—4(3)).