5.1 Chocolate and cocoa products

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.

Provided for this category

AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid E4765,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5.1, INS 476
Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids E4774,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5.1, INS 477
Steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Steviol glycosides from Stevia) E960550 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5.1, 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 additivesPermitted on the surface of chocolate only.
Schedule 16, S16—4 (colourings permitted to a maximum level) — 12 additivesPermitted on the surface of chocolate only. All 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)).

Provided for broader categories

These apply here through the hierarchy, subject to their own notes and conditions. Where an additive is also provided for this category directly, it is marked; the direct provision is listed above.

5 Confectionery — 11 additives
AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Acesulfame potassium2,000 mg/kg

Not for bubble gum and chewing gum.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 950
Alitame300 mg/kg

Note: For additives 951, 955, 956, 961 and 962, section 1.3.1—5 limits do not apply to the use of permitted sweeteners in chewing gum and bubble gum.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 956
AluminiumGMP—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 173
Amaranth300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 123
Aspartame (also provided directly)10,000 mg/kg

Note: For additives 951, 955, 956, 961 and 962, section 1.3.1—5 limits do not apply to the use of permitted sweeteners in chewing gum and bubble gum.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 951
Aspartame-acesulfame salt4,500 mg/kg

Note: For additives 951, 955, 956, 961 and 962, section 1.3.1—5 limits do not apply to the use of permitted sweeteners in chewing gum and bubble gum.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 962
GoldGMP—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 175
Monk fruit extract (also provided directly)GMP—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, Monk fruit extract (luo han guo extract)
Neotame (also provided directly)300 mg/kg

Note: For additives 951, 955, 956, 961 and 962, section 1.3.1—5 limits do not apply to the use of permitted sweeteners in chewing gum and bubble gum.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 961
SilverGMP—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 174
Sucralose (also provided directly)2,500 mg/kg

Note: For additives 951, 955, 956, 961 and 962, section 1.3.1—5 limits do not apply to the use of permitted sweeteners in chewing gum and bubble gum.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 5, INS 955