6.4 Flour products (including noodles and pasta)

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
Acesulfame potassium E950200 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 950
Alitame INS 956200 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 956
Aspartame-acesulfame salt E962450 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 962
Calcium propionate E2822,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 282
Calcium sorbate E2031,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 203
Extracts of rosemary E39210 mg/kg; 40 mg/kg

Only for flour based snacks e.g. pretzels, fritters, and crackers; and cooked or instant noodles and pasta. Only wheat or corn-based tortilla.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 392
Lauric arginate ethyl ester E243200 mg/kg

Only cooked pasta and noodles.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 243
Nisin preparation E234250 mg/kg

Only flour products that are cooked on hot plates e.g. crumpets, pikelets, and flapjacks.

Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 234
Potassium bisulfite E228300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 228
Potassium metabisulfite E224300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 224
Potassium propionate E2832,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 283
Potassium sorbate E2021,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 202
Potassium sulfite INS 225300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 225
Propionic acid E2802,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 280
Sodium bisulfite E222300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 222
Sodium metabisulfite E223300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 223
Sodium propionate E2812,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 281
Sodium sorbate1,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 201
Sodium sulfite E221300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 221
Sorbic acid E2001,000 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 200
Sulfur dioxide E220300 mg/kg—Food Standards Code, Schedule 15, S15—5, item 6.4, INS 220

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)).