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Aluminium ammonium sulfate (523)

Synonyms: Ammonium alum

Functional Classes: Acidity regulator, Colour retention agent, Firming agent, Raising agent, Stabilizer

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GSFA Provisions for Aluminium ammonium sulfate

N°

Food Category

Max Level

Notes

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

200 mg/kg

250: For use in boiled mollusks and tsukudani only.

6: As aluminium.

N°

09.2.4.2

Food Category

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

Max Level

200 mg/kg

Notes

250: For use in boiled mollusks and tsukudani only.

6: As aluminium.

07.1.2.0

Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

100 mg/kg

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

6: As aluminium.

N°

07.1.2.0

Food Category

Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

Max Level

100 mg/kg

Notes

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

6: As aluminium.

06.4.1.0

Fresh pastas and noodles and like products

300 mg/kg

247: For use in kuzukiri and harusame only.

6: As aluminium.

N°

06.4.1.0

Food Category

Fresh pastas and noodles and like products

Max Level

300 mg/kg

Notes

247: For use in kuzukiri and harusame only.

6: As aluminium.

07.1.6.0

Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares

40 mg/kg

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

249: For use as a raising agent in mixes for steamed breads and buns only.

6: As aluminium.

N°

07.1.6.0

Food Category

Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares

Max Level

40 mg/kg

Notes

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

249: For use as a raising agent in mixes for steamed breads and buns only.

6: As aluminium.

07.1.3.0

Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins)

100 mg/kg

6: As aluminium.

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

244: For use in biscuit dough only.

N°

07.1.3.0

Food Category

Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins)

Max Level

100 mg/kg

Notes

6: As aluminium.

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

244: For use in biscuit dough only.

07.1.5.0

Steamed breads and buns

40 mg/kg

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

248: For use as a raising agent only.

6: As aluminium.

N°

07.1.5.0

Food Category

Steamed breads and buns

Max Level

40 mg/kg

Notes

246: Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).

248: For use as a raising agent only.

6: As aluminium.

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

520 mg/kg

245: For use in pickled vegetables only.

296: Except for use in perilla in brine at 780 mg/kg.

6: As aluminium.

XS66: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Table Olives (CODEX STAN 66-1981).

N°

04.2.2.3

Food Category

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

Max Level

520 mg/kg

Notes

245: For use in pickled vegetables only.

296: Except for use in perilla in brine at 780 mg/kg.

6: As aluminium.

XS66: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Table Olives (CODEX STAN 66-1981).

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