Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) (15.1.0.0)
Description
Includes all savoury snacks, with or without added flavourings, but excludes unsweetened crackers (category 07.1.2). Examples include potato chips, popcorn, pretzels, rice crackers (senbei), flavoured crackers (e.g. cheese-flavoured crackers), bhujia (namkeen; snack made of a mixture of flours, maize, potatoes, salt, dried fruit, peanuts, spices, colours, flavours, and antioxidants), and papads (prepared from soaked rice flour or from black gram or cow pea flour, mixed with salt and spices, and formed into balls or flat cakes).This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.
GSFA Provisions for Food Category 15.1.0.0
INS No
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
Notes
Defined In
129
200 mg/kg
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
15.1.0.0
N°
129
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Notes
161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Notes
10: As ascorbyl stearate.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
1000 mg/kg
Notes
13: As benzoic acid.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
160a(ii)
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
100 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
320
200 mg/kg
130: Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (INS 320), butylated hydroxytoluene (INS 321), tertiary butylated hydroquinone (INS 319), and propyl gallate (INS 310).
15: On the fat or oil basis.
15.1.0.0
N°
320
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Notes
130: Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (INS 320), butylated hydroxytoluene (INS 321), tertiary butylated hydroquinone (INS 319), and propyl gallate (INS 310).
15: On the fat or oil basis.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
120
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Notes
178: As carminic acid.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
350 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
472e
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
20000 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
163(ii)
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
500 mg/kg
Notes
181: As anthocyanin.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Notes
27: As para-hydroxybenzoic acid.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
132
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
475
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
2000 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
124
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
310
200 mg/kg
130: Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (INS 320), butylated hydroxytoluene (INS 321), tertiary butylated hydroquinone (INS 319), and propyl gallate (INS 310).
15: On the fat or oil basis.
15.1.0.0
N°
310
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Notes
130: Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (INS 320), butylated hydroxytoluene (INS 321), tertiary butylated hydroquinone (INS 319), and propyl gallate (INS 310).
15: On the fat or oil basis.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
405
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
3000 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
1000 mg/kg
Notes
42: As sorbic acid.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Notes
-
Defined In
15.1.0.0
-
5000 mg/kg
432: For use in doughs used in cereal based savory snacks only.
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Notes
432: For use in doughs used in cereal based savory snacks only.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Notes
433: For use in rice crackers and potato snacks only.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
N°
-
Food Additive or Group
Max Level
50 mg/kg
Notes
44: As residual SO2.
Defined In
15.1.0.0
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