Frozen fruit (04.1.2.1)

Description

Fruit that may or may not be blanched prior to freezing. The product may be frozen in a juice or sugar syrup.1 Examples include frozen fruit salad and frozen strawberries.

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 04.1.2.1

INS No

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

Notes

Defined In

950

500 mg/kg

188: If used in combination with aspartame-acesulfame salt (INS 962), the combined maximum use level, expressed as acesulfame potassium, should not exceed this level.

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

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950

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

500 mg/kg

Notes

188: If used in combination with aspartame-acesulfame salt (INS 962), the combined maximum use level, expressed as acesulfame potassium, should not exceed this level.

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

Defined In

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951

2000 mg/kg

191: If used in combination with aspartame-acesulfame salt (INS 962), the combined maximum use level, expressed as aspartame, should not exceed this level.

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

04.1.2.1

951

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

2000 mg/kg

Notes

191: If used in combination with aspartame-acesulfame salt (INS 962), the combined maximum use level, expressed as aspartame, should not exceed this level.

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

Defined In

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961

100 mg/kg

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

04.1.2.1

961

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

100 mg/kg

Notes

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

Defined In

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955

400 mg/kg

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

04.1.2.1

955

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

400 mg/kg

Notes

358: For use in products in a syrup or juice only.

478: Some Codex Members allow use of additives with sweetener function in all foods within this Food Category while others limit additives with sweetener function to those foods with significant energy reduction or no added sugars. This limitation may not apply to the appropriate use as a flavour enhancer.

Defined In

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-

500 mg/kg

155: For use in frozen, sliced apples only.

44: As residual SO2.

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-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

500 mg/kg

Notes

155: For use in frozen, sliced apples only.

44: As residual SO2.

Defined In

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Note: Items in uppercase (e.g. PHOSPHATES) refer to food additive groups.

  1. Food Chemistry, H.-D. Belitz & W. Grosch, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1987, pp. 613-617.