Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine (04.1.2.3)

Description

Includes pickled products such as pickled plums, mango pickles, lime pickles, pickled gooseberries, and pickled watermelon rind. Oriental pickled (“cured” or “preserved”) fruit products are sometimes referred to as “candied” fruit.1 These are not the candied fruit products of category 04.1.2.7 (i.e. dried, sugar coated fruit).

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 04.1.2.3

INS No

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

Notes

Defined In

950

200 mg/kg

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

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.

04.1.2.3

950

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

200 mg/kg

Notes

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

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.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

951

300 mg/kg

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

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

04.1.2.3

951

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

300 mg/kg

Notes

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

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

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

1000 mg/kg

13: As benzoic acid.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

1000 mg/kg

Notes

13: As benzoic acid.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

160a(ii)

1000 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.3

160a(ii)

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

1000 mg/kg

Notes

-

Defined In

04.1.2.3

150c

200 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.3

150c

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

200 mg/kg

Notes

-

Defined In

04.1.2.3

150d

7500 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.3

150d

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

7500 mg/kg

Notes

-

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

1000 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

1000 mg/kg

Notes

-

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

100 mg/kg

62: As copper.

04.1.2.3

-

Max Level

100 mg/kg

Notes

62: As copper.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

472e

Max Level

1000 mg/kg

Notes

-

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

250 mg/kg

21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

250 mg/kg

Notes

21: As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

163(ii)

1500 mg/kg

161: Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.

04.1.2.3

163(ii)

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

1500 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

04.1.2.3

-

250 mg/kg

27: As para-hydroxybenzoic acid.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

250 mg/kg

Notes

27: As para-hydroxybenzoic acid.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

961

100 mg/kg

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

04.1.2.3

961

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

100 mg/kg

Notes

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

2200 mg/kg

33: As phosphorus.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

2200 mg/kg

Notes

33: As phosphorus.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

900a

10 mg/kg

-

04.1.2.3

900a

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

10 mg/kg

Notes

-

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

160 mg/kg

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

160 mg/kg

Notes

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

1000 mg/kg

42: As sorbic acid.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

1000 mg/kg

Notes

42: As sorbic acid.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

100 mg/kg

26: As steviol equivalents.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

100 mg/kg

Notes

26: As steviol equivalents.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

955

180 mg/kg

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

04.1.2.3

955

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

180 mg/kg

Notes

144: For use in sweet and sour products only.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

100 mg/kg

44: As residual SO2.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

100 mg/kg

Notes

44: As residual SO2.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

-

1000 mg/kg

45: As tartaric acid.

04.1.2.3

-

Food Additive or Group

Max Level

1000 mg/kg

Notes

45: As tartaric acid.

Defined In

04.1.2.3

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

  1. Asian Foods: Science and Technology, C.Y.W. Ang, K.S. Liu, & Y.-W. Huang, Eds., Chapter 10: Fruit Products, J.X. Shi & B.S. Luh, Technomic Publishing Co., Lancaster PA 1999, p. 290.