GSFA Online Food Additive Details for Aspartame-acesulfame salt

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Updated up to the 46^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2023)

Food Additive Details

Aspartame-acesulfame salt (962)

Functional Classes

Sweetener

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GSFA Provisions for Aspartame-acesulfame salt

Number	Food Category	Max Level	Notes
14.2.7	Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	2,000 mg/kg	Note 201 Note XS252 Note 477 Note 113 Note XS250
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 144 Note 113
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note XS319 Note 113
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
05.3	Chewing gum	5,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
05.1.4	Cocoa and chocolate products	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake	350 mg/kg	Note 97 Note 113 Note XS141
05.1.2	Cocoa mixes (syrups)	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 97 Note 113
05.1.3	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note XS86 Note 113
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	600 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 160 Note 119
14.1.3.3	Concentrates for fruit nectar	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113 Note 127
14.1.3.4	Concentrates for vegetable nectar	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113 Note 127
04.1.2.12	Cooked fruit	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
01.4.4	Cream analogues	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119 Note 68
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6	450 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113 Note 566
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	450 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.2.2.7	Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3	1,000 mg/kg	Note 144 Note 113
07.2	Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 77 Note 113
01.1.4	Flavoured fluid milk drinks	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
13.6	Food supplements	2,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.1.2.1	Frozen fruit	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113 Note 358
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	200 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 144 Note 113
14.1.3.1	Fruit nectar	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119 Note XS160
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note XS70 Note XS90 Note XS119 Note 144 Note 113 Note XS37 Note XS94 Note XS3
05.2.1	Hard candy	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113 Note 156
05.1.5	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products	500 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies, marmelades	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113 Note 408 Note XS251
12.4	Mustards	350 mg/kg	Note 478 Note 119
05.2.3	Nougats and marzipans	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 114
11.4	Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 159 Note 477 Note 113
09.2	Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note XS92 Note XS244 Note 144 Note XS292 Note XS189 Note 113 Note XS236 Note XS95 Note XS315 Note XS312 Note XS191 Note XS165 Note XS167 Note XS311 Note XS190 Note XS222 Note XS166 Note XS36
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	500 mg/kg	Note 144 Note 119
12.7	Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 166 Note 119
12.6	Sauces and like products	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119
12.2.2	Seasonings and condiments	2,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note XS291 Note 144 Note 113
05.2.2	Soft candy	1,000 mg/kg	Note 157 Note 113 Note XS309R
12.5	Soups and broths	110 mg/kg	Note XS117 Note 477 Note 113 Note 138
11.6	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	GMP
04.2.2.6	Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
04.2.2.5	Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119
14.1.3.2	Vegetable nectar	350 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 113
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	200 mg/kg	Note 144 Note 113
12.3	Vinegars	2,000 mg/kg	Note 277 Note 477 Note 113
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks	600 mg/kg	Note 477 Note 119

Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).

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