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Flours and starches (including soybean powder) (06.2)

Description:
The basic milled products of cereal grains, roots, tubers, pulses, pith or soft core of palm tree or legumes sold as such or used as ingredients (e.g. in baked goods).

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

GSFA Provisions for Food Category 06.2
INS No. Food Additive or Group Max Level Notes Defined In
1100(i) alpha-Amylase from Aspergillus oryzae var. GMP 06.2
1100(iii) alpha-Amylase from Bacillus subtilis GMP 06.2
1100(vi) Carbohydrase from Bacillus licheniformis GMP 06.2
472e Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol 3,000 mg/kg 06.2

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


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