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Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted, including treacle and molasses, excluding products of food category 11.1.3 (11.3)

Description:
Includes co-products of the sugar refining process (e.g. treacle and molasses), invert sugar (equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose produced from the hydrolysis of sucrose),1 and other sweeteners, such as high fructose corn syurp, high fructose inulin syrup and corn sugar.

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 11.3
INS No. Food Additive or Group Max Level Notes Defined In
RIBOFLAVINS 300 mg/kg 11.3
SULFITES 70 mg/kg 11.3

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


  1. Food Chemistry, H.-D. Belitz & W. Grosch, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1987, p. 631-633.

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