GSFA Online Food Category 13.2

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

Food Category Details

Complementary foods for infants and young children (13.2)

Description:
Foods that are intended for infants 6 months of age and older, and for progressive adaptation of infants and children to ordinary food. Products may be ready-to-eat or in powder form to be reconstituted with water, milk, or other suitable liquid.¹ These foods exclude infant formulae (13.1.1), follow-up formulae (13.1.2), and formulae for special medical purposes (13.1.3).² Examples include: cereal-, fruit-, vegetable-, and meat-based “baby foods” for infants, “toddler foods,” and “junior foods”; lactea flour, biscuits and rusks for children.

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 13.2

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
	ASCORBYL ESTERS	200 mg/kg	Note 187 Note 15	13.2
260	Acetic acid, glacial	5,000 mg/kg	Note 238	13.2
472a	Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol	5,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 268	13.2
1422	Acetylated distarch adipate	50,000 mg/kg	Note 270 Note 269	13.2
1414	Acetylated distarch phosphate	50,000 mg/kg	Note 270 Note 269	13.2
1451	Acetylated oxidized starch	50,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 269	13.2
503(i)	Ammonium carbonate	GMP	Note XS73 Note 248	13.2
503(ii)	Ammonium hydrogen carbonate	GMP	Note XS73 Note 248	13.2
300	Ascorbic acid, L-	500 mg/kg	Note 242	13.2
263	Calcium acetate	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
302	Calcium ascorbate	200 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 317	13.2
170(i)	Calcium carbonate	GMP		13.2
526	Calcium hydroxide	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
327	Calcium lactate	GMP	Note XS73 Note 83	13.2
290	Carbon dioxide	GMP	Note 59	13.2
410	Carob bean gum	2,000 mg/kg	Note 271 Note 272	13.2
330	Citric acid	5,000 mg/kg	Note 238	13.2
472c	Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol	5,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 268	13.2
1412	Distarch phosphate	50,000 mg/kg	Note 270 Note 269	13.2
575	Glucono delta-lactone	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
412	Guar gum	2,000 mg/kg	Note 271 Note 272	13.2
414	Gum arabic (Acacia gum)	10,000 mg/kg	Note 273 Note 592 Note XS73	13.2
507	Hydrochloric acid	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
1440	Hydroxypropyl starch	60,000 mg/kg	Note XS74 Note 276	13.2
270	Lactic acid, L-, D- and DL-	2,000 mg/kg	Note 83 Note 238	13.2
472b	Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol	5,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 268	13.2
322(i)	Lecithin	5,000 mg/kg	Note 271 Note 274	13.2
296	Malic acid, DL-	GMP	Note XS73 Note 83	13.2
421	Mannitol	10 mg/kg	Note 592 Note XS73	13.2
471	Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids	5,000 mg/kg	Note 275 Note 268	13.2
1410	Monostarch phosphate	50,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 269	13.2
941	Nitrogen	GMP	Note 59	13.2
1404	Oxidized starch	50,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 269	13.2
	PHOSPHATES	4,400 mg/kg	Note 33 Note 230 Note XS73	13.2
440	Pectins	10,000 mg/kg	Note 273 Note 283 Note 282	13.2
1413	Phosphated distarch phosphate	50,000 mg/kg	Note 270 Note 269	13.2
261(i)	Potassium acetate	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
332(i)	Potassium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
501(ii)	Potassium hydrogen carbonate	GMP		13.2
525	Potassium hydroxide	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
326	Potassium lactate	GMP	Note XS73 Note 83	13.2
551	Silicon dioxide, amorphous	2,000 mg/kg	Note 592 Note XS73 Note 318	13.2
262(i)	Sodium acetate	GMP	Note XS73 Note 320	13.2
301	Sodium ascorbate	500 mg/kg	Note 65 Note 320 Note 317 Note 319	13.2
500(i)	Sodium carbonate	GMP	Note 243 Note 320 Note 319 Note 295	13.2
331(i)	Sodium dihydrogen citrate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 320 Note 319 Note 238	13.2
500(ii)	Sodium hydrogen carbonate	GMP	Note 320 Note 319	13.2
524	Sodium hydroxide	GMP	Note XS73 Note 320	13.2
325	Sodium lactate	GMP	Note XS73 Note 320 Note 83	13.2
1420	Starch acetate	50,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 269	13.2
1450	Starch sodium octenyl succinate	50,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 49 Note 269	13.2
	TARTRATES	5,000 mg/kg	Note XS73 Note 45 Note 428	13.2
	TOCOPHEROLS	300 mg/kg	Note 15	13.2
333(iii)	Tricalcium citrate	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
332(ii)	Tripotassium citrate	GMP	Note XS73	13.2
331(iii)	Trisodium citrate	5,000 mg/kg	Note 320 Note 319 Note 238	13.2
415	Xanthan gum	10,000 mg/kg	Note 273 Note XS73	13.2

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

Standard for Processed Cereal-Based Foods for Infants and Children (CODEX STAN 74-1981).
Standard for Canned Baby Foods (CODEX STAN 073-1981).

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