Food Category Details

Fermented and renneted milk products (plain) (01.2)

Description:
Includes all plain fermented or renneted products based on skim, part-skim, low-fat and whole milk, excluding food category 01.1.4. Flavoured products are included in 01.1.4 (beverages) and 01.7 (desserts).

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. Acidity regulators, packaging gases, stabilizers and thickeners listed in Table 3 are acceptable for use in fermented milks, heat treated after fermentation, as defined in the Standard for Fermented Milks (CODEX STAN 243-2004) that correspond to food category 01.2.1.2 "Fermented milks (plain), heat treated after fermentation".

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