GSFA Online Food Additive Group Details for TARTRATES

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

Food Additive Group Details

TARTRATES

The provisions that follow are defined at the additive group level, and thus apply to the total content of the additives participating in this group. Additives that make up this group are provided for reference only.

Participating Additive(s)

INS No.	Additive Name

	337	Potassium sodium L(+)-tartrate
	335(ii)	Sodium L(+)-tartrate
	334	L(+)-Tartaric acid

GSFA Provisions for TARTRATES

Number	Food Category	Max Level	Notes
14.2.7	Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 388
07.2.1	Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit-filled or custard types)	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	20,000 mg/kg	Note 45
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	1,300 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS259R Note XS13 Note XS57 Note XS297 Note XS145 Note XS38 Note XS257R
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	2,860 mg/kg	Note 45
05.3	Chewing gum	30,000 mg/kg	Note 45
14.2.2	Cider and perry	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
05.1.4	Cocoa and chocolate products	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128 Note 97
05.1.2	Cocoa mixes (syrups)	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
05.1.3	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS86
13.2	Complementary foods for infants and young children	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS73 Note 428
14.1.2.3	Concentrates for fruit juice	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128 Note 129 Note 127
14.1.3.3	Concentrates for fruit nectar	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128 Note 127
14.1.3.4	Concentrates for vegetable nectar	1,600 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128 Note 127
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS309R Note 450
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 449
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	8,000 mg/kg	Note 45
14.2.6	Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol	3,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 431
08.4	Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 365
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
02.3	Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	100 mg/kg	Note 45
02.2.2	Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads	100 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 361
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	100 mg/kg	Note 45
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 230
06.2.1	Flours	5,000 mg/kg	Note 186 Note 45 Note XS152
13.6	Food supplements	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45
06.4.1	Fresh pastas and noodles and like products	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	500 mg/kg	Note 45
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	10,000 mg/kg	Note 45
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	1,000 mg/kg	Note 45
14.1.2.1	Fruit juice	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128 Note 129
14.1.3.1	Fruit nectar	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	1,000 mg/kg	Note 45
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	3,000 mg/kg	Note 45
14.2.3	Grape wines	GMP	Note 517
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	500 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS89 Note XS88 Note XS98
05.1.5	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies, marmelades	3,000 mg/kg	Note 45
07.2.3	Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes)	8,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 11
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 127
12.4	Mustards	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45
08.3.1	Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	500 mg/kg	Note 45
07.2.2	Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)	500 mg/kg	Note 45
06.4.3	Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products	7,500 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128
01.6.4	Processed cheese	30,000 mg/kg	Note 45
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
12.2.2	Seasonings and condiments	7,500 mg/kg	Note 45
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	200 mg/kg	Note 45 Note 128 Note 382 Note XS236 Note XS244 Note XS222 Note XS189 Note XS167
12.5	Soups and broths	5,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS117
06.2.2	Starches	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
11.6	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	2,000 mg/kg	Note 45
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	1,500 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS262 Note 351
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	15,000 mg/kg	Note 45 Note XS115 Note XS38
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks	800 mg/kg	Note 45
14.2.4	Wines (other than grape)	4,000 mg/kg	Note 45

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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