CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III
Relevant Data
Food Additives Approved in the United States
Food Additives Approved by European Union:
General Information
| Synonyms: | AMMONIA CARAMEL |
| CAS number: | 8028-89-5 |
| FEMA number: | 2235 |
| INS: | 150c |
| Functional Class: |
Food Additives COLOUR |
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Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 1985 |
| ADI: | 0-200 mg/kg bw |
| Meeting: | 29 |
| Specs Code: | R (1987) |
| Comments: | 0-150 mg/kg bw on a solids basis |
| Report: | TRS 733-JECFA 29/28 |
| Tox Monograph: | FAS 20-JECFA 29/99 |
| Specification: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002); FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.1/279 |
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GSFA Provisions for CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III
| Number | Food Category | Max Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07.1.4 | Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 06.3 | Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 189 |
| 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 |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 05.1.4 | Cocoa and chocolate products |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 183 |
| 05.1.3 | Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings |
50,000 mg/kg | Note XS86 |
| 14.1.5 | Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa |
10,000 mg/kg | Note 7,Note 160 |
| 05.2 | Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 |
50,000 mg/kg | Note XS309R |
| 04.2.2.8 | Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 07.1.2 | Crackers, excluding sweet crackers |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 04.2.2.2 | Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 76 |
| 12.9.2.1 | Fermented soybean sauce |
20,000 mg/kg | Note 207 |
| 04.2.2.7 | Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3 |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 07.2 | Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 01.1.4 | Flavoured fluid milk drinks |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 52 |
| 10.1 | Fresh eggs |
20,000 mg/kg | Note 4 |
| 09.1 | Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
30,000 mg/kg | Note 4,Note XS315,Note 16,Note XS292,Note XS312 |
| 04.1.2.8 | Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk |
7,500 mg/kg | Note 182 |
| 09.4 | Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
500 mg/kg | Note 50 |
| 08.0 | Meat and meat products, including poultry and game |
GMP | Note XS97,Note 4,Note XS89,Note XS88,Note XS98,Note 16,Note 3,Note XS96 |
| 07.1.6 | Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 07.1.3 | Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 11.4 | Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 100 |
| 06.4.3 | Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 153,Note 173 |
| 10.3 | Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs |
20,000 mg/kg | Note 4 |
| 09.2 | Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
30,000 mg/kg | Note XS92,Note XS166,Note XS191,Note XS190,Note XS36,Note XS165,Note XS315,Note XS311,Note XS95,Note XS292,Note XS312 |
| 12.7 | Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3 |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 89 |
| 09.3 | Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
30,000 mg/kg | Note 95 |
| 07.1.5 | Steamed breads and buns |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 01.6.1 | Unripened cheese |
15,000 mg/kg | Note 201 |
| 04.2.2.6 | Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5 |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 12.3 | Vinegars |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 78 |
| 14.1.4 | Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks |
5,000 mg/kg | Note 9 |
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