CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS IV
Relevant Data
Food Additives Approved in the United States
Food Additives Approved by European Union:
General Information
| Synonyms: | SULFITE AMMONIA CARAMEL |
| CAS number: | 8028-89-5 |
| FEMA number: | 2235 |
| INS: | 150d |
| 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 IV
| Number | Food Category | Max Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.6.5 | Cheese analogues |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 201 |
| 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 127 |
| 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 |
| 07.1.2 | Crackers, excluding sweet crackers |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 06.4.2 | Dried pastas and noodles and like products |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 211 |
| 10.2 | Egg products |
20,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 02.2.2 | Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads |
500 mg/kg | Note 214 |
| 01.2.1 | Fermented milks (plain) |
150 mg/kg | Note 12 |
| 01.1.4 | Flavoured fluid milk drinks |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 52 |
| 01.6.4.2 | Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 72 |
| 10.1 | Fresh eggs |
20,000 mg/kg | Note 4 |
| 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 |
30,000 mg/kg | Note 95 |
| 08.0 | Meat and meat products, including poultry and game |
GMP | Note 4,Note XS88,Note XS97,Note XS96,Note XS98,Note 3,Note 16,Note XS89 |
| 07.1.3 | Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins) |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 161 |
| 06.4.3 | Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 153 |
| 09.2 | Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
30,000 mg/kg | Note XS315,Note XS312,Note XS36,Note XS92,Note XS165,Note 95,Note XS166,Note XS95,Note XS190,Note XS311,Note XS191,Note XS292 |
| 04.2.2 | Processed 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 92 |
| 01.6.2.1 | Ripened cheese, includes rind |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 201 |
| 09.3 | Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
30,000 mg/kg | Note 95 |
| 12.5 | Soups and broths |
25,000 mg/kg | Note 212 |
| 11.6 | Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners |
1,200 mg/kg | Note 213 |
| 01.6.1 | Unripened cheese |
50,000 mg/kg | Note 201 |
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