CARRAGEENAN
Relevant Data
Food Additives Approved by European Union:
General Information
| Synonyms: | CARRAGEENAN (FROM CHONDRUS AND GIGARTINA SPP.), DANISH AGAR (FROM FURCELLARIA FASTIGIATA), EUCHEUMAN (FROM EUCHEUMA SPP.), FURCELLARAN (FROM FURCELLARIA FASTIGIATA), HYPNEAN (FROM HYPNEA SPP.), IRIDOPHYCAN (FROM IRIDAEA SPP.), IRISH MOSS GELOSE (FROM CHONDRUS SSP.) |
| CAS number: | 9000-07-1 |
| FEMA number: | 2596 |
| INS: | 407 |
| Functional Class: |
Food Additives EMULSIFIER STABILIZER THICKENER GELLING_AGENT |
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Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 2014 |
| ADI: | Not specified |
| Meeting: | 79 |
| Specs Code: | R |
| Comments: | The Committee reviewed data published since the sixty-eighth meeting in 2007, focusing in particular on data of relevance to the safety assessment of the use of carrageenan (but not processed Eucheuma seaweed) in infant formula. [...] The Committee concluded that the use of carrageenan in infant formula or formula for special medical purposes at concentrations up to 1000 mg/L is not of concern. The Committee recognized that there is variability in medical conditions among infants requiring formulas for special medical purposes that contain the higher levels of carrageenan, and the Committee noted that these infants would normally be under medical supervision. |
| Report: | TRS 990-JECFA 79/14 |
| Specification: | FAO JECFA Monographs 16/7 |
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GSFA Provisions for CARRAGEENAN
| Number | Food Category | Max Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.1.5 | Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa |
GMP | Note 160 |
| 09.2.4.1 | Cooked fish and fish products |
GMP | Note 16,Note 325 |
| 09.2.4.2 | Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
GMP | Note 16,Note 325 |
| 06.4.2 | Dried pastas and noodles and like products |
GMP | Note 256 |
| 01.2.1.2 | Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation |
GMP | Note 234 |
| 01.2.1.1 | Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation |
GMP | Note 235,Note 234 |
| 13.1.2 | Follow-up formulae |
300 mg/kg | Note 329,Note 328,Note 72,Note 151 |
| 13.1.3 | Formulae for special medical purposes for infants |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 381,Note 379 |
| 08.1.2 | Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted |
GMP | Note 281 |
| 08.1.1 | Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts |
GMP | Note 16,Note 326 |
| 06.4.1 | Fresh pastas and noodles and like products |
GMP | Note 211 |
| 09.2.4.3 | Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
GMP | Note 41,Note 325,Note 332 |
| 09.2.2 | Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
GMP | Note 332,Note 177 |
| 09.2.1 | Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
GMP | Note XS92,Note XS315,Note 391,Note 332,Note XS36,Note XS95,Note XS191,Note XS312,Note XS292,Note XS190 |
| 13.1.1 | Infant formulae |
300 mg/kg | Note 381,Note 378 |
| 11.4 | Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) |
GMP | Note 258 |
| 01.4.1 | Pasteurized cream (plain) |
GMP | Note 236 |
| 09.2.5 | Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
GMP | Note 332,Note 300 |
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