Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States


General Information

Synonyms: SOLUBLE SACCHARIN
Chemical Names: SODIUM o-BENZOSULFIMIDE; SODIUM SALT DIHYDRATE OF 1,2-BENZISOTHIAZOLIN-3(2H)-ONE-1,1-DIOXIDE;
CAS number: 128-44-9
FEMA number: 2997
INS:

954(iv)

Functional Class: Food Additives
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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1993
ADI: 0-5 mg/kg bw
Meeting: 41
Specs Code: S
Comments: GROUP ADI FOR SACCHARIN AND ITS CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM SALTS
Report: TRS 837-JECFA 41/17
Tox Monograph: FAS 32-JECFA 41/105
Specification: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS)(2001). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.3/381

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GSFA Provisions for SODIUM SACCHARIN

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

100 mg/kg Note 161
04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200 mg/kg Note 161
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

160 mg/kg Note 161,Note 144
14.1.4.1

Carbonated water-based flavoured drinks

300 mg/kg Note 161
06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

100 mg/kg Note 161
01.6.5

Cheese analogues

100 mg/kg Note 161
05.3

Chewing gum

2,500 mg/kg Note 161
05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

500 mg/kg Note 161
05.1.1

Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake

100 mg/kg Note 97,Note 161,Note XS141
05.1.2

Cocoa mixes (syrups)

80 mg/kg Note 161
05.1.3

Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings

200 mg/kg Note 161,Note XS86
14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

200 mg/kg Note 160
14.1.4.3

Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water-based flavoured drinks

300 mg/kg Note 161,Note 127
14.1.3.3

Concentrates for fruit nectar

80 mg/kg Note 127
05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

500 mg/kg Note XS309R,Note 163,Note 161
09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

500 mg/kg Note 161
04.2.2.8

Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

160 mg/kg Note 161,Note 144
01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

100 mg/kg Note 161
05.4

Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

500 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

500 mg/kg Note 161
03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

100 mg/kg Note 161
10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)

100 mg/kg Note 144
02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

100 mg/kg Note 161
04.1.2.10

Fermented fruit products

160 mg/kg Note 161
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

200 mg/kg Note 161
07.2

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

170 mg/kg Note 165
09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

160 mg/kg Note 144
09.3.2

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

160 mg/kg Note 144
01.1.4

Flavoured fluid milk drinks

80 mg/kg Note 406,Note 161
04.2.2.1

Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

500 mg/kg Note 161
04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

160 mg/kg Note 144
04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

200 mg/kg Note 161
04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

100 mg/kg Note 161
04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

200 mg/kg Note 161
09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

200 mg/kg Note 144
08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

500 mg/kg Note XS98,Note 161,Note XS88,Note XS89
08.2.2

Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

500 mg/kg Note 161,Note XS96,Note XS97
05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

500 mg/kg Note 161
04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

200 mg/kg Note 161
14.1.4.2

Non-carbonated water-based flavoured drinks, including punches and ades

300 mg/kg Note 161
11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

300 mg/kg Note 159
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

200 mg/kg Note 161,Note 166
12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

1,500 mg/kg Note 161
09.3.4

Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3

160 mg/kg Note 144
12.5

Soups and broths

110 mg/kg Note 161,Note XS117
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

200 mg/kg Note 161
04.2.2.5

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)

160 mg/kg Note 161
14.1.3.2

Vegetable nectar

80 mg/kg Note 161
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

160 mg/kg Note 144

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