ASPARTAME
Relevant Data
Food Additives Approved by European Union:
General Information
| Synonyms: | ASPARTYL PHENYLALANINE METHYL ESTER |
| Chemical Names: | N-L-alpha-ASPARTYL-L-PHENYLALANINE-1-METHYL ESTER; 3-AMINO-N-(alpha-CARBOMETHOXY-PHENETHYL)-SUCCINAMIC ACID |
| CAS number: | 22389-47-0 |
| INS: | 951 |
| Functional Class: |
Food Additives SWEETENER |
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Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 2016 |
| ADI: | 0-40 mg/kg bw |
| Meeting: | 82 |
| Specs Code: | R,T |
| Report: | TRS 1000-JECFA 82/81 |
| Specification: | FAO JECFA Monographs 19/5 |
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GSFA Provisions for ASPARTAME
| Number | Food Category | Max Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.2.7 | Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) |
600 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 01.3.2 | Beverage whiteners |
6,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 07.1 | Bread and ordinary bakery wares |
4,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 06.3 | Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.7 | Candied fruit |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.4 | Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,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 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 06.5 | Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 01.6.5 | Cheese analogues |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 05.3 | Chewing gum |
10,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 05.1.4 | Cocoa and chocolate products |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161,Note 37 |
| 05.1.1 | Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note XS141,Note 97 |
| 05.1.2 | Cocoa mixes (syrups) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 05.1.3 | Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161,Note XS86 |
| 14.1.5 | Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa |
600 mg/kg | Note 160,Note 161 |
| 14.1.3.3 | Concentrates for fruit nectar |
600 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 127 |
| 14.1.3.4 | Concentrates for vegetable nectar |
600 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 127 |
| 04.1.2.12 | Cooked fruit |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,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 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 01.4.4 | Cream analogues |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 01.7 | Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 05.4 | Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 13.5 | Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 13.3 | Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 13.4 | Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction |
800 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 04.1.2.2 | Dried fruit |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 191,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 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 03.0 | Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 10.4 | Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 02.3 | Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 02.4 | Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.10 | Fermented fruit products |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,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 |
2,500 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 07.2 | Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes |
1,700 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 165 |
| 01.1.4 | Flavoured fluid milk drinks |
600 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161,Note 405 |
| 13.6 | Food supplements |
5,500 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 04.1.2.1 | Frozen fruit |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 191,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 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.11 | Fruit fillings for pastries |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.3 | Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine |
300 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 144 |
| 14.1.3.1 | Fruit nectar |
600 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 04.1.2.8 | Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.9 | Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.6 | Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 09.4 | Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
300 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 144 |
| 05.2.1 | Hard candy |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 148 |
| 05.1.5 | Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 04.1.2.5 | Jams, jellies, marmelades |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 01.5.2 | Milk and cream powder analogues |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 12.4 | Mustards |
350 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 05.2.3 | Nougats and marzipans |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 11.4 | Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 159 |
| 09.2 | Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
300 mg/kg | Note 191,Note XS292,Note XS95,Note XS315,Note XS36,Note XS165,Note 144,Note XS190,Note XS92,Note XS311,Note XS166,Note XS312,Note XS191 |
| 15.0 | Ready-to-eat savouries |
500 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 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 |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 166 |
| 12.6 | Sauces and like products |
350 mg/kg | Note 191 |
| 12.2.2 | Seasonings and condiments |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 09.3 | Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
300 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 144 |
| 05.2.2 | Soft candy |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note XS309R,Note 148 |
| 12.5 | Soups and broths |
1,200 mg/kg | Note XS117,Note 161,Note 188 |
| 11.6 | Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners |
GMP | Note 191 |
| 01.6.1 | Unripened cheese |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 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 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,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) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 14.1.3.2 | Vegetable nectar |
600 mg/kg | Note 191,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 |
300 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 144 |
| 12.3 | Vinegars |
3,000 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
| 14.1.4 | Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks |
600 mg/kg | Note 191,Note 161 |
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