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Propylene glycol alginate (405)

Synonym(s)

Functional Classes

  • Emulsifier
  • Carrier
  • Bulking agent
  • Foaming agent
  • Gelling agent
  • Stabilizer
  • Thickener
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GSFA Provisions for Propylene glycol alginate

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 500 mg/kg
Table Item 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 5000 mg/kg
XS250: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for a Blend of Evaporated Skimmed Milk and Vegetable Fat (CODEX STAN 250-2006). XS252: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for a Blend of Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk and Vegetable Fat (CODEX STAN 252-2006).
Table Item 07.2.1 Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit-filled or custard types) 3000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4.1 Carbonated water-based flavoured drinks 500 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 9000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese sauces) 16000 mg/kg
353: On dry basis.
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.4.3 Clotted cream (plain) 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.2 Cocoa mixes (syrups) 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 10000 mg/kg
XS86: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cocoa Butter (CODEX STAN 86-1981).
Table Item 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 500 mg/kg
160: For use in ready-to-drink products and pre-mixes for ready-to-drink products only.
Table Item 14.1.4.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water-based flavoured drinks 500 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 5000 mg/kg
XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211).
Table Item 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 2000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.4.4 Cream analogues 2500 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 6000 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 1200 mg/kg
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 1200 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products 5000 mg/kg
211: For use in noodles only.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 3000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 8000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 3000 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 3000 mg/kg
359: Excluding dairy fat spreads with = 70% milk fat content.
Table Item 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation 5000 mg/kg
234: For use as a stabilizer or thickener only.
Table Item 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation 5000 mg/kg
234: For use as a stabilizer or thickener only. 235: For use in reconstituted and recombined products only.
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 1300 mg/kg
XS243: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fermented Milks (CODEX STAN 243-2003).
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products 10000 mg/kg
370: For use in noodles, skin or crusts for spring rolls, wontons, and shou mai only.
Table Item 10.2.2 Frozen egg products 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 5000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 5000 mg/kg
XS240: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Aqueous Coconut Products (CODEX STAN 240-2003). XS314R: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Date Paste (CODEX STAN 314R-2013).
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 6000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 5000 mg/kg
409: For use only in products intended for further processing or special dietary uses, reduced or low sugar content, or where sweetening properties have been replaced wholly or partially by food additive sweeteners. XS296: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Jams, Jellies and Marmalades (CODEX STAN 296-2009).
Table Item 10.2.1 Liquid egg products 10000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares 20000 mg/kg
11: On the flour basis.
Table Item 07.2.3 Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes) 10000 mg/kg
11: On the flour basis.
Table Item 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 8000 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis.
Table Item 14.1.4.2 Non-carbonated water-based flavoured drinks, including punches and ades 500 mg/kg
Table Item 07.2.2 Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) 2000 mg/kg
Table Item 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 10000 mg/kg
258: Excluding maple syrup.
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 5000 mg/kg
371: For use at 10,000 mg/kg in boiled noodles only. 194: For use in instant noodles conforming to the Standard for Instant Noodles (CODEX STAN 249-2006) only.
Table Item 01.6.4 Processed cheese 9000 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 3000 mg/kg
XS89: Excluding products conforming to Standard for Luncheon Meat (CODEX STAN 89-1981). XS88: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Corned Beef (CODEX STAN 88-1981). XS98: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Chopped Meat (CODEX STAN 98-1981).
Table Item 12.5.1 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen 10000 mg/kg
XS117: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981).
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 3000 mg/kg
Table Item 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 500 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 5000 mg/kg
XS262: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Mozzarella (CODEX STAN 262-2007).
Table Item 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 6000 mg/kg
386: Except for use in the Standard for Pickled Cucumbers (Cucumber Pickles) (CODEX STAN 115-1981) at 500 mg/kg, singly or in combination with other emulsifiers. XS260: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Pickled Fruits and Vegetables (CODEX STAN 260-2007). XS38: Excluding products conforming to the General Standard for Edible Fungi and Fungus Products (CODEX STAN 38-1981).
Table Item 07.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads 4000 mg/kg
Note: Unless otherwise specified, food additive provisions apply to the food category indicated (e.g. Dairy), as well as to all subcategories of that category (e.g. Cheese, Ripened Cheese, etc.).