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RIBOFLAVINS

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Participating Additive(s)

Number Name
101(i) Riboflavin, synthetic
101(ii) Riboflavin 5'-phosphate sodium
101(iii) Riboflavin from Bacillus subtilis

GSFA Provisions for RIBOFLAVINS

Table Items Number Category MaxLevel Notes
Table Item 14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) 100 mg/kg
Table Item 06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 300 mg/kg
Table Item 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 300 mg/kg
267: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Certain Canned Fruits (CODEX STAN 319-2015) except for use in special holiday packs for canned pears conforming to the standard.
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 1000 mg/kg
XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211).
Table Item 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 300 mg/kg
95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only.
Table Item 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 300 mg/kg
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 300 mg/kg
Table Item 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 300 mg/kg
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 1000 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 500 mg/kg
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 300 mg/kg
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 300 mg/kg
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products 500 mg/kg
Table Item 12.9.1 Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso) 30 mg/kg
Table Item 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 12.9.2.3 500 mg/kg
Table Item 07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes 300 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.1 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly 300 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 09.3.2 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine 300 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 01.1.4 Flavoured fluid milk drinks 300 mg/kg
52: Excluding chocolate milk.
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 300 mg/kg
Table Item 10.1 Fresh eggs 300 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 300 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 300 mg/kg
XS166: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillets – Breaded or in Batter (CODEX STAN 166-1989). 16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 1000 mg/kg
XS165: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Blocks of Fish Fillet, Minced Fish Flesh and Mixtures of Fillets and Minced Fish Flesh (CODEX STAN 165-1989). 95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only. XS190: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Fillets (CODEX STAN 190-1995). XS292: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (CODEX STAN 292-2008). XS312: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Live Abalone and for Raw Fresh Chilled or Frozen Abalone for Direct Consumption or for Further Processing (CODEX STAN 312-2013). XS191: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Raw Squid (CODEX STAN 191-1995). XS315: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fresh and Quick Frozen Raw Scallop Products (CODEX STAN 315-2014). XS36: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Finfish, Uneviscerated and Eviscerated (CODEX STAN 36-1981). XS92: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Shrimps and Prawns (CODEX STAN 92-1981). XS95: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Quick Frozen Lobsters (CODEX STAN 95-1981).
Table Item 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 300 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 300 mg/kg
182: Excluding coconut milk.
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 500 mg/kg
Table Item 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 500 mg/kg
95: For non-standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only. XS3: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Salmon (CODEX STAN 3-1981). XS37: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns (CODEX STAN 37-1991). XS119: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Finfish (CODEX STAN 119-1981). XS70: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Tuna and Bonito (70-1981). XS90: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Crab Meat (CODEX STAN 90-1981). XS94: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (CODEX STAN 94-1981).
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 200 mg/kg
Table Item 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 300 mg/kg
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 300 mg/kg
Table Item 11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) 300 mg/kg
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 300 mg/kg
153: For use in instant noodles only. 473: Except for use in products conforming to the Standard for Instant Noodles (CXS 249-2006) at 200 mg/kg.
Table Item 01.6.4 Processed cheese 300 mg/kg
Table Item 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 1000 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. XS88: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Corned Beef (CODEX STAN 88-1981). XS89: Excluding products conforming to Standard for Luncheon Meat (CODEX STAN 89-1981). XS98: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Chopped Meat (CODEX STAN 98-1981).
Table Item 08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 1000 mg/kg
XS96: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Ham (CODEX STAN 96-1981). 16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. XS97: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cooked Cured Pork Shoulder (CODEX STAN 97-1981).
Table Item 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 300 mg/kg
Table Item 01.6.2.1 Ripened cheese, includes rind 300 mg/kg
462: For use in cheese mass only for products conforming to the Standards for Cheddar (CXS 263-1966) and Danbo (CXS 264-1966). XS265: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Edam (CXS 265-1966). XS266: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Gouda (CXS 266-1966). XS267: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Havarti (CXS 267-1966). XS270: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Tilsiter (CXS 270-1968). XS269: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Emmental (CXS 269-1967). XS268: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Samsø (CXS 268-1966). XS271: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Saint-Paulin (CXS 271-1968). XS276: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Camembert (CXS 276-1973). XS274: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Coulommiers (CXS 274-1969). XS277: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Brie (CXS 277-1973). XS272: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Provolone (CXS 272-1968).
Table Item 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 05.1.3 300 mg/kg
Table Item 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 300 mg/kg
XS291: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (CODEX STAN 291-2010).
Table Item 12.6 Sauces and like products 350 mg/kg
XS302: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Fish Sauce (CODEX STAN 302-2011).
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 350 mg/kg
Table Item 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 - 09.3.3 300 mg/kg
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 300 mg/kg
XS244: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprat (CODEX STAN 244-2004). XS236: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Boiled Dried Salted Anchovies (CODEX STAN 236-2003). 22: For use in smoked fish paste only. XS167: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family of Fishes (CODEX STAN 167-1989). XS189: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Dried Shark Fins (CODEX STAN 189-1993). XS222: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscan Shellfish (CODEX STAN 222-2001). XS311: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured Fish and Smoke-dried Fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013).
Table Item 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 1000 mg/kg
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 200 mg/kg
344: For use of riboflavin, synthetic (INS 101(i)) only in products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981).
Table Item 06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages 50 mg/kg
Table Item 11.3 Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted, including treacle and molasses, excluding products of food category 11.1.3 300 mg/kg
Table Item 04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit 300 mg/kg
4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only. 16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.
Table Item 04.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 300 mg/kg
16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only. 4: For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 300 mg/kg
Table Item 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 04.2.2.5 300 mg/kg
92: Excluding tomato-based sauces.
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 500 mg/kg
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 50 mg/kg
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 300 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.).