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TARTRATES

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Participating Additive(s)

Number Name
334 L(+)-Tartaric acid
335(ii) Sodium L(+)-tartrate
337 Potassium sodium L(+)-tartrate

GSFA Provisions for TARTRATES

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) 4000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares 4000 mg/kg
388: Excluding bread prepared solely with wheat flour, water, yeast or leaven, and salt. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 07.2.1 Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit-filled or custard types) 5000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 20000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 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 1300 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid. XS13: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Preserved Tomatoes (CODEX STAN 13-1981). XS145: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Chestnuts and Canned Chestnut Puree (CODEX STAN 145-1985). XS257R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Canned Humus with Tehena (CODEX STAN 257R-2007). XS259R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Tehena (CODEX STAN 259R-2007). XS57: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Processed Tomato Concentrates (CODEX STAN 57-1981). XS297: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Certain Canned Vegetables (CODEX STAN 297-2009). XS38: Excluding products conforming to the General Standard for Edible Fungi and Fungus Products (CODEX STAN 38-1981).
Table Item 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 2860 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 05.3 Chewing gum 30000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 14.2.2 Cider and perry 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 05.1.4 Cocoa and chocolate products 5000 mg/kg
128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 05.1.1 Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake 5000 mg/kg
128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 45: As tartaric acid. 97: On the final cocoa and chocolate product basis.
Table Item 05.1.2 Cocoa mixes (syrups) 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 05.1.3 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 2000 mg/kg
XS86: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Cocoa Butter (CODEX STAN 86-1981). 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young children 5000 mg/kg
XS73: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Canned Baby Foods (CODEX STAN 73- 1981). 45: As tartaric acid. 364: Singly or in combination. 428: As residue in biscuits and rusks.
Table Item 14.1.2.3 Concentrates for fruit juice 4000 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis. 128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 129: For use as an acidity regulator in grape juice only. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 14.1.3.3 Concentrates for fruit nectar 4000 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis. 128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 45: As tartaric acid.
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
45: As tartaric acid. 450: Except for use at 20,000 mg/kg in fruity confection products. XS309R: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Regional Standard for Halawa Tehenia (CODEX STAN 309R-211).
Table Item 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid. 449: Excluding plain fermented milks based on fermented milks not heat treated after fermentation conforming to CXS 243-2003.
Table Item 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 8000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 3000 mg/kg
431: Excluding use in whiskey. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings) 2000 mg/kg
365: On a casings basis. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 4000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip) 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 100 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads 100 mg/kg
361: For use at 5,000 mg/kg as tartaric acid in products conforming to the Standard for Dairy Fat Spreads (CODEX STAN 253-2006). 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 100 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation 2000 mg/kg
230: For use as an acidity regulator only. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 06.2.1 Flours 5000 mg/kg
186: For use in flours with additives only. 45: As tartaric acid. XS152: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Wheat Flour (CXS 152-1985).
Table Item 13.6 Food supplements 5000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products 5000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid. 128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only.
Table Item 08.3.3 Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 500 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 10000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 1000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 14.1.2.1 Fruit juice 4000 mg/kg
128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 45: As tartaric acid. 129: For use as an acidity regulator in grape juice only.
Table Item 14.1.3.1 Fruit nectar 4000 mg/kg
128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 1000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 500 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid. 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). XS88: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Corned Beef (CODEX STAN 88-1981).
Table Item 05.1.5 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 5000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmelades 3000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 07.2.3 Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes) 8000 mg/kg
11: On the flour basis. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 5000 mg/kg
127: On the served to the consumer basis. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 12.4 Mustards 5000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 5000 mg/kg
XS306R: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Chilli Sauce (Regional Standard) (CODEX STAN 306R-2011). 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 08.3.1 Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 500 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 07.2.2 Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) 500 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products 7500 mg/kg
128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 01.6.4 Processed cheese 30000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 15.0 Ready-to-eat savouries 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments 7500 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 200 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid. 128: Tartaric acid (INS 334) only. 382: For use only in smoked fish and smoke-flavoured fish products conforming to the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoked-flavoured fish, and Smoke-dried fish (CODEX STAN 311-2013). XS167: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family of Fishes (CODEX STAN 167-1989). XS222: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscan Shellfish (CODEX STAN 222-2001). XS236: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Boiled Dried Salted Anchovies (CODEX STAN 236-2003). XS244: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprat (CODEX STAN 244-2004). XS189: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Dried Shark Fins (CODEX STAN 189-1993).
Table Item 12.5 Soups and broths 5000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid. XS117: Excluding products conforming to the Codex Standard for Bouillons and Consommés (CODEX STAN 117-1981).
Table Item 06.2.2 Starches 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 11.6 Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners 2000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 1500 mg/kg
351: Only for use in products conforming to the Standard for Cream Cheese (CODEX STAN 275-1973). 45: As tartaric acid.
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 15000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid. XS115: Excluding products conforming to the Standard for Pickled Cucumbers (Cucumber Pickles) (CODEX STAN 115-1981). XS38: Excluding products conforming to the General Standard for Edible Fungi and Fungus Products (CODEX STAN 38-1981).
Table Item 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 800 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
Table Item 14.2.4 Wines (other than grape) 4000 mg/kg
45: As tartaric acid.
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.).