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Food Additive Details

Aluminium ammonium sulfate (523)
Synonym(s)
  • Ammonium alum
Functional Classes
  • Raising agent (raising agent)
  • Stabilizer
  • Stabilizer (firming agent)

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GSFA Provisions for Aluminium ammonium sulfate
Number Food Category Max Level Notes
Food Category Hierarchy 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 200 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 09.2.4 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 200 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.2 Egg products 30 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) 380 mg/kg
Food Category Hierarchy 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
Food Category Hierarchy 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 35 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.).


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