GSFA Online Food Additive Details for Aspartame

GSFA Online

Updated up to the 46^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (2023)

Food Additive Details

Aspartame (951)

Synonym(s)

APM
Aspartyl phenylalanine methyl ester

Functional Classes

Flavour enhancer
Sweetener

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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 Note 478
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	6,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note XS252 Note 478 Note XS250 Note 201
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 478
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	2,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note XS319 Note 478
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 478
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
05.3	Chewing gum	10,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
05.1.4	Cocoa and chocolate products	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 37 Note 478
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 97 Note 478 Note XS141
05.1.2	Cocoa mixes (syrups)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 97 Note 478
05.1.3	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note XS86
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	600 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note 160
14.1.3.3	Concentrates for fruit nectar	600 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 191 Note 478
14.1.3.4	Concentrates for vegetable nectar	600 mg/kg	Note 127 Note 191 Note 478
04.1.2.12	Cooked fruit	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 144 Note 345 Note 478
01.4.4	Cream analogues	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note 68
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
05.4	Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 Note 478
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note 566
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	800 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 144 Note 348
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 144 Note XS294
07.2	Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes	1,700 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 165 Note 478
01.1.4	Flavoured fluid milk drinks	600 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note 405
13.6	Food supplements	5,500 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
04.1.2.1	Frozen fruit	2,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 358 Note 478
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 Note 478
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 478 Note XS160
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg	Note 191 Note XS37 Note 144 Note XS3 Note XS94 Note XS119 Note XS90 Note XS70
05.2.1	Hard candy	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note 148
05.1.5	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies, marmelades	1,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
01.5.2	Milk and cream powder analogues	2,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note XS251 Note 408
12.4	Mustards	350 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
05.2.3	Nougats and marzipans	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
11.4	Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 159 Note 478
09.2	Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg	Note XS95 Note 191 Note XS222 Note 144 Note XS244 Note XS312 Note XS92 Note XS190 Note 478 Note XS36 Note XS292 Note XS167 Note XS191 Note XS189 Note XS315 Note XS236 Note XS165 Note XS166 Note XS311
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	500 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 191 Note 166 Note 478
12.6	Sauces and like products	350 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
12.2.2	Seasonings and condiments	2,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg	Note 191 Note XS291 Note 144
05.2.2	Soft candy	3,000 mg/kg	Note 191 Note XS309R Note 478 Note 148
12.5	Soups and broths	1,200 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478 Note XS117
11.6	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	GMP
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	1,000 mg/kg	Note XS221 Note 478 Note XS262 Note XS275 Note XS273 Note 201
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 478
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 478
14.1.3.2	Vegetable nectar	600 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478
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 277 Note 478
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks	600 mg/kg	Note 191 Note 478

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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