✨ Food Additives Schedule




4488 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 170

SCHEDULE 1

INS Number Additive Name Max level Applications
175 Gold GMP
950 Acesulphame potassium 2000 mg/kg
951 Aspartame 1000 mg/kg
0 Clause 4 limits do not apply to the use of permitted sweeteners in chewing gum and bubble gum
955 Sucralose 2500 mg/kg
956 Alitame 300 mg/kg

fruit filling for confectionery containing not less than 200 g/kg of fruit
| 200 201 202 203 | Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates | 500 | mg/kg |

5.1 Chocolate and cocoa products

Additives in Schedules 3&4 must not be present in chocolate and cocoa products unless expressly permitted below

Colours permitted on the surface of chocolate only

| 476 | Polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acids | 5000 | mg/kg |
| 477 | Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids | 4000 | mg/kg |

5.2 Sugar confectionery*

| 200 201 202 203 | Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates | 1000 | mg/kg |

bubble gum and chewing gum

| 304 | Ascorbyl palmitate | GMP | |
| 310 | Propyl gallate | 200 | mg/kg |
| 320 | Butylated hydroxyanisole | 200 | mg/kg |
| 321 | Butylated hydroxytoluene | 200 | mg/kg |

low joule chewing gum

| 952 | Cyclamates | 2000 | mg/kg |
| 954 | Saccharin | 1500 | mg/kg |

5.3 not assigned

5.4 Icings and frostings*

| 200 201 202 203 | Sorbic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium sorbates | 1500 | mg/kg |
| 210 211 212 213 | Benzoic acid and sodium, potassium and calcium benzoates | 1000 | mg/kg |

6 CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

6.1 Cereals (whole and broken grains)

Additives in Schedules 2, 3 & 4 must not be present in cereals (whole and broken grains) unless expressly permitted below

| 471 | Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids | GMP | precooked rice only |

*Additives in Schedules 2, 3, and 4 are permitted



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2000, No 170





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πŸ₯ Schedule of Permitted Food Additives (continued from previous page)

πŸ₯ Health & Social Welfare
Food additives, Schedules, Maximum levels, Applications, Fruits, Vegetables, Confectionery