GSFA Online Food Category 02.1.2

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

Food Category Details

Vegetable oils and fats (02.1.2)

Description:
Edible fats and oils obtained from edible plant sources. Products may be from a single plant source or marketed and used as blended oils that are generally designated as edible, cooking, frying, table or salad oils.¹ Virgin oils are obtained by mechanical means (e.g., pressing or expelling), with application of heat only so as not to alter the natural composition of the oil. Virgin oils are suitable for consumption in the natural state. Cold pressed oils are obtained by mechanical means without application of heat.^2,3 Examples include: virgin olive oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, and vanaspati.

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

GSFA Provisions for Food Category 02.1.2

INS No.	Food Additive or Group	Max Level	Notes	Defined In
	ASCORBYL ESTERS	500 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 10 Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
160b(i)	Annatto extracts, bixin-based	10 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 8 Note 509 Note 508 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
320	Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)	200 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 15 Note 515 Note XS33 Note 511 Note 130	02.1.2
321	Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)	200 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 15 Note 515 Note XS33 Note 511 Note 130	02.1.2
	CAROTENES, BETA-	25 mg/kg	Note 341 Note XS325R Note 344 Note 509 Note 508 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
160a(ii)	beta-Carotenes, vegetable	25 mg/kg	Note 341 Note XS325R Note 344 Note 509 Note 508 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
330	Citric acid	GMP	Note XS325R Note 15 Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
472c	Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol	100 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 520 Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
100(i)	Curcumin	5 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 509 Note 508 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
472e	Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol	10,000 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note XS19 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
314	Guaiac resin	1,000 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note XS19 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
384	Isopropyl citrates	200 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 520 Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
322(i)	Lecithin	GMP	Note XS325R Note 519 Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
471	Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids	10,000 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 356 Note 541 Note XS33	02.1.2
	POLYSORBATES	5,000 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note XS19 Note XS210 Note XS33 Note 102	02.1.2
900a	Polydimethylsiloxane	10 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 524 Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
475	Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids	10,000 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 356 Note XS33 Note 542	02.1.2
310	Propyl gallate	200 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 15 Note 515 Note XS33 Note 511 Note 130	02.1.2
477	Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids	10,000 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note XS19 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
	SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS	750 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 356 Note XS33 Note 542	02.1.2
	STEAROYL LACTYLATES	300 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 356 Note XS33 Note 542	02.1.2
331(i)	Sodium dihydrogen citrate	GMP	Note XS325R Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
484	Stearyl citrate	GMP	Note XS325R Note XS19 Note XS210 Note XS33	02.1.2
	THIODIPROPIONATES	200 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 46 Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
	TOCOPHEROLS	300 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 357 Note 511	02.1.2
319	Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ)	200 mg/kg	Note XS325R Note 15 Note 515 Note XS33 Note 511 Note 130	02.1.2
333(iii)	Tricalcium citrate	GMP	Note XS325R Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
332(ii)	Tripotassium citrate	GMP	Note XS325R Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2
331(iii)	Trisodium citrate	GMP	Note XS325R Note XS33 Note 511	02.1.2

Items in uppercase (e.g. PHOSPHATES) refer to food additive groups.

Food Chemistry, H.-D. Belitz & W. Grosch, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1987, pp. 472-476.
General Standard for Edible Fats and Oils Not Covered by Individual Standards (CODEX STAN 019-1981).
Standard for Olive Oil and Olive Pomace Oils (CODEX STAN 033-1981); and Standard for Named Vegetable Oils (CODEX STAN 210-1999).

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