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 التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية  هيئة  
GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO)  
 
 
 
مشروع  تحديث لائحة نهائي  
 
 
 
 
 
GSO 05/FDS 2500  /2019 
 
Prepared by GSO Technical Sub -Committee  No. TC05/SC2  
 
 
 
 
 
 
المواد المضافة المسموحباستخدامها في المواد الغذائية 
Additives  Permitted for Use in Food Stuffs  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I.C.S: 67.220.20 
 
هذه الوثيقة مشروع تحديث لمواصفة قياسية خليجية 
تم توزيعها لإبداء الرأي والملحوظات بشأنها ، لذلك 
فإنها عرضة للتغيير والتبديل، ولا يجوز الرجوع إلي ها 
كمواصفة قياسية خليجية إلا بعد اعتمادها من الهيئة. This document is a draft GSO Standard 
circulated for comments. It is, therefore, 
subject to alteration and modification and 
may not be referred  to as a GSO Standard 
until approved by GSO. 
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 تقديم 
هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية هيئة إقليمية تضم في عضويتها أجهزة التقييس الوطنية 
في الدول الأعضاء، ومن مهام الهيئة إعداد المواصفات القياسية واللوائح الفنية الخليجية بواسطة لجان فنية 
متخصصة. 
 
قرر (المجلس الفني لـ/مجلس إدارة) هيئة التقييس لدول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية في اجتماعه رقم () 
الذي عقد بتاريخ / /  هـ ،الموافق  /  /  م اعتماد تحديث اللائحة الفنية الخليجية GSO 2500 المواد المضافة 
المسموح باستخدامها في المواد الغذائية باللغة العربية التي تم دراستها وا عدادها ضمن برنامج عمل اللجنة الفنية 
الخليجية رقم TC05 " "  اللجنة الفنية الخليجية لمواصفات قطاع المنتجات الغذائية والزراعية المدرجة في خطة 
المملكة العربية السعودية. على أن تلغي المواصفة القياسية/اللائحة الفنية الخليجية رقم  GSO 2500/2015  
وَتحل محلها. 
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
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1 المجال ونطاق التطبيق 
تختص هذه الموصفة القياسية الخليجية بالمواد المضافة المسموح باستخدامها في المواد الغذائية.  
 المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية الواردة في هذه المواصفة 
المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية الواردة في هذه المواصفة هي فقط المصنفة لاستخدامها في الغذاء والتي 
تتطابق مع اشتراطات هذه المواصفة وتشمل المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية التي تم تحديدها بالجرعة 
المقبولة يومي ADI) )وذلك على أساس مجموعة من المعايير وقد اعتبرت آمنة من قبل لجنة 
دستور الأغذية المتخصصة بالمواد المضافة إلى الأغذية (JECFA 1 )ونظام الترقيم الدولي (INS )
وان استخدام المضافات بشكل يطابق لما ورد في هذه المواصفة له ما يبرره فنيا  .   
 الأغذية التي يسمح باستخدام المواد المضافة اليها  
تحدد هذه المواصفة شروط استخدام المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية في جميع الأغذية، سواء كان لها 
مواصفة خاصة بها سابقا  أو لم يكن، إن استخدام المواد المضافة في الأغذية التي وضع مواصفات 
لها يخضع لشروط الاستخدام الموضوعة من قبل لجان المواصفات الغذائية في هيئة التقييس  
الخليجية.  
 الأغذية التي لا يُسمح باستخدام المواد المضافة اليها  
تشمل هذه المواصفة الأغذية التي لا يسمح باستخدام المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية لها أو التي يكون 
استخدام المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية فيها مقيدا .  
 الحدود القصوى المسموح باستخدامها من المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية  
الهدف الأساسي من وضع الحدود القصوى المسموح باستخدامها من المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية في  
الأغذية المتنوعة هي للتأكد من أن الكميات المتناولة من المضاف لا تزيد عن الجرعة المقبولة 
يوميا .  
1 JECFA : لجنة خبراء المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية  
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 2 المراجع التكميلية 
1.2   GSO 9" بطاقات المواد الغذائية المعبأة 
2.2  GSO 22 " طرقاختبار المواد الملونة المستخدمة في المواد الغذائية ".  
3.2  GSO 173 " طرق اختبار حمض البنزويك وبنزوات الصوديوم وبنزوات البوتاسيوم 
المستخدمة في حفظ المواد الغذائية ". 
4.2  GSO 176 " طرق اختبار أملاح حمض الكبريتوز المستخدمة في حفظ المواد
الغذائية ". 
5.2  GSO 795 " طرقاختبار مضادات الأكسدة المسموح باستخدامها في المنتجات  
الغذائية". 
6.2  GSO 840 "طرق تقدير المحليات المسموح باستعمالها في المنتجات الغذائية الجزء 
الأول". 
7.2  GSO/CAC 107 " بطاقة المواد المضافة للأغذية عندما تباع بمفردها 
8.2  GSO 2373 " أسماء الفئات ونظام الترقيم الدوليللمواد المضافة ".  
9.2  GSO 9 "بطاقات المواد الغذائية المعبأة 
10.2 GSO 995 "المحليات 
3 تعاريف 
1.3 الحد الأقصى لاستخدام المضاف الغذائي 
أعلى تركيز مسموح استخدامه من مضاف الأغذية ليؤدي الغرض المطلوب منه ويكون آمن ويعبر 
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 2.3 المواد المضافة للأغذية:  
 أي مادة لا تستهلك عادة كغذاء في حد ذاتها، ولا تستخدم عادة كمكون من مكونات الأغذية، سواء 
أكان لها قيمة غذائية أو لم يكن، والتي ينتج أو يتوقع أن ينتج عن إضافتها عمدا  للأغذية لأغر اض 
تقنية (من بينها الأغر اض العضوية ) أثناء التصنيع والتجهيز والإعداد  والمعالجة والتعبئة والتغليف 
والنقل أو المحافظة على هذه الأغذية (بصورة مباشرة أو غير مباشرة) أو في منتجاتها الفرعية 
عنصر من عناصر خصائص هذه الأغذية أو مؤثر ا  في هذه الخصائص.  
3.3 الجرعة المقبول تناولها يومياADI) : 
كمية المادة المضافة للأغذية المقدرة من قبل لجنة  الخبر اء المشتركة المعنية بالمواد المضافة إلى  
الأغذية JECFA)  والتي يمكن أن يتناولها الإنسان يوميا  طيلة فترة حياته دون حدوث أي خطورة
تذكر على صحته، وتقدر على أساس وزن الجسم.  
4.3 الحد الأقصى لاستخدام المضاف الغذائي 
 أعلى تركيز مسموح استخدامه من مضاف الأغذية ليؤدي الغرض المطلوب منه ويكون آمن وفقا 
لما حددته هيئة الدستور الغذائي، ويعبر عنها بالميلجر ام مضاف غذائي لكل كيلو جر  ام من المادة  
الغذائية.  
5.3 الجرعة المقبول تناولها يوميا وغير المحددة NS)) : 
وهي استخدام المادة المضافة بكميات مناسبة للحصول على الغرض المطلوب وهذه المادة تتميز بان  
سميتها قليلة جدا بناء على صفاتها الكيمائية والبيوكميائية وبالتالي لا تسبب ضرار على صحة 
المستهلك وذلك وفقا لمعايير JECFA . وبناء على ذلك فان هذه المادة تضاف حسب الممارسات
التصنيعية الجيدة  GMP الوارد تعريفها في البند 3.3 باختلاف الغرض الفني لهذهالمادة. 
6.3 ممارسات التصنيع الجيدGMP) يجب أن تستخدم جميع المواد المضافة إلى الأغذية 
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 - تحدد كمية المضاف المستخدم في الغذاء لأدنى حد ممكن وضروري  لإحداث 
الأثر المطلوب.  
- كمية المضاف الذي أصبح مكونا من الغذاء كنتيجة لاستخدامه في التصنيع 
أو التعبئة والذي لا يهدف لاستحداث أي آثار فيزيائية أو تقنية في الغذاء، 
فإنها تخفض إلى الحد الممكن.  
- يجب أن يكون المضاف ذو رتبة غذائية Food Grade) ومحضر ومتداول
كمكون غذائي. 
4 المتطلبات 
1.4 نظام تصنيف الغذاء: 
1.1.4  إننظام تصنيف الغذاء هو الوسيلة لتحد يد استخدامات المواد المضافة إلى 
الأغذية ضمن هذه المواصفات وينطبق على جميع أنواع الأغذية  بشكل عام 
كما ورد في المواصفة القياسية الخليجية البند )8.2( . 
2.1.4  يعتمد نظام تصنيف الغذاء على القواعد التالية 
1.2.1.4 إن نظام تصنيف الغذاء هو نظام هرمي متسلسل يعني عند السماح باستخدام
مضاف غذائي   في تصنيف غذائي عام فانه يسمح باستخدام هذا المضاف 
في جميع التصنيفات الفرعية الخاصة بهذا التصنيف الغذائي العام، ما لم 
يرد نص بخلاف ذلك .وعند السماح باستخدام المضاف الغذائي في تصنيف 
غذائي فرعي فانه يسمح باستخدام هذا المضاف في جميع التصنيفات الفرعية 
الخاصة بهذا التصنيف الفرعي أو أي مادة غذائية تم ذكرها في التصنيف 
الفرعي  .  
2.2.1.4 يعتمد نظام تصنيف الغذاء على وصف المادة الغذائية كما تم تسويقها، ما
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 3.2.1.4 يأخذ نظام تصنيف الغذاء بعين الاعتبار مبدأ انتقال المواد المضافة إلى
الأغذية، مما يعني أن نظام تصنيف الغذاء لا يحتاج لذكر المواد المركبة 
للغذاء ) مثل: الوجبات المحضرة كالبيت از، قد تحتوي على جميع المواد  
المضافة إلى الأغذية المسموح باستخدامها في مكوناتها( إلا إذا احتاجت 
هذه الأغذية المركبة لمضاف غذائي لا يسمح باستخدامه في أي من 
مكوناته .  
4.2.1.4 يُستخدم نظام تصنيف الغذاء لتبسيط ذكر استخدامات المواد المضافة إلى
الأغذية لغايات إعداد هذه المواصفة.    
2.4  مع عدم الإخلال بما جاء في المواصفة الخاصة باشت ر اطات استخدام المضافات الغذائية  
التي تعتمدها الهيئة الالتز ام بالمواد المضافة و الحدود المسوح بها في  الجدول (1) والجدول (2) . 
3.4 عند استخدام البوليولات في المنتجات الغذائية لأغ ر اض أخرى غير التحلية بنسبة لا تتج اوز 
10%، فإنه يلزم كتابة التحذير ات الخاصة بها الواردة في اللائحة الفنية المذكورة في البند  
10.2 . 
5   المضافات الغذائية المنقولة إلى الغذاء 
1.5 تطبق الاشتراطات الواردة أدناه على المضافات الغذائية المنقولة من المواد الخام والمكونات 
إلى الغذاء  
المضافات التي يمكن أن تتواجد في الغذاء نتيجة  إلى انتقالها من الم واد الخام أو  المكونات 
المستخدمة، بخلاف المواد المضافة إلى المنتج بشكل مباشر، بشرط:  
أ. أن تكون المضافات المسموح بإستخدامها في المواد الخام أو المكونات  
الأخرى (بما فيها المُضافات  الغذائية) طبقا  لهذه اللائحة.  
ب.  أن لا يتجاوز محتوى المُضافات في المواد الخام أو المكونات الأخرى 
(بما فيها المُضافات الغذائية ) الحد الأعلى المحدد في هذه اللائحة.  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 ج.  أن الغذاء المحتوي على المواد المضافة المنقولة والتي لا تحتوي على المضافات في حدودها 
القصوى الأعلى الظاهرة في استخدام المواد الخام أو المكونات تحت الظروف التكنولوجية 
المناسبة أو الممارسات التصنيعية. بما يتوافق مع أحكام هذه اللائحة.  
2.5 الاشتر اطات الخاصة التي تطبق عند  استخدام المضافات الغذائية التي لا يسمح باستخدامها 
بشكل مباشر في المكونات الغذائية والمواد الخام.  
3.5 المضافات قد تستخدم في أو تضاف إلى المواد الخام أو أي مكونات في حال أن المواد الخام  
أو المكونات تستخدم بشكل حصري في تحضير غذاء متطابق مع ما ورد في هذه اللائحة، 
بحيث لا تتجاوز الحدود القصوى التي تطبق على الغذاء.  
4.5 الغذاء المحتوي على مضافات غذائية منقولة غير المسموح بها.  
المواد المضافة الغذائية المنقولة من المواد الخام أو المكونات تعتبر غير مقبولة في 
الأغذية التي تندرج في التصنيفين الغذائي ة التالية، عدا المُضافات الغذائية المذكورة  
في الجدولين 1 و2 من هذه اللائحة:  
أ. بدائل حليب الأم للرضع، الأغذية الحليبية للمتابعة، وبدائل حليب 
الأم المصنعة ذات   الإستخدامات الطبية الخاصة للرضع.  
ب. الأغذية التكميلية للرضع وصغار الأطفال.  
 
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منتجات الألبان وشبيهاتها، باستثناء منتجات الصنف الغذائي 02.0 01.0 
الحليب السائل ومنتجات الحليب 01.1 
الحليب السائل (ساده 01.1.1 
الحليب السائل (ساده) أخرى 01.1.2 
اللبن السائل (ساده 01.1.3 
شراب الحليب المنكة 01.1.4 
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منتجات الألبان المخمرة )ساده (المعاملة بالحرارة بعد التخمير. 01.2.1.2 
الحليب المعامل بالمنفحة )ساده ( 01.2.2 
منتجات الحليب المركزة وشبيهاتها )ساده ( 01.3 
مبيضات المشروبات 01.3.2 
القشدة )ساده (ومثيلاتها 01.4 
القشدة المعاملة بالبسترة )ساده ( 01.4.1 
القشدة المعقمة والمعاملة بالحرارة فوق العاليةUHT (وقشدة الخفق والقشدة 
المخفوقة والقشدة مخفضة الدهن )ساده ( 01.4.2 
القشدة المخثرة )ساده ( 01.4.3 
شبيه القشدة 01.4.4 
الحليب المجفف )بودر ة (والقشدة المجففة )بودرة (وشبيهاتها )ساده ( 01.5 
مسحوق الحليب )بودر ة (ومسحوق القشدة بودرة (ساده ( 01.5.1 
شبيه مسحوق الحليب )بودر ة (وشبيه مسحوق القشدة )بودرة ( 01.5.2 
الجبن وشبيه الجبن 01.6 
الجبن غير الناضج 01.6.1 
الجبن المكرر 01.6.2 
الجبن المكرر ويشمل القشر 01.6.2.1 
قشر الجبن الناضج 01.6.2.2 
مسحوق الجبن )لإعادة التكوين مثل صلصة الجبن ( 01.6.2.3 
جبن مصل الحليب 01.6.3 
الجبن المصنّع 01.6.4 
الجبن المصنّع ) ساده ( 01.6.4.1 
الجبن المصنّع  المنكه ويشمل المحتوي على الفواكه والخضار واللحوم وغيرها 01.6.4.2 
شبيه الجبن 01.6.5 
جبن بروتين مصل الحليب 01.6.6 
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مصل الحليب ومنتجاته باستثناء أجبان مصل الحليب 01.8 
مصل الحليب السائل ومنتجاته باستثناء أجبان مصل الحليب 01.8.1 
مصل الحليب المجفف ومنتجاته باستثناء أجبان مصل الحليب 01.8.2 
الزيوت والدهون ومستحلبات الدهون 02.0 
الزيت والدهون غير الخالية اساسا من الماء 02.1 
زيت الزبدة ودهن الحليب اللامائي والسمن 02.1.1 
الزيوت والدهون النباتية 02.1.2 
زيت السمك والدهون الحيوانية الأخرى 02.1.3 
مستحلبات الدهون اساسا من نوع الماء في الزيت 02.2 
الزبدة 02.2.1 
الدهون القابلة للده ودهن الحليب ومخاليط الدهون 02.2.2 
مستحلبات الدهون أساسا من نوع الزيت في الماء، بما في ذلك المنتجات 
المختلطة و  /أو النكهة المكونة أساسا من مستحلبات الدهون 02.3 
الحلويات المكونة أساسا من الدهون باستثناء الحلويات المكونة أساسا من دهن 
الحليب الواردة في الصنف الغذائي 01.7 02.4 
المثلّجات  بما في ذلك الشربت  sherbet " والسوربيت  sorbet " 03.0 
الفواكه والخضروات )بما في ذلك المفطر والمشروم والجذور والدرنات والبقول 
والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والمكسرات والبذور 04.0 
الفواكه 04.1 
الفواكه الطازجة 04.1.1 
الفواكه الطازجة غير المعاملة 04.1.1.1 
الفاكهة الطازجة المعاملة سطحيا 04.1.1.2 
الفواكه المقشرة أو المقطعة 04.1.1.3 
الفواكه المعاملة 04.1.2 
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الفواكه المجففة 04.1.2.2 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 الفواكه في الخل أو الزيت أو المحلول الملحي 04.1.2.3 
الفواكه المعبأة أو المعلبة )المعاملة بالحرارة "المبسترة(" 04.1.2.4 
المربى والجيلي والمرملاد 04.1.2.5 
المنتجات القابلة للدهن المكونة اساسا من الفواكه )مثل الصلصة (باستثناء 
الصنف الغذائي  04.1.2.5   04.1.2.6 
الفواكه المحلاة 04.1.2.7 
الفواكه المحضرة والتي تشمل اللب وصلصة الفاكهة والفواكه المعدة للتغطية 
وحليب جوز الهند 04.1.2.8 
الحلويات المكونة أساسا من الفاكهة والتي تشمل الحلويات المكونة أساسا من 
الماء بنكهة الفاكهة 04.1.2.9 
منتجات الفواكه المخمرة 04.1.2.10 
حشوات الفواكه للمخبوزات 04.1.2.11 
الفواكه المطبوخة 04.1.2.12 
الخضروات )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات 
والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والمكسرات والبذور 04.2 
الخضروات الطازجة )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول 
والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والمكسرات والبذور  04.2.1 
الخضروات الطازجة غير المعاملة )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور 
والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات )بما في ذلك فول الصويا (والصبار (والأعشاب 
البحرية والمكسرات والبذور   04.2.1.1 
الخضراوات الطازجة المعاملة سطحيا )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور 
والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والمكسرات 
والبذور   04.2.1.2 
الخضروات الطازجة المقشرة أو المقطعة أو المبشورة )بما في ذلك الفطر 
والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب 
البحرية والمكسرات والبذور   04.2.1.3 
الخضار المصنعة )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول 04.2.2 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والمكسرات والبذور 
الخضروات المجمدة )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول 
والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والمكسرات والبذور  04.2.2.1 
الخضروات المجففة )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول 
والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والمكسرات والبذور 04.2.2.2 
الخضار )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات 
والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية في الخل أو الزيت أو محلول ملحي أو صلصة 
فول الصويا  04.2.2.3 
الخضراوات المعلبة أو المعبأة في زجاجات )المبستر (أو المعجون )بما في 
ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات والصبار ( 
والأعشاب البحرية  04.2.2.4 
الخضار )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات 
والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية والجوز والبذور النقية والفرش )على سبيل 
المثال زبدة الفول السوداني (   04.2.2.5 
الخضروات )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات 
والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية وبذور الجوز والبذور والمستحضرات )مثل 
الحلويات النباتية والصلصات والخضروات المحلاة (باستثناء الصنف الغذائي 
04.2.2.    04.2.2.6.5 
الخضروات المخمرة )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور والدرنات 
والبقول والبقوليات والصبار (ومنتجات الأعشاب البحرية، باستثناء منتجات 
فول الصويا المخمرة من الاصناف الغذائية  06.8.6 و  06.8.7 و  12.9.1 
و  12.9.2.1 و  12.9.2.3 04.2.2.7 
الخضروات المطبوخة أو المقلية )بما في ذلك الفطر والفطريات والجذور 
والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات والصبار (والأعشاب البحرية 04.2.2.8 
الحلويات 05.0 
منتجات الكاكاو ومنتجات الشوكولاتة بما في ذلك شبيه وبدائل الشوكولاتة 05.1 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 خلطات الكاكاو )مساحيق (وكتلة الكاكاو  /الكيك 05.1.1 
خليط الكاكاو )شراب ( 05.1.2 
المنتجات القابلة للدهن المحتوية اساسا على الكاكاو وتشمل الحشوات 05.1.3 
منتجات الكاكاو والشوكولاتة 05.1.4 
شبيه الشوكولاتة وبدائل الشوكولاتة ومنتجاتها 05.1.5 
الحلويات بما في ذلك الحلوى الصلدة والطرية، النوغات، وغيرها باستثناء 
الأصناف الغذائية  05.1 و05.3 و05.4    05.2 
الحلوى الصلدة 05.2.1 
الحلوى الطرية 05.2.2 
النوجة والمارزيبان 05.2.3 
العلك 05.3 
حلوى الزينة )مثل المستخدمة في المخبوزات (والمستخدمة  للتغطية )غير 
الفواكه (والصلصات  الحلوة 05.4 
الحبوب ومنتجات الحبوب المستمدة من الحبوب والقمح والجذور والدرنات 
والبقول والبقوليات ولب أو القلب اللين للثمرة في النخيل، باستثناء المخبوزات 
في الصنف الغذائي 07.0   06.0 
الحبوب الكاملة او المكسورة أو المقشرة وتشمل الأرز 06.1 
الدقيق والنشاء )يشمل مسحوق فول الصويا ( 06.2 
الدقيق 06.2.1 
النشاء 06.2.2 
حبوب الإفطار والتي تشمل الشوفان 06.3 
المعكرونة والشعيرية والمنتجات المماثلة )مثل ورق الأرز و شعيرية الأرز 
ومعكرونة وشعيرية فول الصويا (  06.4 
المعكرونة والشعيرية الطازجة والمنتجات المماثلة 06.4.1 
المعكرونة والشعيرية المجففة والمنتجات المماثلة 06.4.2 
المعكرونة والشعيرية المطبوخة والمنتجات المماثلة 06.4.3 
المنتجات المحضرة أساسا من الحبوب والنشاء )مثل بودينغ الأرز وبودينغ 06.5 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 التابيوكا ( 
العجائن )مثل المستخدمة لتغطية الاسماك او الدواجن ( 06.6 
منتجات الأرز المطهية أو المصنعة مسبقا، بما في ذلك كعك الأرز )النوع 
الشرقي فقط ( 06.7 
منتجات فول الصويا )باستثناء التوابل المعدة أساسا من فول الصويا والتوابل 
في الصنف الغذائي  (12.9 06.8 
المشروبات المعدة أساسا من فول الصويا 06.8.1 
فيلم الشروبات المكون أساسا من فول الصويا 06.8.2 
خثرة فول الصويا )التوفو ( 06.8.3 
خثرة فول الصويا شبة المجففة 06.8.4 
صلصة خثرة فول الصويا السميكة شبه المجففة المطبوخة 06.8.4.1 
خثرة فول الصويا شبه المجففة المقلية 06.8.4.2 
معجون خثرة فول الصويا شبه المجفف، باستثناء الأصناف الغذائية 
06.8.4.1  و  06.8.4.   06.8.4.3 
خثرة فول الصويا المجفف )كوري توفو ( 06.8.5 
فول الصويا المخمر )مثل ناتو، تيمبي( 06.8.6 
خثرة فول الصويا المخمرة 06.8.7 
منتجات بروتين فول الصويا الأخرى 06.8.8 
لمخبوزات 07.0 
الخبز والمخبوزات الاساسية والمخاليط 07.1 
الخبز واللفائف 07.1.1 
خبز الخميرة والخبز الخاص 07.1.1.1 
خبز الصودا 07.1.1.2 
المقرمشات باستثناء المقرمشات الحلوة 07.1.2 
منتجات المخابز العادية الأخرى )مثل الخبز، البيتا، الفطائر الإنجليزية ( 07.1.3 
منتجات الخبز، بما في ذلك حشوات الخبز وفتات الخبز 07.1.4 
الخبز المبخّر ) على البخار (وكعك الخبز 07.1.5 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 خليط من الخبز والمخابز العادية 07.1.6 
المخبوزات )المحلاة والمالحة (والمخاليط 07.2 
الكيك والكوكيز والفطائر )مثل المحشوة بالفاكهة او انوع الكاسترد ( 07.2.1 
منتجات الخبيز الأخرى )مثل الدونات واللفائف الحلوة والكعكات ( 07.2.2 
مخاليط المخبوزات )مثل الكيك والبانكيك ( 07.2.3 
اللحوم ومنتجاتها وتشمل الدواجن والطيور 08.0 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور الطازجة 08.1 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور الطازجة الكاملة والمجزأة )المقطعة ( 08.1.1 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور الطازجة المفرومة 08.1.2 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المصنعة الكاملة والمجزأة )المقطعة ( 08.2 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المصنعة غير المعاملة بالحرارة الكاملة والمجزأة )
المقطعة) 08.2.1 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المدخنة )تشمل المملحة (المصنعة غير المعاملة 
بالحرارة الكاملة والمجزأة )المقطعة (   08.2.1.1 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المدخنة )تشمل المملحة (والمجففة المصنعة غير 
المعاملة بالحرارة الكاملة والمجزأة )المقطعة (   08.2.1.2 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المخمرة المصنعة غير المعاملة بالحرارة الكاملة 
والمجزأة )المقطعة (   08.2.1.3 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المصنعة المعاملة بالحرارة الكاملة والمجزأة )المقطعة ( 08.2.2 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المصنعة المجمدة الكاملة والمجزأة )المقطعة ( 08.2.3 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المفرومة المصنعة 08.3 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المفرومة المصنعة غير المعاملة بالحرارة 08.3.1 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المفرومة المصنعة والمدخنة )تشمل المملحة (غير 
المعاملة بالحرارة   08.3.1.1 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المفرومة المصنعة والمدخنة )تشمل المملحة ( 
والمجففة غير المعاملة بالحرارة  08.3.1.2 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المفرومة المصنعة والمخمرة غير المعاملة 08.3.1.3 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 بالحرارة   
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المفرومة المصنعة المعاملة بالحرارة 08.3.2 
اللحوم والدواجن والطيور المفرومة المصنعة المجمدة ومنتجاتها 08.3.3 
الاغطية )الغلاف (القابل للأكل )مثل غلاف السجق ( 08.4 
الأسماك والمنتجات السمكية، بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد 09.0 
الأسماك والمنتجات السمكية، بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد 
الطازجة 09.1 
الاسماك الطازجة 09.1.1 
الرخويات والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد الطازجة 09.1.2 
الأسماك والمنتجات السمكية، بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد 
المصنعة 09.2 
الأسماك وشرائح السمك والمنتجات السمكية، بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات 
وشوكيات الجلد المجمدة  09.2.1 
قوالب الأسماك وشرائح السمك والمنتجات السمكية، بما في ذلك الرخويات 
والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد المجمدة  09.2.2 
منتجات الأسماك المفرومة والمدهونة، بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات 
وشوكيات الجلد المجمدة  09.2.3 
الاسماك ومنتجات الاسماك المطبوخة و/أو المقلية، بما في ذلك الرخويات 
والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد  09.2.4 
الأسماك ومنتجاتها المطبوخة 09.2.4.1 
الرخويات والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد المطبوخة 09.2.4.2 
الاسماك ومنتجات الاسماك المقلية، بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات 
وشوكيات الجلد  09.2.4.3 
الاسماك ومنتجات الاسماك المدخنة والمجففة والمخمرة و/أو المملحة، بما في 
ذلك الرخويات والقشريات وشوكيات الجلد  09.2.5 
الأسماك ومنتجات الأسماك نصف المحفوظة بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات 
وشوكيات الجلد 09.3 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 الأسماك ومنتجات الأسماك شبه المحفوظة بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات 
وشوكيات الجلد المنقوع أو في هلام  09.3.1 
الأسماك ومنتجات الأسماك شبه المحفوظة بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات 
وشوكيات الجلد المخللة و/أو في محلول ملحي  09.3.2 
بدائل السلمون والكافيار ومنتجات الأسماك الأخرى 09.3.3 
الأسماك ومنتجات الأسماك شبه المحفوظة بما في ذلك الرخويات والقشريات 
وشوكيات الجلد مثل معجون السمك (باستثناء الاصناف الغذائية  09.3.1 –  
09.3.3   09.3.4 
الأسماك ومنتجات الأسماك المحفوظة بالكامل المعلبة والمخمرة، بما في ذلك 
الرخويات والقشريات و شوكيات الجلد  09.4 
البيض ومنتجاته 10.0 
البيض الطازج 10.1 
منتجات البيض 10.2 
منتجات البيض الطازج 10.2.1 
منتجات البيض المجمدة 10.2.2 
منتجات البيض المخثرة بالحرارة و/أو المجففة 10.2.3 
البيض المحفوظ، بما في ذلك القلوية والمملحة، والبيض المعلب 10.3 
الحلوى المكونة أساسا من البيض )مثل الكاسترد “المهلبية”(“المحليات، بما في 
ذلك العسل 10.4 
السكريات المكررة والخام 11.1 
السكر الأبيض والدكستروز اللامائي والدكستروز أحادي التميؤ والفركتوز 11.1.1 
مسحوق السكر ومسحوق الدكستروز 11.1.2 
السكر الأبيض الناعم، السكر البني الناعم، شراب الجلوكوز، شراب الجلوكوز 
المجفف، سكر القصب الخام  11.1.3 
شراب الجلوكوز المجفف المستخدم في صناعة الحلويات السكرية 11.1.3.1 
شراب الجلوكوز المستخدم في صناعة الحلويات السكرية 11.1.3.2 
اللاكتوز 11.1.4 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 مزرعة أو مطحنة السكر الأبيض  11.1.5 
السكر البني باستثناء منتجات الصنف الغذائي  11.1.3 11.2 
محلول وشراب السكر، أيضا السكر المقلوب )جزئيا (، بما في ذلك الشعير 
والدبس، باستثناء منتجات الصنف الغذائي  1.1.1. 3   11.3 
الشراب والسكريات الأخرى مثل) الزيلوز ) (xylose والشراب القيقب  maple 
(syrup)  وسكر التغطية sugar toppings)   11.4 
العسل 11.5 
محليات المائدة، بما في ذلك تلك التي تحتوي على المحليات عالية الكثافة. 11.6 
لأملاح والتوابل والحساء والصلصات والسلطات ومنتجات البروتين 12.0 
الملح وبدائل الملح 12.1 
الملح 12.1.1 
بدائل المحل 12.1.2 
الأعشاب والتوابل والبهارات والمشهيات )مثل توابل الشعيرية سريعة التحضير ( 12.2 
الأعشاب والبهار ات 12.2.1 
التوابل والمشهيات 12.2.2 
الخل 12.3 
الخردل 12.4 
الشوربات والمرق 12.5 
الشوربات والمرق الجاهزة للأكل، بما في ذلك المعلبة والمعبأة والمجمدة. 12.5.1 
مخاليط الشوربات والمرق 12.5.2 
الصلصات ومنتجتها 12.6 
الصلصات المستحلبة وصلصات التغميسdips مثل المايونيز وصلصة 
السلطة وصلصة التغميس بالبصل (  12.6.1 
الصلصات غير المستحلبة )مثل الكاتشب وصلصة الجبن وصلصة الكريمة 
والمرق البني  
“صلصة اللحم”(  12.6.2 
مخاليط الصلصات وصلصة اللحم 12.6.3 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 الصلصة الصافية )مثل صلصة السمك 12.6.4 
السلطات )مثل سلطة المكرونة وسلطة البطاطا (ومدهون الساندويتش باستثناء 
مدهون الكاكاو والجوز في الأصناف الغذائية  04.2.2.5 و  05.1.3  12.7 
الخميرة والمنتجات المماثلة 12.8 
التوابل والمشهيات المصنعة من فول الصويا 12.9 
معجون فول الصويا المخمر )مثل ميسو( 12.9.1 
صلصة فول الصويا 12.9.2 
صلصة فول الصويا المخمرة 12.9.2.1 
صلصة فول الصويا غير المخمرة 12.9.2.2 
صلصات فول الصويا الأخرى 12.9.2.3 
منتجات البروتين الأخرى من فول الصويا 12.10 
المواد الغذائية المعدة للاستخدامات التغذوية الخاصة 13.0 
أغذية الرضع وأغذية المتابعة والأغذية ذات الاستخدامات الطبية الخاصة 
للرضع 13.1 
أغذية الرضع 13.1.1 
أغذية المتابعة 13.1.2 
أغذية تكميلية للرضع وصغار الأطفال 13.2 
أغذية الحمية ذات الاستخدامات الطبية الخاصة )باستثناء الصنف الغذائي 
(13.1 13.3 
أغذية التخسيس وخفض الوزن 13.4 
أغذية الحمية )مثل الأغذية التكميلية للحمية (باستثناء الأصناف الغذائية 
 13.1 – 13.4 و 13.6 13.5 
المكملات الغذائية 13.6 
المشروبات، باستثناء منتجات الألبان 14.0 
المشروبات غير الكحولية)”الغازية”( 14.1 
المياه 14.1.1 
المياه المعدنية الطبيعية ومياه المصادر 14.1.1.1 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 مياه المائدة ومياه الصودا 14.1.1.2 
عصير الفواكه والخضروات 14.1.2 
عصير الفواكه 14.1.2.1 
عصير الخضروات 14.1.2.2 
مركزات عصير الفاكهة 14.1.2.3 
مركزات عصير الخضروات 14.1.2.4 
نكتار الفواكه والخضروات 14.1.3 
نكتار الفواكه 14.1.3.1 
نكتار الخضروات 14.2.3.2 
مركز نكتار الفواكه 14.2.3.3 
مركزات نكتار الخضروات 14.2.3.4 
المشروبات المنكهة المكونة أساسا من الماء، بما في ذلك المشروبات الرياضة، 
ومشروبات الطاقة أو المشروبات “الكترولايت “ والمشروبات الغازية  14.1.4 
المشروبات الغازية المنكهة المكونة أساسا من الماء 14.1.4.1 
المشروبات غير الغازية المنكهة المكومة أساسا من الماء، بما في ذلك شراب 
البنش  “ punches “ والآديس  “ ades   14.1.4.2 
المركزات )سائلة أو صلبه (للمشروبات المنكهة المكونة أساسا من الماء 14.1.4.3 
القهوة وبدائل القهوة والشاي وشاي الأعشاب ومشروبات الحبوب الساخنة 
الأخرى باستثناء الكاكاو  14.1.5 
الوجبات المالحة الجاهزة للأكل 15.0 
الوجبات الخفيفة المكونة أساسا من الحبوب أو الدقيق أو البطاطس أو النشا )
من الجذور والدرنات والبقول والبقوليات (   15.1 
المكسرات المصنعة، بما في ذلك المكسرات المغلفة ومخاليط المكسرات )مع 
الفواكه المجففة على سبيل المثال (   15.2 
الوجبات الخفيفة المكونة أساسا من السمك 15.3 
الأغذية المعدّة 16.0 
 
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(1)  المواد المضافة المسموح باستخدامها في أصناف أغذية معينة أو سلع غذائية مفردة تحت 
ظروف محددة. 
 
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  
 
INS 950  Acesulfame potassium  Functional Class:  Flavour  enhancer,  
Sweetener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  2000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
01.4.4  Cream analogues  1000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  1000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
Flavoured yoghurt)  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  1000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
02.4 Fat-based  desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  800 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.1  Frozen fruit  500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  200 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  350 mg/kg  161, 188  
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  1000 
mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category  04.1.2.5  1000 
mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
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  200 mg/kg  144 & 188  
04.2.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch 
vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 350 mg/kg  161 & 188  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and tubers, pulses and legumes,  and aloe vera), 
and seaweeds  
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)  1000 mg/kg  188 
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  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
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  1000 mg/kg  188 
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  350 mg/kg  97, 188  
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  350 mg/kg  97, 161 & 
188 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  1000 mg/kg  161, 188  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
05.2.1  Hard candy  500 mg/kg  156, 161 
& 188  
05.2.2  Soft candy  1000 mg/kg  157, 161, 
188 
05.2.3  Nougats and marzipans  1000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
05.3 Chewing gum  5000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  1200 mg/kg  161 & 188  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  1000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  1000 mg/kg  165 & 188  
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg  144, 188  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg  144, 
188 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg  144, 
188 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  350 mg/kg  161& 
188 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  1000 mg/kg  159 & 
188 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those GMP  188 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
containing high - intensity sweeteners  
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  2000 mg/kg  161& 
188 
12.3 Vinegars  2000 mg/kg  161& 
188 
12.4 Mustards  350 mg/kg  188 
12.5 Soups and broths  110 mg/kg  161& 
188 
12.6 Sauces and like products  1000 mg/kg  188 
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  161& 
188 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category  13.1)  500 mg/kg  188 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  450 mg/kg  188 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  450 mg/kg  188 
13.6 Food supplements  2000 mg/kg  188 
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  350 mg/kg  188 
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  350 mg/kg  161& 
188 
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  350 mg/kg  127 & 
188 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  350 mg/kg  127, 
161& 
188 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  600 mg/kg  161& 
188 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  600 mg/kg  160, 
161 & 
188 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  350 mg/kg  188 
 
 
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  
 
INS 260  Acetic acid, glacial  Functional Class:  Acidity regulator, 
Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  GMP   
04.2.1.1  Untreated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes 
[(including soybeans)], and aloe vera), seaweeds, GMP  262 & 263  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and nuts and seeds  
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  262 & 
263 
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 prod ucts of food categories 
06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans,  
and echinoderms  GMP  437 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  238 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  
 
INS 472a  Acetic and fatty acid esters of 
glycerol  Functional Class:  Emulsifier, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  407 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 &326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  239 & 268  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  
 
INS 1422  Acetylated distarch adipate  Functional Class:  Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
285 & 292  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  50000  
mg/kg  269 & 270  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
excluding cocoa  
 
 
 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  
 
INS 1414  Acetylated distarch 
phosphate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products,  including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  63 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  300 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  5000 
mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 
292 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  5000 
mg/kg  72, 150, 
285 & 
292 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  5000 
mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  50000 
mg/kg  269 & 270  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
ACETYLATED OXIDIZED STARCH  
 
INS 1451  Acetylated oxidized starch  
 Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and  young  
children  50000  
mg/kg  239 & 269  
 
 
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  
 
INS 1401  Acid -treated starch  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams 
(plain)  GMP  236 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
ADIPATES  
 
INS 355  Adipic acid  Functional Class: Acidity regulator  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  1500 mg/kg  1 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 AGAR  
 
INS 406  Agar  Functional Class: Bulking 
agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP   
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP   
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen  battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP   
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 ALGINIC ACID  
 
INS 400  Alginic acid  Functional Class: Bulking agent, Carrier, 
Emulsifier, Foaming agent, Gelling agent, 
Glazing agent, Humectant, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
04.2.2.7  F                       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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  325 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300,332  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP   
 
 
ALITAME   
INS 956  Alitame  Functional Class: Sweetener  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  100 mg/kg  161 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  100 mg/kg  161 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  100 mg/kg  161 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  300 mg/kg  161 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  300 mg/kg  161 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  300 mg/kg  161 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  300 mg/kg  161 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  300 mg/kg  161 
05.3 Chewing gum  300 mg/kg  161 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  300 mg/kg  161 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  200 mg/kg  159 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those  
containing high - intensity sweeteners  GMP   
12.5 Soups and broths  40 mg/kg  161 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  40 mg/kg  161 
 
 
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH  
 
INS 1402  Alkaline treated starch  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish  fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 ALLURA RED AC  
 
INS 129  Allura red AC  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  300 mg/kg  51 & 161  
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  100 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  100 mg/kg  161 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  100 mg/kg  3 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  300 mg/kg  161 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  300 mg/kg  161 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  300 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  300 mg/kg  161 & 182  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  300 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  300 mg/kg  161 
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  161 
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  200 mg/kg  161 
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  92 & 161  
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  300 mg/kg   
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  300 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  300 mg/kg  161 
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  300 mg/kg  161 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  300 mg/kg  161 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  25 mg/kg  161 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  300 mg/kg  16 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  95 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  300 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  250 mg/kg   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  382 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  300 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. 
fish paste), excluding products of food categories 
09.3.1 – 09.3.3  300 mg/kg   
10.1 Fresh eggs  100 mg/kg  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  300 mg/kg  161 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  300 mg/kg  161 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  300 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  300 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  300 mg/kg  161 & 337  
12.6 Sauces and like products  300 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic  foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  50 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  50 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
14.2.2  Cider and perry  200 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  200 mg/kg  161 
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  100 mg/kg   
 
 
ALPHA AMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.  
 
INS 
1100(i)  alpha -Amylase from 
Aspergillus oryzae var.  Functional Class: Flour treatment 
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.2 Flours and starches (including soybean powder)  GMP   
 
 
ALPHA -AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
INS 
1100(iii)  alpha -Amylase from Bacillus 
subtilis  Functional Class: Flour treatment 
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.2 Flours and starches (including soybean powder)  GMP   
 
 
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  
 
INS 523  Aluminium ammonium 
sulfate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Colour retention agent, Firming agent, 
Raising agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  520 mg/kg  6, 245 & 
296 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  300 mg/kg  6 & 247  
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  100 mg/kg  6 & 246  
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  100 mg/kg  6, 244 & 
246 
07.1.5  Steamed breads and  buns  40 mg/kg  6, 244 & 
248 
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary  bakery  wares  40 mg/kg  6, 244 & 
249 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans,  and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  6 & 
250 
 
 
AMARANTH  
 
INS 123  Amaranth  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  50 mg/kg  52 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  30 mg/kg  435 
 
 
AMMONIUM ALGINATE  
 
INS 403  Ammonium alginate  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Foaming agent, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
 
 
AMMONIUM CARBONATE  
 
INS 503(i)  Ammonium carbonate  
 Functional Class: Acidity regulator,  
Raising agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and  echinoderms  GMP  41 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and  young  
children  GMP  239 & 248  
 
 
AMMONIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  
 
INS 503(ii)  Ammonium hydrogen 
carbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Raising agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 & 248  
 
 
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE  
 
INS 527  Ammonium hydroxide  Functional Class: Acidity regulator  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
 
 
AMMONIUM SALTS OF PHOSPHATIDIC ACID  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
INS 442  Ammonium salts of 
phosphatidic acid  Functional Class: Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg  231 
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and  cocoa  mass/cake  10000 mg/kg  97 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  10000 mg/kg  101 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  10000 mg/kg   
 
 
ANNATTO EXTRACTS, BIXIN -BASED  
 
INS 160b(i)  Annatto extracts, bixin -
based  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  20 mg/kg  8 & 52  
02.2.1  Butter  20 mg/kg  8 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  10 mg/kg  8 & 382  
 
 
ANNATTO EXTRACTS, NORBIXIN -BASED   
 
INS 160b(ii)  Annatto extracts, norbixin -
based  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  10 mg/kg  52 & 185  
 
 
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 
 
INS 300  Ascorbic acid, L - Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Antioxidant, Flour treatment agent, 
Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  410 
04.2.1.1  Untreated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes 
[(including soybeans)], and aloe vera), seaweeds, 
and nuts and seeds  500 mg/kg  262 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots an d tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  110 
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  
06.2.1  Flours  300 mg/kg   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  200 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game,  comminuted  GMP  281 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 GMP  307 & 
392 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 GMP  306 & 
307 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  
 GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  50 mg/kg  72 , 
242 & 
315 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  500 mg/kg  242 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  GMP   
14.1.2.2  Vegetable juice  GMP   
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  GMP  127 
14.1.2.4  Concentrates for vegetable juice  GMP   
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  GMP   
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  GMP   
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  GMP  127 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
INS 304  
INS 305  Ascorbyl palmitate  
Ascorbyl stearate  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  80 mg/kg  10 
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  500 mg/kg  10 
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  80 mg/kg  10 
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  500 mg/kg  10 & 
112 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  500 mg/kg  2 & 10  
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  500 mg/kg  10 & 171  
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  500 mg/kg  10 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  500 mg/kg  10 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  500 mg/kg  10 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  500 mg/kg  10 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  80 mg/kg  10 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  200 mg/kg  10 & 15  
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  80 mg/kg  10 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  500 mg/kg  2 & 10  
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  80 mg/kg  10 
05.0 Confectionery  500 mg/kg  10, 15 & 
375 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg  10 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  500 mg/kg  10 & 211  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  500 mg/kg  2 & 10  
07.0 Bakery wares  1000 mg/kg  10 & 15  
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  5000 mg/kg  10 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  10 & 392  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  10 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  500 mg/kg  2 & 10  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  200 mg/kg  10 
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  500 mg/kg  10 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.4 Mustards  500 mg/kg  10 
12.5 Soups and broths  200 mg/kg  10 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  500 mg/kg  10 & 15  
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  500 mg/kg  10 
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  200 mg/kg  10 
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  200 mg/kg  10 
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  200 mg/kg  10 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  10 mg/kg  15 , 72 & 
187 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  50 mg/kg  15 , 72 , 
187 & 315  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  10 mg/kg  15 , 15 & 
72 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  200 mg/kg  15 & 187  
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and 
weight reduction  500 mg/kg  10 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food categories 
13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  500 mg/kg  10 
13.6 Food supplements  500 mg/kg  10 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks   10 & 15  
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  200 mg/kg  10 
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  200 mg/kg  10 
 
 
ASPARTAME  
 
INS 951  Aspartame  Functional Class:  Flavour enhancer, 
Sweetener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  600 mg/kg  161, 191 & 
405 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  6000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
01.4.4  Cream analogues  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  1000 
mg/kg  161 & 191  
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  1000 161 & 191  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
mg/kg  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  1000 
mg/kg  161 & 191 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  1000 
mg/kg  161 & 191  
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.1  Frozen fruit  2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  300 mg/kg  144 & 191  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 1000 mg/kg  161 & 
191 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  1000 
mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
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  144 & 191  
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  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
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)  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
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 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.2.2.5  
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  2500 mg/kg  161 &  191 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  3000 mg/kg  97 & 191  
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  3000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  3000 mg/kg  37, 161 & 
191 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  3000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
05.2.1  Hard candy  3000 mg/kg  161 & 148  
05.2.2  Soft candy  3000 mg/kg  148 & 
161 
05.2.3  Nougats and marzipans  3000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
05.3 Chewing gum  10000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  4000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  1700 mg/kg  165 & 191  
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  144 & 191  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  144 & 
191 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  144 & 191  
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  3000 mg/kg  159 & 191  
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  GMP  191 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
12.3 Vinegars  3000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
12.4 Mustards  350 mg/kg  191 
12.5 Soups and broths  1200 mg/kg  161 & 
188 
12.6 Sauces and like products  350 mg/kg  191 
12.7 Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and 350 mg/kg  161 & 166  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
sandwich spreads excluding cocoa - and nut -
based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 
05.1.3  
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  1000 mg/kg  191 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  800 mg/kg  191 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  1000 mg/kg  191 
13.6 Food supplements  5500 mg/kg  191 
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  600 mg/kg  191 
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  600 mg/kg  161 & 191  
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  600 mg/kg  127 & 191  
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  600 mg/kg  127 & 161  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  600 mg/kg  161 & 191 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  600 mg/kg  160 & 161  
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  500 mg/kg   
 
 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  
 
INS 962  Aspartame -acesulfame salt  Functional  Class: Sweetener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  350 mg/kg  113 & 161  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  350 mg/kg  113 & 161  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  350 mg/kg  113 & 161  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  350 mg/kg  113 & 161  
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  1000 mg/kg  119 & 161  
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and  coconut milk  350 mg/kg  113 & 161  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  350 mg/kg  113 & 161  
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  200 mg/kg  113 & 161  
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 350 mg/kg  113 & 161  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
sauces, candied vegetables) other than food 
category 04.2.2.5  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  500 mg/kg  113 & 161  
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  1000 mg/kg  77 & 113  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish  and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  113 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg  113 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  GMP   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special 
medical purposes (excluding products of 
food category 13.1)  500 mg/kg  113 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  450 mg/kg  113 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  450 mg/kg  113 
13.6 Food supplements  2000 mg/kg  113 
 
 
AZODICARBONAMIDE  
 
INS 927a  Azodicarbonamide  Functional Class: Flour treatment  
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.2.1  Flours  45 mg/kg   
 
 
AZORUBINE (CARMOISINE)  
 
INS 122  Azorubine (Carmoisine)  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid  milk drinks  150 mg/kg  52 
12.5 Soups and  broths  50 mg/kg  99 
 
 
BEESWAX  
 
INS 901  Beeswax  Functional Class: Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Glazing agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  GMP  79 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  GMP  3 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  GMP  3 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  GMP  3 
05.3 Chewing gum  GMP   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  GMP   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  GMP  3 
13.6 Food supplements  GMP  3 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg  131 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions,  
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  108 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  GMP  3 
 
 
BENZOATES   
 
INS 201  
 
INS 211  
 
INS 212  
 
INS 213  Benzoic acid  
Sodium benzoate  
Potassium benzoate  
Calcium benzoate  
 Functional Class: Preservative  
 
Functional Class: Preservative  
 
Functional Class: Preservative  
 
Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  300 mg/kg  13 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  1000 mg/kg  13 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  1000 mg/kg  13 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  800 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  1000 mg/kg  13 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  1000 mg/kg  13 
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  2000 mg/kg  13 
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)  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.2.2.6  Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 
and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
seaweed, and nut and see d pulps and 
preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, 
candied vegetables) other than food category 
04.2.2.5  3000 mg/kg  13 
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  1000 mg/kg  13 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  1000 mg/kg  13 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  1500 mg/kg  13 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  1500 mg/kg  13 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  1500 mg/kg  13 
05.3 Chewing gum  1500 mg/kg  13 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  1500 mg/kg  13 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  1000 mg/kg  13 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  1000 mg/kg  13 
07.0 Bakery wares  1000 mg/kg  13 
08.2.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed meat, poultry, and game 1000 mg/kg  3 & 13  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
products in whole pieces or cuts  
08.3.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  1000 mg/kg  3 & 13  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  2000 mg/kg  13 & 82  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  13, 121 & 
333 
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  2000 mg/kg  13 & 120  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  5000 mg/kg  13 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  1000 mg/kg  13 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  1000 mg/kg  13 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  2000 mg/kg  13 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  1000 mg/kg  13 
12.3 Vinegars  1000 mg/kg  13 
12.4 Mustards  1000 mg/kg  13 
12.5 Soups and broths  500 mg/kg  13, 338 & 
339 
12.6 Sauces and like products  1000 mg/kg  13 
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  1500 mg/kg  13 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  1500 mg/kg  13 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  1500 mg/kg  13 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  2000 mg/kg  13 
13.6 Food supplements  2000 mg/kg  13 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  1000 mg/kg  13, 91 & 
122 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  1000 mg/kg  13, 91, 
122 & 127  
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  1000 mg/kg  13, 91 & 
122 
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  1000 mg/kg  13, 91, 
122 & 127  
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  600 mg/kg  13 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  250 mg/kg  13 & 301  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  1000 mg/kg  13 
14.2.2  Cider and perry  1000 mg/kg  13 
14.2.5  Mead  1000 mg/kg  13 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  1000 mg/kg  13 
 
 
BENZOYL PEROXIDE  
 
INS 928  Benzoyl peroxide  Functional Class: Bleaching agent, 
Flour treatment agent, Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.8.1  Liquid whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  100 mg/kg  74 
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  100 mg/kg  147 
06.2.1  Flours  75 mg/kg   
 
 
BLEACHED STARCH  
 
INS 1403  Bleached starch  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  236 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
BRILLIANT BLACK (BLACK PN)  
 
INS 151  Brilliant black (Black PN)  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory   MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  150 mg/kg  52 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory   MaxLevel  Note  
 
 
 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  
INS 133  Brilliant blue FCF  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  150 mg/kg  52 
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  100 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  100 mg/kg  3 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  150 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  100 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  150 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  200 mg/kg  161 & 
267 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  100 mg/kg  161 & 
182 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  250 mg/kg   
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  500 mg/kg  161 
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  200 mg/kg  161 
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 
categ ory 04.2.2.5  100 mg/kg  92 & 
161 
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  100 mg/kg  92 & 
161 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  100 mg/kg  161 & GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 183 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  100 mg/kg   
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  100 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including  hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  300 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  300 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  500 mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg   
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  150 mg/kg   
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  100 mg/kg  161 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  200 mg/kg  161 
08.0 Meat and meat products, including poultry and 
game  100 mg/kg  4 & 16  
09.1.1  Fresh fish  300 mg/kg  4, 16 
& 50 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  500 mg/kg  4 & 16  
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  500 mg/kg  95 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  500 mg/kg  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  500 mg/kg  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  100 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  500 mg/kg  16 
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  500 mg/kg  16 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or 
in brine  500 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  500 mg/kg   
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  500 mg/kg   
10.1 Fresh eggs  GMP  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  150 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  100 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  100 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  100 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  50 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  50 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  100 mg/kg   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  200 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  200 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  100 mg/kg   
 
 
BROMELAIN  
 
INS 1101(iii)  Bromelain  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer, 
Flour treatment agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or  
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
 
 
BROWN HT  
 
INS 155  Brown HT  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid  milk drinks  150 mg/kg  52 
 
 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  
 
INS 320  Butylated hydroxyanisole 
(BHA)  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  100 mg/kg  15 & 195  
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  100 mg/kg  15 & 196  
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  175 mg/kg  15, 133 & 
171 
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  200 mg/kg  15 & GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
130 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  200 mg/kg  15, 76 & 
196 
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
303 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  200 mg/kg  15 & 
130 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  200 mg/kg  130 
05.3 Chewing gum  400 mg/kg  15 & 130  
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  
 200 mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
07.0 Bakery wares  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in 
whole pieces or cuts 
 200 mg/kg   
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  200 mg/kg   
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 200 mg/kg   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 200 mg/kg   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg   
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 200 mg/kg   
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
 
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  
 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
12.5 Soups and broths  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
12.6 Sauces and like products  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
12.8 Yeast and like products  200 mg/kg  15 
13.6 Food supplements  400 mg/kg  15 & 196  
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  
 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  
 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
 
 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  
 
 
INS 321  Butylated hydroxytoluene 
(BHT)  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  100 mg/kg  15 & 195  
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  200 mg/kg  15 & 196  
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  75 mg/kg  15, 133 & 
171 
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  100 mg/kg  15 & 195  
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  200 mg/kg  15, 76 & 
196 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
303 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  200 mg/kg  15 & 197  
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
05.3 Chewing gum  400 mg/kg  130 
05.4 Decorations (e.g.  for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  100 mg/kg  15 & 196  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
07.0 Bakery wares  200 mg/kg  15 & 180 
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  100 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
167 
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  100 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
162 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  15, 180 & 
392 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  15 & 180  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  15 & 196  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg  15 & 180  
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg  15 & 180  
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
12.5 Soups and broths  200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
340 
12.6 Sauces and like products  100 mg/kg  15 & 130  
13.6 Food supplements  400 mg/kg  15 & 196  
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
 
 
CALCIUM 5 ’-GUANYLATE   
 
INS 629  Calcium 5 ’-guanylate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
CALCIUM 5 ’-INOSINATE  
 
INS 633  Calcium 5 ’-inosinate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
CALCIUM 5 ’-RIBONUCLEOTIDES  
 
INS 634  Calcium 5 ’-ribonucleotides  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP  279 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
CALCIUM ACETATE  
 
INS 263  Calcium acetate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Preservative, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
 
 
CALCIUM ALGINATE  
 
INS 404  Calcium alginate  Functional Class: Antifoaming agent, 
Bulking agent, Carrier, Foaming agent, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 GMP  63 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 CALCIUM ASCORBATE  
 
INS 302  Calcium ascorbate  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.3  Peeled or cut fresh  fruit GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  200 mg/kg  256 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  308 & 392  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  139  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  50 mg/kg  70, 72 & 
315 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  200 mg/kg  239 & 317  
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  GMP   
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  GMP  127 
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  GMP   
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  GMP  127 
 
 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  
INS 170(i)  Calcium carbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Colour, Firming 
agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  10000 mg/kg   
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles  and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  4, 16 & 
326 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  4, 16 & 
281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  95 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
12.1.1  Salt GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  
 
INS 509  Calcium chloride  Functional Class: Firming agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)   236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  29, 323 & 
324 
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  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish 
and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  300 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP  58 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
CALCIUM DI -L-GLUTAMATE  
 
INS 623 Calcium di -L-glutamate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE  
 
INS 526  Calcium hydroxide  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Firming agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
02.2.1  Butter  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
 
 
CALCIUM LACTATE   
 
INS 327  Calcium lactate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifying salt, Firming agent, Flour 
treatment agent, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fermentation  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped  creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
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  10000 mg/kg  58 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  437 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  83 & 
239 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
CALCIUM  
 
INS 529  Calcium oxide  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Flour treatment agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
 
 
CALCIUM PROPIONATE  
 
INS 282  Calcium propionate  Functional Class: Preservative  
 
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  3000 mg/kg  70 
 
 
CALCIUM SILICATE  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 INS 522  Calcium silicate  Functional Class: Anticaking agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  10000 mg/kg   
11.1.2  Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose  15000 mg/kg  56 
12.1.1  Salt GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
CALCIUM SULFATE  
 
INS 516  Calcium sulfate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Firming agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  29, 
323 & 
324 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
 
 
CANDELILLA WAX  
 
INS 902  Calcium silicate  Functional Class: Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Glazing agent, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  GMP   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  GMP  79 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  GMP  3 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  GMP  3 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  GMP  3 
05.3 Chewing gum  GMP   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  GMP   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  GMP  3 
13.6 Food supplements  GMP  3 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 200 mg/kg  131 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions,  
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  108 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  GMP  3 
 
 
 
CANTHAXANTHIN  
 
INS 161g  Canthaxanthin  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  15 mg/kg  52 & 170  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  15 mg/kg  201 
01.6.2  Ripened cheese  15 mg/kg  201 
01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including 
containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.  15 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  15 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  15 mg/kg  170 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  15 mg/kg  214 & 215  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  15 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  15 mg/kg   
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg  5 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  15 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  15 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  15 mg/kg   
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  10 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  15 mg/kg  211 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  15 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  15 mg/kg   
08.3.1.1  Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed comminuted meat, poultry, and 
game products  100 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
118 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  35 mg/kg  95 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  15 mg/kg  22 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  15 mg/kg   
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  15 mg/kg   
10.1 Fresh eggs  GMP  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  15 mg/kg   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  15 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  20 mg/kg   
12.5.2  Mixes for soups and broths  30 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  30 mg/kg   
14.1.4.1  Carbonated water -based flavoured drinks  5 mg/kg   
14.1.4.2  Non-carbonated water -based flavoured drinks, 
including punches and ades  5 mg/kg   
14.1.4.3  Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water -based 
flavoured drinks  5 mg/kg  127 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  45 mg/kg   
 
 
CARAMEL I – PLAIN CARAMEL  
 
INS 150a  Caramel I – plain caramel  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
 
 
CARAMEL II – SULFITE CARAMEL  
 
INS 150b  Caramel II – sulfite caramel  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  2000 mg/kg  52 & 400  
 
 
CARAMEL III – AMMONIA CARAMEL  
 
INS 150c  Caramel III – ammonia 
caramel  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  2000 mg/kg  52 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  1000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.4  Cream analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  15000 
mg/kg  201 
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  50000 
mg/kg   
01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including 
containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.  50000 
mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  50000 
mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  2000 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  500 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  20000 
mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  20000 
mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  200 mg/kg  267 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  7500 mg/kg  182 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  7500 mg/kg   
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  50000 
mg/kg  76 &161  
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  500 mg/kg   
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  50000 
mg/kg  161 
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)  50000 
mg/kg   
04.2.2.6  Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps 50000 
mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and preparations (e.g. vegetabl e desserts and 
sauces, candied vegetables) other than food 
category 04.2.2.5  
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  50000 
mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  50000 
mg/kg  161 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  50000 
mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  50000 
mg/kg   
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  50000 
mg/kg  183 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute 
products  50000 
mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including  hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  50000 
mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 
mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  50000 
mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  50000 
mg/kg  189 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like 
products  50000 
mg/kg  153 & 
173 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  50000 
mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  50000 
mg/kg   
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, 
including rice cakes (Oriental type only)  50000 
mg/kg   
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  1500 mg/kg   
06.8.8  Other soybean protein products  20000 
mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  50000 
mg/kg  161 
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  50000 
mg/kg  161 
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread 
stuffing and bread crumbs  50000 
mg/kg  161 
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  50000 
mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  50000 
mg/kg  161 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  50000 
mg/kg  161 
08.0 Meat and meat products, including poultry and 
game  GMP  3, 4 & 16  
09.1 Fresh fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  30000 
mg/kg  4 & 16  
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  30000 
mg/kg   
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  30000 
mg/kg  95  
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  500 mg/kg  50 
10.1 Fresh eggs  20000 
mg/kg  4 
10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and 
canned eggs  20000 
mg/kg  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  20000 
mg/kg   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  50000 
mg/kg  100 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  50000 
mg/kg   
12.3 Vinegars  1000 mg/kg  78 
12.4 Mustards  50000 
mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  25000 
mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  50000 
mg/kg   
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  50000 
mg/kg  89 
12.9.2.1  Fermented soybean sauce  20000 
mg/kg  207 
12.9.2.2  Non-fermented soybean sauce  1500 mg/kg   
12.9.2.3  Other soybean sauces  20000 
mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  20000 
mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  20000 
mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 20000  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  mg/kg  
13.6 Food supplements  20000 
mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  5000 mg/kg  9 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  10000 
mg/kg  7 & 160  
14.2.2  Cider and perry  1000 mg/kg   
14.2.5  Mead  1000 mg/kg   
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  10000 
mg/kg   
 
 
CARAMEL IV – SULFITE AMMONIA CARAMEL  
 
INS 150d  Caramel IV – sulfite ammonia 
caramel  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  2000 mg/kg  52 
01.2.1  Fermented milks (plain)  150 mg/kg  12 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  1000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  50000 mg/kg  201 
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  50000 mg/kg  201 
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  50000 mg/kg   
01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including 
containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 50000 mg/kg  72 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  50000 mg/kg  201 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  2000 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  500 mg/kg  214 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  20000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  7500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  7500 mg/kg  267 
04.1.2.5  Jams,  jellies, marmelades  1500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  7500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 7500 mg/kg  182 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
toppings and coconut milk  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  7500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  7500 mg/kg   
04.2.2  Processed vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  50000 mg/kg  92 & 161  
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  50000 mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  50000 mg/kg   
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  50000 mg/kg  183 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  50000 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  50000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  50000 mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  2500 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  50000 mg/kg  211 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  50000 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and  starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  2500 mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  2500 mg/kg   
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including 
rice cakes (Oriental type only)  2500 mg/kg   
06.8.8  Other soybean protein products  20000 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  50000 mg/kg  161 
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  50000 mg/kg  161 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  1200 mg/kg   
08.0 Meat and meat products, including poultry and 
game  GMP  3, 4 & 16  
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  30000 
mg/kg  95 
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  30000 mg/kg  95 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  30000 mg/kg  95 
10.1 Fresh eggs  20000 mg/kg  4 
10.2 Egg products  20000 mg/kg  161 
10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and 
canned eggs  20000 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  20000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  1200 mg/kg  213 
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  10000 mg/kg   
12.3 Vinegars  50000 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  50000 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  25000 mg/kg  212 
12.6 Sauces and like products  30000 
mg/kg   
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  5000 mg/kg   
12.9.2.1  Fermented soybean sauce  6000 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  20000 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  20000 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  20000 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  20000 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  5000 mg/kg   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  1000 mg/kg  7 & 127  
14.2.2  Cider and perry  1000 mg/kg   
14.2.5  Mead  1000 mg/kg   
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  10000 mg/kg   
 
 
CARBOHYDRASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS  
 
INS 
1100(vi)  Carbohydrase from Bacillus 
licheniformis  Functional Class: Flour treatment  
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.2 Flours and starches (including soybean  powder)  GMP   
 
 
CARBON DIOXIDE  
 
INS 290  Carbon dioxide  Functional Class: Carbonating agent, 
Foaming agent, Packaging gas, 
Preservative, Propellant  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  59 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP  59 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  59 & 278  
04.1.1.3  Peeled or cut fresh fruit  GMP  59 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  59 & 211  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  59 & 382  
13.1.1  Infant formulae  GMP  59 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  59 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  59 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  GMP  69 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  GMP  69 & 127  
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  GMP  69 
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  GMP  69 & 127  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  59 & 160  
 
 
CARMINES  
 
INS 120  Carmines  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  150 mg/kg  52 
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  125 mg/kg   
01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including 
containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.  100 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  100 mg/kg  3 & 178  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  150 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads  500 mg/kg  16 & 178  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  500 mg/kg  161 & 178  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  150 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  150 mg/kg   
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  500 mg/kg  4 & 16  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  200 mg/kg  104 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  500 mg/kg  182 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  300 mg/kg   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and 
seeds  500 mg/kg  4 & 16  
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  500 mg/kg  161 & 178  
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 b utter)  100 mg/kg   
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  92 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  300 mg/kg   
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  300 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  300 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  500 mg/kg  178 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  500 mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  100 mg/kg  153 & 
178 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  150 mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  500 mg/kg   
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  100 mg/kg  178 
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  200 mg/kg  178 
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread stuffing 
and bread crumbs  500 mg/kg  178 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  200 mg/kg   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts 500 mg/kg  4 & 16  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  100 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
117 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  500 mg/kg  16 
08.3.1.1  Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed comminuted meat, poultry, and 
game products  200 mg/kg  118 
08.3.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  100 mg/kg   
08.3.1.3  Fermented non -heat treated processed 
comminuted meat, poultry, and game products  100 mg/kg   
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  100 mg/kg   
08.3.3  Frozen processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  500 mg/kg  16 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  500 mg/kg  16 
09.1.1  Fresh fish  300 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
50 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  500 mg/kg  4 & 16  
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg  95 & 178  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  500 mg/kg  16, 95 & 
178  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  500 mg/kg  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  500 mg/kg   
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  250 mg/kg   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  500 mg/kg  16, 95 
& 178  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  22 
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  500 mg/kg  16 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or 
in brine  500 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  500 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding 
products of food categories 09.3.1 – 09.3.3  100 mg/kg   
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish 
and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 500 mg/kg  16 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and echinoderms  
10.1 Fresh eggs  GMP  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  150 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  500 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  300 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  500 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  50 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  50 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  100 mg/kg  178 
14.2.2  Cider and perry  200 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  200 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and 
nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  100 mg/kg   
15.3 Snacks – fish based  200 mg/kg  178 
 
 
CARNAUBA WAX  
 
INS 903  Carnauba wax  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Glazing agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  400 mg/kg   
04.1.2  Processed fruit  400 mg/kg   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  400 mg/kg  79 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  5000 mg/kg  3  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  5000 mg/kg  3 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 
and 05.4  5000 mg/kg  3 
05.3 Chewing gum  1200 mg/kg  3 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  4000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
07.0 Bakery wares  GMP  3 
13.6 Food supplements  5000 mg/kg  3 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg  131 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  200 mg/kg  108 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  200 mg/kg  3 
 
 
CAROB BEAN GUM  
 
INS 410  Carob bean gum  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  391 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  177 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  1000 mg/kg  72 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  1000 mg/kg  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  1000 mg/kg  72 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  2000 mg/kg  271 & 
272 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  
 
INS 160a(ii)  beta-Carotenes, vegetable  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  1000 mg/kg  52 & 401  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  1000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  20 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  1000 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  600 mg/kg   
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  600 mg/kg   
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  1000 mg/kg   
01.6.2.3  Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese 
sauces)  1000 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  1000 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  1000 mg/kg  3 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  1000 mg/kg   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  1000 mg/kg   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  1000 mg/kg   
02.2.1  Butter  600 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads  1000 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  1000 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  1000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  1000 mg/kg  104 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  100 mg/kg  182 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured 
water -based desserts  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  100 mg/kg   
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 200 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  
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  1320 mg/kg   
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  200 mg/kg   
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)  1000 mg/kg   
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  1000 mg/kg  92 
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  1000 mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  100 mg/kg   
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  100 mg/kg  183 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  100 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  500 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  500 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  20000 
mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  400 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  1000 mg/kg  211 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  1000 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  1000 mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  1000 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  1000 mg/kg   
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread stuffing 
and bread crumbs  1000 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  1000 mg/kg   
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  20 mg/kg  4 & 16  
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  5000 mg/kg  6 
08.3.1  Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, 20 mg/kg  118 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
poultry, and game products  
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  20 mg/kg   
08.3.3  Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  5000 mg/kg  16 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  5000 mg/kg   
09.1.1  Fresh fish  100 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
50 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  100 mg/kg  304 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  1000 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  1000 mg/kg   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  16 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  1000 mg/kg   
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  1000 mg/kg  16 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled 
and/or in brine  1000 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  1000 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. 
fish paste), excluding products of food 
categories 09.3.1 – 09.3.3  1000 mg/kg  16 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish 
and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  500 mg/kg   
10.1 Fresh eggs  1000 mg/kg  4 
10.2 Egg products  1000 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  150 mg/kg   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  50 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  500 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  1000 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  1000 mg/kg  341 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  2000 mg/kg   
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  2000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  2000 mg/kg   
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  1000 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food category 
13.1)  600 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight 
reduction  600 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary 
use) 
excluding products of food categories 13.1 – 13.4 
and 13.6  600 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  600 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or 
“electrolyte ” drinks and particulated drinks  2000 mg/kg   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  600 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from 
roots  
and tubers, pulses and legumes)  100 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures  
(with e.g. dried fruit)  20000 
mg/kg  3 
15.3 Snacks – fish based  100 mg/kg   
 
 
CAROTENOIDS  
 
INS 160a(i)  
INS 160a( iii) 
 
INS 160e  
INS 160f  beta-Carotenes, synthetic  
beta-Carotenes, Blakeslea 
trispora  
Carotenal, beta -apo-8’- 
Carotenoic acid, ethyl 
ester, beta - apo-8’- Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  150 mg/kg  52 & 402  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  100 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  20 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  100 mg/kg  209 
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  100 mg/kg   
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  100 mg/kg   
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  500 mg/kg   
01.6.2.3  Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese 
sauces)  100 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  100 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  200 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  100 mg/kg   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  25 mg/kg  232 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  25 mg/kg   
02.2.1  Butter  25 mg/kg  146 &  
291 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  35 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  200 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  150 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  200 mg/kg  161 & 
104 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  100 mg/kg  161 & 
182 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  100 mg/kg   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and 
nuts and seeds  500 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
161 
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  1000 mg/kg  161 
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  50 mg/kg  161 
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  50 mg/kg  161 
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)  50 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.6  Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps 50 mg/kg  92 & 
161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and 
sauces, candi ed vegetables) other than food 
category 04.2.2.5  
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  50 mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  100 mg/kg  161 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  100 mg/kg  183 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  100 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  100 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  100 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  100 mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  1200 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  150 mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  500 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  1000 mg/kg   
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  100 mg/kg   
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread 
stuffing and bread crumbs  200 mg/kg  116 
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  100 mg/kg  216 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  100 mg/kg   
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  100 mg/kg  4 & 16  
08.3.1.1  Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  100 mg/kg  16 
08.3.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  20 mg/kg  16 
08.3.1.3  Fermented non -heat treated processed 
comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  20 mg/kg  16 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  20 mg/kg  16 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  100 mg/kg   
09.1.1  Fresh fish  300 mg/kg  4 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg  4 & 16  
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg  95 & 304  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  100 mg/kg  95 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg  95 
10.1 Fresh eggs  1000 mg/kg  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  150 mg/kg   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  50 mg/kg  217 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  500 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  300 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  300 mg/kg  341 
12.6 Sauces and like products  500 mg/kg   
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  50 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  50 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  50 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  100 mg/kg   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  200 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  100 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  100 mg/kg   
 
 
CARRAGEENAN  
 
INS 407  Carrageenan  Functional Class:  Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Gelling agent, 
Glazing agent, Humectant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT cream s, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera) and seaweed products, exclu ding 
fermented soybean products of food categories 
06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  332 & 391  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  177 & 332  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  300 mg/kg  378 & 381  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  300 mg/kg  72,151, 
328 & 329  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  1000 mg/kg  379 & 381  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
CASTOR OIL  
 
INS 1503  Castor oil  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Glazing agent  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
    
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  350 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 
and 05.4  500 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  2100 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  1000 mg/kg   
 
 
CHLORINE  
 
INS 925  Chlorine  Functional Class: Flour treatment 
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.2.1  Flours  2500 mg/kg  87 
 
 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER COMPLEXES  
 
INS 141(i)  
 
INS 141(ii)  Chlorophylls, copper 
complexes  
Chlorophyllin copper 
complexes, potassium and 
sodium salts  Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  50 mg/kg  52 & 190  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  50 mg/kg  161 
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  15 mg/kg   
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  75 mg/kg   
01.6.2.3  Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese 
sauces)  50 mg/kg   
01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including 
containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.  50 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  50 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  500 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  500 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  100 mg/kg  62 
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  100 mg/kg  62 & 267  
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  250 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  100 mg/kg  62 & 182  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  100 mg/kg  62 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  100 mg/kg  62 
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit 100 mg/kg  62 
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)  100 mg/kg  62 
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  100 mg/kg  62 & 92  
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  100 mg/kg  62 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (includi ng 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  100 mg/kg  62 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  6.4 mg/kg  62 & 161  
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  6.4 mg/kg  62 & 161  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  700 mg/kg  183 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  700 mg/kg   
05.2.1  Hard candy  700 mg/kg   
05.2.2  Soft candy  100 mg/kg   
05.2.3  Nougats and marzipans  100 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  700 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  100 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  100 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  75 mg/kg   
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread stuffing 
and bread crumbs  6.4 mg/kg  62 & 161  
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  75 mg/kg   
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  40 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  30 mg/kg  62 & 95  
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  40 mg/kg  95 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 200 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  40 mg/kg  16 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or 
in brine  40 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  200 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. 
fish paste), excluding products of food categories 
09.3.1 – 09.3.3  75 mg/kg  95 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  500 mg/kg  95 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  300 mg/kg  2 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  64 mg/kg  62 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  500 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  500 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  400 mg/kg  342 
12.6 Sauces and like products  100 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  500 mg/kg  3 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  300 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  350 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g.  dried fruit)  100 mg/kg   
15.3 Snacks – fish based  350 mg/kg   
 
 
CITRIC ACID  
 
INS 330  Citric acid  Functional Class: Acidity 
regulator, Antioxidant, Colour 
retention agent, Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  407 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  GMP  171 
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  GMP  15 & 277  
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  GMP   
04.2.1.1  Untreated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes 
[(including soybeans)], and aloe vera), seaweeds, 
and nuts and seeds  GMP  262 & 264  
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  242, 262, 
264 & 265  
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  15 & 281  
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  331,391 & 
392 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  61 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products,  including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  437 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  72 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  238 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  3000 mg/kg  122 
14.1.2.2  Vegetable juice  GMP   
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  3000 mg/kg  122 & 127  
14.1.2.4  Concentrates for vegetable juice  GMP   
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  5000 mg/kg   
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  5000 mg/kg  127 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  
 
INS 472c  Citric and fatty acid esters of 
glycerol  Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Emulsifier, Flour treatment agent, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  407 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT  creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  100 mg/kg  277 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  100 mg/kg  322 
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  392 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, inclu ding 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1 Infant formulae, follow -up formulae, and 
formulae for special medical purposes for 
infants  9000 mg/kg  380 & 381  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  239 & 268  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
CURCUMIN  
 
INS 100(i)  Curcumin  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  150 mg/kg  52 & 402  
12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg  99 
 
 
CURDLAN  
 
INS 263  Curdlan  Functional Class: Firming agent, 
Gelling agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
 
 
CYCLODEXTRIN, BETA - 
 
INS 459  Cyclodextrin, beta - Functional Class: Carrier, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  1000 mg/kg  153 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  500 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  500 mg/kg   
 
 
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  
 
INS 1400  Dextrins, roasted starch  Functional Class: Carrier, Emulsifier, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  236 
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  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  3 & 53  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  90 & 160  
 
 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  
 
INS 472e  Diacetyltartaric and fatty acid 
esters of glycerol  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  120 mg/kg  407 
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  5000 mg/kg  399 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  5000 mg/kg   
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  5000 mg/kg   
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  5000 mg/kg   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  6000 mg/kg   
01.4.3  Clotted cream (plain)  5000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  6000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  10000 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  10000 mg/kg   
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  10000 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  10000 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  10000 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  10000 mg/kg   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  10000  mg/kg   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  10000 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10000 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  10000 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  5000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  10000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  2500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  2500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  2500 mg/kg   
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  10000 mg/kg   
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  2500 mg/kg   
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  2500 mg/kg   
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  2500 mg/kg   
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetable s (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 2500 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
seaweeds  
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  10000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  50000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  10000 mg/kg   
06.2 Flours and starches (including soybean powder)  3000 mg/kg  186 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  10000 mg/kg   
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  5000 mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  5000 mg/kg   
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  2000 mg/kg  347 
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  6000 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  20000 mg/kg   
10.2.3  Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products  5000 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  5000 mg/kg   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  16000 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  10000 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  5000 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  10000 mg/kg   
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  5000 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  5000 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  5000 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  5000 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  5000 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  5000 mg/kg   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  500 mg/kg  142 
14.2.2  Cider and perry  5000 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  20000 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and 
nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  10000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
DIMETHYL DICARBONATE  
 
INS 242  Dimethyl dicarbonate  Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including 
“sport, ” “energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and 
particulated drinks  250 mg/kg  18 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  250 mg/kg  18 
14.2.2  Cider and perry  250 mg/kg  18 
14.2.5  Mead  200 mg/kg  18 
 
 
DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE  
 
INS 480  Dioctyl sodium 
sulfosuccinate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Humectant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based  
desserts  15 mg/kg  383, 384 & 
385 
 
 
DIPOTASSIUM 5 ’-GUANYLATE  
 
INS 628  Dipotassium 5 ’-guanylate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
DISODIUM 5 ’-GUANYLATE  
 
INS 627  Disodium 5 ’-guanylate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP  279 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game  GMP  16 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and GMP  95 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
echinoderms  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  309 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  311 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  312 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  29 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  201 
 
 
DISODIUM 5 ’-INOSINATE  
 
INS 631  Disodium 5 ’-inosinate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP  279 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game  GMP  16 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  95 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  309 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  311 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  312 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and  
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  29 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  201 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
DISODIUM 5 ’-RIBONUCLEOTIDES  
 
INS 635  Disodium 5 ’-ribonucleotides  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera) and seaweed products, exclu ding 
fermented soybean products of food categories 
06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3  GMP  279 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  95 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  309 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  311 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  312 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  29 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  201 
 
 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  
 
INS 1412  Distarch phosphate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 292  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
285 & 292  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  5000 mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  50000 mg/kg  269 & 270  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
ERYTHORBIC ACID (ISOASCORBIC ACID)  
 
INS 315  Erythorbic Acid (Isoascorbic 
acid)  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  308 & 392  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and 
fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  139 
 
 
ERYTHROSINE  
 
INS 127  Erythrosine  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  200 mg/kg  54 
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  30 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  50 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  100 mg/kg   
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  30 mg/kg  4 & 16  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  30 mg/kg  4 & 290  
 
 
ETHYL MALTOL   
 
INS 637  Ethyl maltol  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  200 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  200 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 
and 05.4  1000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  1000 mg/kg   
 
 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA ACETATES  
 
INS 385  
 
 
 
INS 386  Calcium disodium 
ethylenediaminetetraacetate  
 
 
Disodium 
ethylenediaminetetraacetate  Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Colour retention agent, 
Preservative, Sequestrant  
Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Colour retention agent, 
Preservative, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  100 mg/kg  21 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  265 mg/kg  21 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  250 mg/kg  21 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  130 mg/kg  21 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  100 mg/kg  21 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  250 mg/kg  21 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  650 mg/kg  21 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  100 mg/kg  21 & 110  
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  800 mg/kg  21, 64 & 
297 
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  250 mg/kg  21 
04.2.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch 365 mg/kg  21 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), and seaweeds  
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)  250 mg/kg  21 
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) o ther than food 
category 04.2.2.5  80 mg/kg  21 
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  250 mg/kg  21 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  250 mg/kg  21 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  50 mg/kg  21 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  315 mg/kg  21 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  35 mg/kg  21 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  75 mg/kg  21 & 392  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  75 mg/kg  21 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  50 mg/kg  21 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or 
in brine  250 mg/kg  21 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  340 mg/kg  21 & 310  
10.2.3  Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products  200 mg/kg  21 & 47  
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  1000 mg/kg  21 & 96  
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  70 mg/kg  21 
12.4 Mustards  75 mg/kg  21 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, 
salad dressing, onion dip)  100 mg/kg  21 
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 75 mg/kg  21 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  
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  
 100 mg/kg  21 
13.6 Food supplements  150 mg/kg  21 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  
 
 200 mg/kg  21 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  35 mg/kg  21 
 
 
FAST GREEN FCF  
 
INS 143  Fast green FCF  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  100 mg/kg  52 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  100 mg/kg  2 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  GMP   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  100 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  100 mg/kg   
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  200 mg/kg  267 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  400 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  100 mg/kg  161 & 182  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  100 mg/kg  161 
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   
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  200 mg/kg   
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 100 mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  100 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  300 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  100 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  290 mg/kg  194 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  100 mg/kg  161 
07.0 Bakery wares  100 mg/kg  161 
08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game  100 mg/kg  3, 4 & 16  
08.2 Processed  meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  100 mg/kg  3 & 4  
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  100 mg/kg   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  100 mg/kg   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  100 mg/kg   
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  100 mg/kg   
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg   
10.1 Fresh eggs  GMP  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  100 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  100 mg/kg   
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  100 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  600 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  100 mg/kg   
 
 
FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE  
 
INS 381  Ferric ammonium citrate  Functional Class: Anticaking agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.4.3  Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water -based  
flavoured drinks  10 mg/kg  23 
 
 
FERROCYANIDES  
 
INS 535  Sodium ferrocyanide  Functional Class: Anticaking agent  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS 536  
INS 538  Potassium ferrocyanide  
Calcium ferrocyanide  Functional Class: Anticaking agent  
Functional Class: Anticaking agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.1  Salt 14 mg/kg  24 & 107  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  20 mg/kg  24 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  20 mg/kg  24 
 
 
FERROUS GLUCONATE  
 
INS 579  Ferrous gluconate  Functional Class: Colour retention 
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  150 mg/kg  
 
 23 & 48  
 
 
FERROUS LACTATE  
 
INS 585  Ferrous lactate  Functional Class: Colour retention 
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  150 mg/kg  
 
 23 & 48  
 
 
ETHYL  
 
INS 297  Fumaric acid  Functional Class: Acidity regulator  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  700 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
GELLAN GUM  
 
INS 418  Gellan gum  Functional Class: Gelling agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products,  
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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GLUCONO DELTA -LACTONE  
 
INS 575  Glucono delta -lactone  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
 
 
GLUTAMIC ACID, L(+) - 
 
INS 620  Glutamic acid, L(+) - Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
 
 
 
GLYCEROL  
 
INS 422  Glycerol  Functional Class: Humectant, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including GMP  41 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN  
 
INS 45(iii)  Glycerol ester of wood rosin  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  110 mg/kg   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vege tables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  110 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  150 mg/kg   
 
 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  
 
INS 163(ii)  Grape skin extract  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  100 mg/kg  52, 181 & 
402 
01.4.4  Cream analogues  150 mg/kg  181 & 201  
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  150 mg/kg  181, 201 & 
209 
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  1000 mg/kg   
01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including 
containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.  1000 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  1000 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  200 mg/kg  181 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  200 mg/kg  181 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  100 mg/kg  181 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  1500 mg/kg  181 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled  (pasteurized) fruit  1500 mg/kg  181 & 267  
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  500 mg/kg  161 & 181  
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg  161 & 181  
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  500 mg/kg  179, 181 & 
182 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  500 mg/kg  161 & 181  
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  500 mg/kg  161 & 181  
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  500 mg/kg  161 & 181  
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  100 mg/kg  179 & 181  
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)  100 mg/kg  179 & 181  
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  100 mg/kg  92 & 181  
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  100 mg/kg  161 & 181  
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  200 mg/kg  181 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  200 mg/kg  181 & 183  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  200 mg/kg  181 
05.2.2  Soft candy  1700 mg/kg  181 
05.3 Chewing gum  500 mg/kg  181 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings  
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  500 mg/kg  181 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg   
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  200 mg/kg  181 
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  200 mg/kg  181 
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread stuffing 
and bread crumbs  200 mg/kg  181 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  1000 mg/kg  4, 16 & 94  
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  5000 mg/kg  16 
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 5000 mg/kg  16 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
products  
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  5000 mg/kg   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  500 mg/kg  16  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 & 95  
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  500 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  1000 mg/kg   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  16 & 95  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  22 
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  500 mg/kg  16 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or 
in brine  1500 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  1500 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. 
fish paste), excluding products of food categories 
09.3.1 – 09.3.3  1500 mg/kg  16 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  1500 mg/kg  16 
10.1 Fresh eggs  1500 mg/kg  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  200 mg/kg  181 
12.4 Mustards  200 mg/kg  181 
12.5 Soups and broths  500 mg/kg  181 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  300 mg/kg  181 
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  300 mg/kg  181 
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  300 mg/kg  181 
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  1500 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  250 mg/kg  181 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  250 mg/kg  181 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  250 mg/kg  181 
13.6 Food supplements  500 mg/kg  181 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  300 mg/kg  181 
14.2.2  Cider and perry  300 mg/kg  181 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  500 mg/kg  181 
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and 
nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  300 mg/kg  181 
15.3 Snacks – fish based  400 mg/kg   
 
 
GUAIAC RESIN  
 
INS 314 Guaiac resin  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  1000 mg/kg   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  1000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  1500 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  600 mg/kg  15 
 
 
GUANYLIC ACID, 5 ’- 
 
INS 626  Guanylic acid, 5 ’- Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
GUAR GUM  
 
INS 412  Guar gum  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.2  Fresh  meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  73 & 391  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans,  and 
echinoderms  GMP  177 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  1000 mg/kg  14 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  1000 mg/kg  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  1000 mg/kg  14 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  2000 mg/kg  271 & 272  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  
 
INS 414  Gum 104rabic  (Acacia gum)  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Glazing agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans,  and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  10000 mg/kg  239 & 273  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
HEXAMETHYLENE TETRAMINE  
 
INS 239  Hexamethylene tetramine  Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  25 mg/kg  66 & 298  
 
 
HYDROCHLORIC ACID  
 
INS 507  Hydrochloric acid  Functional Class: Acidity regulator  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
    
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
 
 
HYDROGENATED POLY -1-DECENES   
 
INS 907  Hydrogenated poly -1-
decenes  Functional Class: Glazing agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  2000 mg/kg   
05.2.2  Soft candy  2000 mg/kg   
 
 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 
 
INS 214  
INS 218  Ethyl para -hydroxybenzoate  
Methyl para -hydroxybenzoate  Functional Class: Preservative  
Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.4  Processed cheese  300 mg/kg  27 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  500 mg/kg  27 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  120 mg/kg  27 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  300 mg/kg  27 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  300 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  800 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  250 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  250 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) 
excluding products of food category 
04.1.2.5  1000 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  1000 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  800 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  800 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  800 mg/kg  27 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  800 mg/kg  27 
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  1000 mg/kg  27 
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 s preads 1000 mg/kg  27 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
(e.g., peanut butter)  
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) o ther than food 
category 04.2.2.5  1000 mg/kg  27 
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  300 mg/kg  27 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  300 mg/kg  27 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  300 mg/kg  27 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food  categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  1000 mg/kg  27 
05.3 Chewing gum  1500 mg/kg  27 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  300 mg/kg  27 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  300 mg/kg  27 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  36 mg/kg  27 
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  27 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  100 mg/kg  27 
12.3 Vinegars  100 mg/kg  27 
12.4 Mustards  300 mg/kg  27 
12.6 Sauces and like products  1000 mg/kg  27 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  500 mg/kg  27 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  450 mg/kg  27 & 160  
14.2.2  Cider and perry  200 mg/kg  27 
14.2.5  Mead  200 mg/kg  27 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  300 mg/kg  27 
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  300 mg/kg  27 
 
 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  
 
INS 463  Hydroxypropyl cellulose  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Foaming 
agent, Glazing agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
    
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  63 & 332  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  
 
INS 1442  Hydroxypropyl distarch 
phosphate  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  10000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE  
 
INS 464  Hydroxypropyl methyl 
cellulose  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Emulsifier, Glazing agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  63 & 332  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  
 
INS 1440  Hydroxypropyl starch  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 292  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  5000 mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  60000 mg/kg  237 & 276  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  
 
INS 132  Indigotine (Indigo carmine)  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  300 mg/kg  52 & 402  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  200 mg/kg  3 
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  100 mg/kg   
01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including 
containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.  100 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  200 mg/kg  3 & 161  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  150 mg/kg   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  300 mg/kg  161 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  300 mg/kg  161 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  150 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  300 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  300 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  200 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  150 mg/kg  161 & 182  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  150 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  150 mg/kg  161 
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  150 mg/kg  161 
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  92 & 161  
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  300 mg/kg  161 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  450 mg/kg  183 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  300 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  300 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  300 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  300 mg/kg   
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 150 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  200 mg/kg  161 
09.1.1  Fresh fish  300 mg/kg  4, 16 & 50  
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including  mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  300 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  250 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  300 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding 
products of food categories 09.3.1 – 09.3.3  300 mg/kg  161 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish 
and fish product s, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  300 mg/kg   
10.1 Fresh eggs  300 mg/kg  4 & 
161 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  300 mg/kg  161 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  300 mg/kg  161 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  300 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  300 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  300 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  50 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  50 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  100 mg/kg   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  200 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  200 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and 
nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  100 mg/kg   
 
 
INOSINIC ACID, 5 ’- 
 
INS 630  Inosinic acid, 5 ’- Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
    
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
IRON OXIDES  
 
INS 172(i)  
INS 
172(ii)  
INS 
172(iii)  Iron oxide, black  
Iron oxide, red  
Iron oxide, yellow  Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk  drinks  20 mg/kg  52 & 
402 
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  100 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  50 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  100 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  350 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  300 mg/kg   
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  1000 mg/kg  4 & 16  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  300 mg/kg  267 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  250 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  200 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  200 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  10000 mg/kg  161 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  100 mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  75 mg/kg   
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  75 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  100 mg/kg   
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  1000 mg/kg  72 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  250 mg/kg  22 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  100 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. 
fish paste), excluding products of food categories 50 mg/kg  95 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.3.1 – 09.3.3  
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  50 mg/kg  95 
10.1 Fresh eggs  GMP  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  150 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  1000 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  100 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  75 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  7500 mg/kg  3 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  100 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  500 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  400 mg/kg   
 
 
ISOPROPYL CITRATES  
 
INS 384  Isopropyl citrates  Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Preservative, Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  200 mg/kg   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  200 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  100 mg/kg   
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  200 mg/kg   
08.2.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  200 mg/kg   
08.3.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried  non-heat 
treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  200 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg   
 
 
KARAYA GUM  
 
INS 416  Karaya gum  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  200 mg/kg  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fermentation  
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen  fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  
 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  41 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
KONJAC FLOUR  
 
INS 425  Konjac flour  Functional Class: Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation   234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  236 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, GMP  16 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar  
toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other  
hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 
 
INS 270  Lactic acid, L -, D- and DL - Functional Class: Acidity regulator  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  GMP   
04.2.1.1  Untreated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes 
[(including  
soybeans)], and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  GMP  262 & 264  
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds,  
and nuts and seeds  GMP  262 & 264  
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 GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3  
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  382 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  GMP  72 & 83  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 & 83  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  72 & 83  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  2000 mg/kg  83 & 238  
 
 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  
 
INS 472b  Lactic and fatty acid esters of 
glycerol  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  407 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including  mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  300 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar  
toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  239 & 268  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other  
hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  
 
INS 243  Lauric arginate ethyl ester  Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  200 mg/kg   
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  200 mg/kg   
01.6.3  Whey cheese  200 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  200 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  200 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  200 mg/kg  170 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  200 mg/kg  214 & 
215 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  200 mg/kg   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and 
nuts and seeds  200 mg/kg   
04.2.1.3  Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables 
(including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  200 mg/kg   
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  200 mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  200 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  225 mg/kg   
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  200 mg/kg   
08.2.1  Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, 
and game products in whole pieces or 
cuts 200 mg/kg   
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, and 200 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
game products in whole pieces or cuts  
08.2.3  Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  200 mg/kg  3 & 374  
08.3.1  Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  315 mg/kg   
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  200 mg/kg   
08.3.3  Frozen processed comminuted meat,  
poultry, and game products  315 mg/kg  3 & 374  
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  200 mg/kg   
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  200 mg/kg   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  419 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  200 mg/kg   
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  200 mg/kg   
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled 
and/or in brine  200 mg/kg   
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  200 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding 
products of food categories 09.3.1 – 09.3.3  200 mg/kg   
10.2 Egg products  200 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  200 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  200 
mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  200 
mg/kg   
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  200 
mg/kg   
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  200 
mg/kg   
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  200 
mg/kg   
14.1.4.1  Carbonated water -based flavoured drinks  50 mg/kg   
14.1.4.2  Non-carbonated water -based flavoured drinks, 
including punches and ades  50 mg/kg   
14.1.4.3  Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water -
based flavoured drinks  50 mg/kg  127 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
LECITHIN  
 
INS 322(i)  Lecithin  Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  410 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  GMP  277 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  GMP   
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  GMP   
06.2.1  Flours  GMP  25 & 28  
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  392 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and  
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  5000 72 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
mg/kg  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  5000 
mg/kg  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  5000 
mg/kg  72 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 
mg/kg  271 & 
274 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
LUTEIN FROM TAGETES ERECTA  
 
INS 161b(i)  Lutein from Tagetes erecta  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  100 mg/kg  52 & 400  
 
 
LYSOZYME  
 
INS 1105  Lysozyme  Functional Class: Flavour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.2  Ripened cheese  GMP   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  500 mg/kg   
 
 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  
 
INS 504(i)  Magnesium  carbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Colour retention 
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  10000 
mg/kg   
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  5000 
mg/kg  36 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans,  
and echinoderms  GMP   
11.1.2  Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose  15000 
mg/kg  56 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.1  Salt GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  
 
INS 511  Magnesium chloride  Functional Class: Colour retention 
agent, Firming agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish  fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and  
fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  300 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar  GMP  258 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
toppings)  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other  
hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
MAGNESIUM DI -L-GLUTAMATE  
 
INS 625  Magnesium di -L-glutamate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  
 
INS 528  Magnesium hydroxide  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Colour retention agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE CARBONATE  
 
INS 504(ii)  Magnesium hydroxide 
carbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Carrier, Colour 
retention agent  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
    
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  161 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen  battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish 
and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
MAGNESIUM OXIDE  
 
INS 530  Magnesium oxide  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding 
whey cheeses  10000 mg/kg   
12.1.1  Salt GMP   
 
 
MAGNESIUM SILICATE, SYNTHETIC  
 
INS 553(i)  Magnesium silicate, synthetic  Functional Class: Flavour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  10000 mg/kg   
11.1.2  Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose  15000 mg/kg  56 
12.1.1  Salt GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
MAGNESIUM SULFATE   
 
INS 518  Magnesium sulfate  Functional Class: Firming agent, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
MALIC ACID, DL -  
 
INS 296  Malic acid, DL - Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  GMP   
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and 
seeds  GMP  256 
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  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish 
and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans,  and echinoderms  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  GMP  115 
14.1.2.2  Vegetable juice  GMP   
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  GMP  115 & 127  
14.1.2.4  Concentrates for vegetable juice  GMP   
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  GMP   
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  GMP   
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  GMP  127 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  
 
 
MALTOL  
 
INS 636  Maltol  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  200 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  200 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 
and 05.4  200 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  200 mg/kg   
 
 
MANNITOL  
 
INS 421  Mannitol  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Bulking agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, 
Sweetener, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or  
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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METHYL CELLULOSE  
 
INS 461  Methyl cellulose  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Emulsifier, Glazing agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  332 & 391  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  177 & 332  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  
 
INS 465  Methyl ethyl cellulose  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Foaming 
agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fermentation  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  63 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GEL)  
 
INS 460(i)  Microcrystalline cellulose 
(Cellulose gel)  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Foaming agent, Glazing agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 10000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
cheeses  
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms   16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.2 Brown sugar excluding products of food category 
11.1.3  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX  
 
INS 905c(i)  Microcrystalline wax  Functional Class: Glazing agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  30000 mg/kg   
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  50 mg/kg   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  50 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  GMP  3 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 mg/kg  3 
 
 
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  
 
INS 905d  Mineral oil, high viscosity  Functional Class: Antifoaming agent, 
Glazing agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  5000 mg/kg   
05.1 Cocoa products and chocolate products including 
imitations and chocolate substitutes  2000 mg/kg  3 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  2000 mg/kg  3  
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  2000 mg/kg  3 
06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice  800 mg/kg  98 
07.0 Bakery wares  3000 mg/kg  125 
08.2.3  Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  950 mg/kg  3 
08.3.3  Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game  products  950 mg/kg  3 
 
 
MINERAL OIL, MEDIUM VISCOSITY  
 
INS 905e  Mineral oil, medium viscosity  Functional Class: Glazing agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  5000 mg/kg   
05.0 Confectionery  2000 mg/kg  3 
07.1.1  Breads and rolls 3000 mg/kg  36 & 126  
 
 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS  
 
INS 471  Mono - and di -glycerides of 
fatty acids  Functional Class: Antifoaming agent, 
Emulsifier, Glazing agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  410 
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  GMP  408 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and  
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  4000 mg/kg  72 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  4000 mg/kg  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  4000 mg/kg  72 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  268 & 275  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
MONOAMMONIUM L -GLUTAMATE  
 
INS 624  Monoammonium L -glutamate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game  GMP  16 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
MONOPOTASSIUM L -GLUTAMATE  
 
INS 622  Monopotassium L -glutamate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  
 
INS 621  Monosodium L -glutamate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  201 
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  GMP  279 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game  GMP  16 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  95 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  311 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  312 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  29 & 313  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  201 
 
 
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE  
 
INS 1410  Monostarch phosphate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after GMP  234 & 235  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fermentation  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN)  
 
INS 235  Natamycin (Pimaricin)  Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  40 mg/kg  3 & 80  
01.6.2  Ripened cheese  40 mg/kg  3 & 80  
01.6.4  Processed cheese  40 mg/kg  3 & 80  
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  40 mg/kg  3 & 80  
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  40 mg/kg  3 & 80  
08.2.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -
heat treated processed meat, poultry, 
and game products in whole pieces or 
cuts 6 mg/kg  3 & 80  
08.3.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  20 mg/kg  3 & 81  
 
 
NEOTAME  
 
INS 961  Neotame  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer, 
Sweetener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  20 mg/kg  161 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  65 mg/kg  161 
01.4.4  Cream analogues  33 mg/kg  161 
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  65 mg/kg  161 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  33 mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  100 mg/kg  161 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, including 
mixed and/or flavoured  products based on fat 
emulsions  10 mg/kg  161 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  100 mg/kg  161 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.1  Frozen fruit  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  33 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  70 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  70 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  65 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  65 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  100 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  65 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  33 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  33 mg/kg  161 
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  10 mg/kg  144 
04.2.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch 
vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 
and tubers, pulses an d legumes, and aloe vera), 
and seaweeds  33 mg/kg  161 
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)  33 mg/kg  161 
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  33 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2 .7 Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 33 mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  33 mg/kg  161 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  33 mg/kg  97 & 161  
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  100 mg/kg  161 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  80 mg/kg  161 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  100 mg/kg  161 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  330 mg/kg  158 & 161  
05.3 Chewing gum  1000 mg/kg  161 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  100 mg/kg  161 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  160 mg/kg  161 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  33 mg/kg  161 
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  70 mg/kg  161 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  80 mg/kg  161 & 156  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  10 mg/kg  161 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  10 mg/kg  161 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  100 mg/kg  161 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar  toppings)  70 mg/kg  159 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  GMP   
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  32 mg/kg  161 
12.3 Vinegars  12 mg/kg  161 
12.4 Mustards  12 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  20 mg/kg  161 & 117  
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  65 mg/kg   
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  70 mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  12 mg/kg   
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  12 mg/kg   
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 33 mg/kg  161 & 166  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.1.3  
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  33 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  33 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  65 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  90 mg/kg   
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  65 mg/kg  161 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  65 mg/kg  127 & 161  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  33 mg/kg  161 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other  
hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa  50 mg/kg  160 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  32 mg/kg   
 
 
NISIN  
 
INS 234  Nisin  Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  12.5 mg/kg  233 & 403  
01.4.3  Clotted cream (plain)  10 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  12.5 mg/kg  233 
01.6.2  Ripened cheese  12.5 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  12.5 mg/kg  233 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  12.5 mg/kg   
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  12.5 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured  yoghurt)  12.5 mg/kg  233 & 362  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  3 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  6.25 mg/kg  233 
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, and game 
products  in whole pieces or cuts  25 mg/kg  233 & 330  
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  25 mg/kg  233 & 377  
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  7 mg/kg  233 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  6.25 mg/kg  233 
12.5.1  Ready -to-eat soups and broths, including canned, 
bottled, and frozen  5 mg/kg  233 & 339  
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 NITRITES  
 
INS 249  
 
INS 250  Potassium nitrite  
 
Sodium nitrite  Functional Class: Colour retention 
agent, Preservative  
Functional Class: Colour retention 
agent, Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, and game 
products  
in whole pieces or cuts  80 mg/kg  32 & 288  
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  80 mg/kg  32, 286 & 
287 
 
 
NITROGEN  
 
INS 941  Nitrogen  Functional Class: Foaming agent, 
Packaging gas, Propellant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.1  Fluid milk (plain)  GMP  59 
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  59 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  59 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP  59 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  59 & 278  
04.1.1.3  Peeled or cut fresh fruit  GMP  59 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  59 & 382  
13.1.1  Infant formulae  GMP  59 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  59 
13.2 Complementary  foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  59 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  59 & 160  
 
 
NITROUS OXIDE  
 
INS 942  Nitrous oxide  Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Foaming agent, Packaging gas, 
Propellant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  59 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped GMP  59 & 278  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  
04.1.1.3  Peeled or cut fresh fruit  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  308 & 392  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP   
 
 
RTHO -PHENYLPHENOLS  
 
INS 231  
INS 232  ortho -Phenylphenol  
Sodium ortho -phenylphenol  Functional Class: Preservative  
Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  12 mg/kg   49 
 
 
OXIDIZED STARCH  
 
INS 1404  Oxidized starch  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  236 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  63 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
PECTINS  
 
INS 440  Pectins  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Gelling 
agent, Glazing agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
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 o f food categories 
06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and  
12.9.2.3  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 & 391  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  177 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  10000 mg/kg  72 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  10000 mg/kg  273, 282 & 
283 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  GMP  35 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  GMP  35 & 127  
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  GMP   
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  GMP   
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  GMP  127 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  
 
INS 1413  Phosphated distarch 
phosphate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 292  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
285 & 292  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  5000 mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  50000 mg/kg  269 & 270  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
PHOSPHATES  
 
INS 338           Phosphoric acid  
 
INS 339(i)       Sodium dihydrogen 
phosphate  
 
 
INS 339(ii)      Disodium hydrogen 
phosphate  
 
INS 339(iii)     Trisodium phosphate  
 
 
INS 340(i)       Potassium dihydrogen 
phosphate  
 
INS 340(ii)      Dipotassium hydrogen 
phosphate  
 
INS 340(iii)    Tripotassium phosphate  
 
 
INS 341(i)      Calcium dihydrogen 
phosphate  
 
 
 
INS 341(ii)     Calcium hydrogen 
phosphate  
 
 
 
INS 341(iii)    Tricalcium phosphate  
 
 
 
 
INS 342(i)      Ammonium dihydrogen 
phosphate  
 
INS 342(ii)     Diammonium hydrogen 
phosphate  
 
INS 343(i)      Magnesium dihydrogen 
phosphate  
 
INS 343(ii)     Magnesium hydrogen 
phosphate  
 
INS 343(iii)    Trimagnesium phosphate  
 
INS 450(i)      Disodium diphosphate  
 Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Antioxidant, Sequestrant  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Humectant, Preservative, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Humectant, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Humectant, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, S tabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Emulsifying salt, 
Firming agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Humectant, Raising agent, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Emulsify ing salt, 
Firming agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Humectant, Raising agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Emulsifier, Emulsifying 
salt, Firming agent, Flour treatment 
agent, Humectant, Raising agent, 
Stabilizer,  Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, Flour 
treatment agent, Raising agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, Flour 
treatment agent, Raising agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking age nt, Emulsifying salt, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Emulsifying salt, 
Raising agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity  regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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INS 450(ii)     Trisodium diphosphate  
 
 
 
INS 450(iii)    Tetrasodium diphosphate  
 
 
 
INS 450(ix)    M agnesium dihydrogen 
diphosphate  
INS 450(v)     Tetrapotassium 
diphosphate  
 
 
INS 450(vi)    Dicalcium diphosphate  
 
 
 
INS 450(vii)   Calcium dihydrogen 
diphosphate  
 
INS 451(i)      Pentasodium triphosphate  
 
 
INS 451(ii)      Pentapotassium 
triphosphate  
 
INS 452(i)      Sodium polyphosphate  
 
 
 
INS 452(ii)     Potassium polyphosphate  
 
 
INS 452(iii)    Sodium calcium 
polyphosphate  
 
 
INS 452(iv)   Calcium polyphosphate  
 
 
 
INS 452(v)    Ammonium polyphosphate  
 
 
INS 542(i)     Bone phosphate  
 Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity  regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Raising agent, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agen t, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Firming 
agent, Raising agent, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Humectant, Raising agent, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Raising agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Emulsifier, Humectant  
 
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.1  Fluid milk (plain)  1500 mg/kg  33 & 227  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  2200 mg/kg  33, 364 & 
411 
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  1500 mg/kg  33, 227 & 
397 
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  1500 mg/kg  33, 364 & 
398 
01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain)  1000 mg/kg  33 
01.3.1  Condensed milk (plain)  880 mg/kg  33 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  13000 mg/kg  33 
01.4 Cream (plain) and the like  2200 mg/kg  33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  4400 mg/kg  33 
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  4400 mg/kg  33 & 88  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  4400 mg/kg  33 
01.6.4  Processed cheese  9000 mg/kg  33 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  9000 mg/kg  33 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  1500 mg/kg  33 
01.8.1  Liquid whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  880 mg/kg  33 & 228  
01.8.2  Dried  whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  4400 mg/kg  33 
02.2.1  Butter  880 mg/kg  33 & 34  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  2200 mg/kg  33 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  2200 mg/kg  33 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  1500 mg/kg  33 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  7500 mg/kg  33 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  2200 mg/kg  33 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  1100 mg/kg  33 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  10 mg/kg  33 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  350 mg/kg  33 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  1500 mg/kg  33 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  2200 mg/kg  33 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  1500 mg/kg  33 
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  1760 mg/kg  16 & 33  
04.2.1.3  Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables 
(including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  5600 mg/kg  33 & 76  
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  5000 mg/kg  33 & 76  
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  5000 mg/kg  33 & 76  
04.2.2.3  Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 
and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
and seaweeds in vinegar, o il, brine, or soybean 
sauce  2200 mg/kg  33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  2200 mg/kg  33 
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)  2200 mg/kg  33 & 76  
04.2.2.6  Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 
and tubers, pulses and legumes, and a loe 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  2200 mg/kg  33 
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  2200 mg/kg  33  
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses  and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  2200 mg/kg  33 & 76  
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  1100 mg/kg  33 & 97  
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  880 mg/kg  33 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  1100 mg/kg  33 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  2200 mg/kg  33 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  2200 mg/kg  33 
05.3 Chewing gum  44000 mg/kg  33 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine  bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  1500 mg/kg  33 
06.2.1  Flours  2500 mg/kg  33 & 225  
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  2200 mg/kg  33 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  2500 mg/kg  33 & 211  
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  900 mg/kg  33 & 211  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  2500 mg/kg  33 & 211  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  7000 mg/kg  33 
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  5600 mg/kg  33 
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  1300 mg/kg  33 
06.8.3  Soybean curd (tofu)  100 mg/kg  33 
07.1.1.2  Soda breads  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread stuffing 9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and bread crumbs  
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
08.2.1  Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, 
and game products in whole pieces or cuts  2200 mg/kg  33 
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed  meat, poultry, and 
game products in whole pieces or cuts  1320 mg/kg  33 & 289  
08.2.3  Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  2200 mg/kg  33 
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  2200 mg/kg  33 & 302  
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  1100 mg/kg  33 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  2200 mg/kg  33, 393 & 
394 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  2200 mg/kg  33 & 299  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  2200 mg/kg  33 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  2200 mg/kg  33 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  2200 mg/kg  33 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  2200 mg/kg  33 & 334  
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  2200 mg/kg  33 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or 
in brine  2200 mg/kg  33 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  2200 mg/kg  33 
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. 
fish paste), excluding products of food 
categories 09.3.1 – 09.3.3  2200 mg/kg  33 & 193  
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  2200 mg/kg  33 & 436  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  4400 mg/kg  33 & 67  
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  1290 mg/kg  33 
10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and 
canned eggs  1000 mg/kg  33 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  1400 mg/kg  33 
11.1.2  Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose  6600 mg/kg  33 & 56  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  1320 mg/kg  33 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  1000 mg/kg  33 
12.1.1  Salt 8800 mg/kg  33 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  4400 mg/kg  33 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  2200 mg/kg  33 & 226  
12.5 Soups and broths  1500 mg/kg  33 & 343  
12.6 Sauces and like products  2200 mg/kg  33 
12.9 Soybean -based seasonings and condiments  1200 mg/kg  33 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  4400 mg/kg  33 & 230  
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  2200 mg/kg  33 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and 
weight reduction  2200 mg/kg  33 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  2200 mg/kg  33 
13.6 Food supplements  2200 mg/kg  33 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  1000 mg/kg  33, 40 & 
122 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  1000 mg/kg  33, 40 & 
122 
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  1000 mg/kg  33, 40 & 
122  
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  1000 mg/kg  33, 40 & 
122 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  1000 mg/kg  33 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  300 mg/kg  33 & 160  
14.2.2  Cider and perry  880 mg/kg  33 
14.2.5  Mead  440 mg/kg  33 & 88  
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  2200 mg/kg  33 
 
 
POLYDEXTROSES  
 
INS 1200  Polydextroses  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Glazing agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams,  whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  236 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
 
 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  
 
INS 900a  Polydimethylsiloxane  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Antifoaming agent, Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  10 mg/kg   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  10 mg/kg   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  10 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10 mg/kg  152 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  10 mg/kg   
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  10 mg/kg  266 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  30 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  10 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  110 mg/kg   
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  10 mg/kg   
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  10 mg/kg  15 
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  10 mg/kg   
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  10 mg/kg   
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)  10 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.2.2.6  Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 
and tubers, puls es 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  50 mg/kg   
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tu bers, 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  10 mg/kg   
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  10 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  10 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  100 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  50 mg/kg  153 
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  10 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  10 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special 
medical purposes (excluding products of 
food category 13.1)  50 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  50 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  50 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  50 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  20 mg/kg   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  10 mg/kg   
 
 
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL  
 
INS 1521  Polyethylene glycol  Functional Class: Antifoaming agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Glazing agent,  
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  GMP   
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 mg/kg   
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  10000 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  70000 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 1000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
drinks  
 
 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  
 
INS 475  Polyglycerol esters of fatty 
acids  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  1000 mg/kg  410 
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  2000 mg/kg   
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  5000 mg/kg  2 
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  6000 mg/kg   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams 
(plain)  6000 mg/kg   
01.4.3  Clotted cream (plain)  6000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  8000 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  5000 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg  354  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  5000 mg/kg  359 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  20000 
mg/kg  363 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  2000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, 
fruit toppings and coconut milk 5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -
flavoured water -based desserts  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  2000 mg/kg   
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  5000 mg/kg  97  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute 
products  2000 mg/kg  366 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 
05.1, 05.3 and 05.4  2000 mg/kg  367  
05.3 Chewing gum  5000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  2000 mg/kg  368 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  10000 
mg/kg  369 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like 2000 mg/kg  194 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
products  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  9000 mg/kg   
07.1.1  Breads and rolls  10000 
mg/kg  372 
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  6000 mg/kg   
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. 
bagels, pita, English muffins)  6000 mg/kg   
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread 
stuffing and bread crumbs  10000 
mg/kg   
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  10000 
mg/kg   
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  15000 
mg/kg  11 
07.2.1  Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit -filled or 
custard types)  10000 
mg/kg   
07.2.2  Other fine bakery  products (e.g. 
doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and 
muffins)  10000 
mg/kg   
07.2.3  Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, 
pancakes)  15000 
mg/kg  11 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  5000 mg/kg  365 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  5000 mg/kg  241 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  1000 mg/kg  412 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  5000 mg/kg  41 
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  1000 mg/kg  414 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled 
and/or in brine  1000 mg/kg  415 
10.2 Egg products  1000 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  6000 mg/kg   
12.5.1  Ready -to-eat soups and broths, including 
canned, bottled, and frozen  400 mg/kg   
12.5.2  Mixes for soups and broths  3000 mg/kg  127 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  5000 mg/kg   
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  5000 mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  5000 mg/kg  127 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special 
medical purposes (excluding products 
of food category 13.1)  1000 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming 1000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
purposes and weight reduction  
13.6 Food supplements  18000 
mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch 
based (from roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes)  2000 mg/kg   
 
 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF INTERESTERIFIED  
RICINOLEIC ACID  
 
INS 476  Polyglycerol esters of 
interesterified ricinoleic acid  Functional Class: Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  4000 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  10000 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  2000 
mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  5000 
mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  2000 
mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  2000 
mg/kg   
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  5000 
mg/kg  97 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  5000 
mg/kg  101 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  3000 
mg/kg  366 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  3000 
mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  500 
mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  5000 
mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  500 
mg/kg  194 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  5000 
mg/kg   
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  5000 
mg/kg  365 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  1000 
mg/kg  412 
10.2 Egg products  1000 
mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  1000 
mg/kg   
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  5000 
mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  5000 
mg/kg  127 
 
 
POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES  
 
INS 430  
INS 431  Polyoxyethylene (8) stearate  
Polyoxyethylene (40) stearate  Functional Class: Emulsifier  
Functional Class: Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.3 Chewing gum  200 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg   
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  3000 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  3000 mg/kg   
 
 
POLYSORBATES  
 
INS 432  
 
INS 433  
 
INS 434  
 
INS 435  
 
INS 436  Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan 
monolaurate  
Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan  
monooleate  
Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan  
monopalmitate  
Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan 
monostearate  
Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan 
tristearate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer  
 
Functional Class: Emuls ifier, 
Stabilizer  
 
Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer  
 
Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer  
 
Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  3000 mg/kg   
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  4000 mg/kg   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  1000 mg/kg   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams 
(plain)  1000 mg/kg   
01.4.3  Clotted cream (plain)  1000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.4  Cream analogues  5000 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  4000 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  80 mg/kg  38 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  3000 mg/kg   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  5000 mg/kg  102 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  5000 mg/kg  102 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10000 mg/kg  360 & 364  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  5000 mg/kg  102 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  3000 mg/kg  102 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  1000 mg/kg  154 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  3000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  3000 mg/kg   
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  3000 mg/kg   
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  500 mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  1000 mg/kg   
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  5000 mg/kg  101 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  5000 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  1000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  5000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  3000 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  3000 mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  5000 mg/kg  2 
07.1.1  Breads and rolls  3000 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  5000 mg/kg  11 
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, 
English muffins)  3000 mg/kg  11 
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread stuffing 
and bread crumbs  3000 mg/kg  11 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  3000 mg/kg  11 
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary  bakery wares  3000 mg/kg  11 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  3000 mg/kg   
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  5000 mg/kg   
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  5000 mg/kg   
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  1500 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  3000 mg/kg   
12.1.1  Salt 10 mg/kg   
12.2.1  Herbs and spices  2000 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  5000 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  1000 mg/kg   
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  3000 mg/kg   
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  5000 mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  5000 mg/kg  127 
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  5000 mg/kg   
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  2000 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  1000 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and 
weight reduction  1000 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  25000 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  500 mg/kg  127 
 
 
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL  
 
INS 1203  Polyvinyl alcohol  Functional Class: Glazing agent, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.6 Food supplements  45000 mg/kg   
 
 
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA) – POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL  
(PEG) GRAFT COPOLYMER  
 
INS 1209  Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) – 
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) Functional Class: Glazing agent, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 graft copolymer  Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.6 Food supplements  100000 
mg/kg  417 
 
 
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE  
 
INS 1201  Polyvinylpyrrolidone  Functional Class:  Glazing agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  GMP   
05.3 Chewing gum  10000 mg/kg   
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those containing 
high- intensity sweeteners  3000 mg/kg   
12.3 Vinegars  40 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  GMP   
14.1.4.3  Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water -based 
flavoured drinks  500 mg/kg   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  2 mg/kg  36 
 
 
POTASSIUM 5 ’-INOSINATE  
 
INS 632  Potassium 5’ -inosinate  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 
POTASSIUM ACETATE  
 
INS 261(i)  Potassium acetate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP   
 
 
POTASSIUM ALGINATE   
 
INS 402  Potassium alginate  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Foaming agent, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fermentation  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  63 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
 
 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  
 
INS 501(i)  Potassium carbonate  Functional Class:  Acidity regulator, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced  fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  11000 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4  
 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  230 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  2000 
mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special  medical purposes for infants  2000 
mg/kg  55 & 72  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  
 
INS 508  Potassium chloride  Functional Class: Firming agent, 
Flavour enhancer, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
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  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms    
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding co coa GMP  160 
 
 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  
 
INS 332(i)  Potassium dihydrogen citrate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifying salt, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams 
(plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and 
seeds  GMP  29 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  253 & 
391 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  GMP  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  
 
INS 501(ii)  Potassium hydrogen 
carbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Raising agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP   
 
 
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE  
 
INS 525  Potassium hydroxide  Functional Class: Acidity regulator  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  410 
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
 
 
POTASSIUM LACTATE  
 
INS 326  Potassium lactate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Humectant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  382 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  83 & 239  
 
 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  
 
INS 460(ii)  Powdered cellulose  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Bulking agent, Emulsifier, Glazing 
agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  10000 mg/kg   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, i ncluding mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and  grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED (PES)  
 
INS 407a  Processed eucheuma 
seaweed (PES)  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Gelling agent, 
Glazing agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  332 & 391  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and  fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  177 & 332  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans , and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
PROPIONIC ACID  
 
INS 280  Propionic acid  Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  3000 mg/kg  70 
 
 
PROPYL GALLATE  
 
INS 310  Propyl gallate  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  200 mg/kg  15, 75 & GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
196 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  90 mg/kg  2 & 15  
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  100 mg/kg  15, 133 & 
171 
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  90 mg/kg  2 & 15  
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  50 mg/kg  15, 76 & 
196 
05.1 Cocoa products and chocolate products including 
imitations and chocolate substitutes  200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
303 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
05.3 Chewing gum  1000  mg/kg  130 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice  100 mg/kg  15 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg  15 & 196  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
211 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  90 mg/kg  2 & 15  
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  100 mg/kg  15 & 130 
07.2.3  Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes)  200 mg/kg  15 & 196  
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  100 mg/kg  15 & 196  
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  90 mg/kg  2 & 15  
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
12.5 Soups and broths  200 mg/kg  15, 127 & 
130 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.6 Sauces and like products  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
13.6 Food supplements  400 mg/kg  15 & 196  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  1000 mg/kg  15 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures (with e.g. dried  fruit) 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
 
 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  
 
INS 1520  Propylene glycol  Functional Class: Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Glazing agent, Humectant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  2000 mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  1000 mg/kg   
05.2.1  Hard candy  5300 mg/kg   
05.2.2  Soft candy  4500 mg/kg   
05.2.3  Nougats and marzipans  1000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 mg/kg   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and  like products  20000 mg/kg  370 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  10000 mg/kg  194 
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  1500 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  1500 mg/kg   
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  1000 mg/kg  426 
13.6 Food supplements  2000 mg/kg  417 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  300 mg/kg   
 
 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  
 
INS 405  Propylene glycol alginate  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Foaming agent, 
Gelling agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  1300 mg/kg   
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain),  not heat -treated after 
fermentation  5000 mg/kg  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  5000 mg/kg  234 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  5000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.3  Clotted cream (plain)  5000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  2500 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  5000 mg/kg   
01.6.2.3  Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for cheese 
sauces)  16000 mg/kg  353 
01.6.4  Processed cheese  9000 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  9000 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  6000 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  3000 mg/kg  359 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  3000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  10000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  5000 mg/kg  409 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  6000 mg/kg  386 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  5000 mg/kg   
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  6000 mg/kg   
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  10000 mg/kg   
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  10000 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  5000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  5000  mg/kg  370 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  5000 mg/kg  211 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  10000 mg/kg  194 & 
371 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg   
07.1.1.1  Yeast -leavened breads and specialty breads  4000 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  2000 mg/kg  11 
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  500 mg/kg   
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  20000 mg/kg   
07.2.1  Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit -filled or custard 
types)  3000 mg/kg  11 
07.2.2  Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, 
sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)  2000 mg/kg   
07.2.3  Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes)  10000 mg/kg   
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 3000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
products  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  10000 mg/kg   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  10000 mg/kg  258 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  3000 mg/kg   
11.4 Other  sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  10000 mg/kg   
12.5.1  Ready -to-eat soups and broths, including 
canned, bottled, and frozen  10000 mg/kg  127 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  8000 mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  8000 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  1200 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  1200 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  1000 mg/kg   
14.1.4.1  Carbonated water -based flavoured drinks  500 mg/kg  127 
14.1.4.2  Non-carbonated water -based flavoured drinks, 
including punches and ades  500 mg/kg   
14.1.4.3  Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water -based 
flavoured drinks  500 mg/kg   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other  
hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding 
cocoa  500 mg/kg  160 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots  
and tubers, pulses and legumes)  3000 mg/kg   
 
 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  
 
INS 477  Propylene glycol esters of 
fatty acids  Functional Class: Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  5000 mg/kg   
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  1000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  5000 mg/kg  86 
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  100000 
mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  10000 mg/kg   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  10000 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  20000 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 30000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  40000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  40000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  40000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  40000 mg/kg   
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  5000 mg/kg   
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  5000 mg/kg  97 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  5000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  20000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  40000 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg  2 & 153  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  40000 mg/kg   
07.0 Bakery wares  15000 mg/kg  11 & 72  
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  40000 mg/kg   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  5000 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  5000 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and 
weight reduction  5000 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  500 mg/kg   
 
 
PROTEASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.  
 
INS 
1101(i)  Protease from Aspergillus 
orizae var.  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer, 
Flour treatment agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.2.1  Flours  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other  GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa  
 
 
PULLULAN  
 
INS 1204  Pullulan  Functional Class: Glazing agent, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
06.2.1  Flours  GMP  25 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
QUILLAIA EXTRACTS  
 
INS 999(i)  
 
 
INS 999(ii)  Quillaia extract type  I 
 
 
Quillaia extract type 2  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Foaming 
agent  
Functional Class: Emulsifier, Foaming 
agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or 
“electrolyte ” drinks and particulated drinks  50 mg/kg  132 & 293  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
RIBOFLAVINS   
 
INS 101(i)  
INS 101(ii)  
 
INS 101(iii)  Riboflavin, synthetic  
Riboflavin 5 ’-phosphate 
sodium  
Riboflavin from Bacillus 
subtilis  Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  300 mg/kg  52 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  300 mg/kg   
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  300 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  300 mg/kg   
01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  300 mg/kg   
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  300 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  300 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  300 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  300 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  300 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  300 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  300 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  300 mg/kg   
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  300 mg/kg  4 & 16  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  300 mg/kg  267 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  300 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  300 mg/kg  182 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured 
water -based desserts  300 mg/kg   
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  500 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  300 mg/kg   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and 
nuts and seeds  300 mg/kg  4 & 16  
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  500 mg/kg   
04.2.2.6  Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 300 mg/kg  92 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  
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  500 mg/kg   
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  1000 mg/kg   
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  1000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  1000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery  wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  1000 mg/kg   
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  300 mg/kg   
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  300 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  300 mg/kg   
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  300 mg/kg   
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  50 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  300 mg/kg   
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  1000 mg/kg  16 
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  1000 mg/kg  16 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  1000 mg/kg  16 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans,  and 
echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  95 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  300 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  300 mg/kg   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  16 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  22 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  300 mg/kg  16 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled 
and/or in brine  300 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  300 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding 
products of food categories 09.3.1 – 09.3.3  300 mg/kg   
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, includi ng mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  500 mg/kg  95 
10.1 Fresh eggs  300 mg/kg  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  300 mg/kg   
11.3 Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) 
inverted, including treacle and molasses, 
excluding products of food category 11.1.3  300 mg/kg   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  300 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  350 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  300 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  200 mg/kg  344 
12.6 Sauces and like products  350 mg/kg   
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  300 mg/kg   
12.9.1  Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso)  30 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special 
medical purposes (excluding products of 
food category 13.1)  300 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  300 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  50 mg/kg   
14.2.2  Cider and perry  300 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch 
based (from roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes)  1000 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and 
nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  1000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
SACCHARINS  
 
INS 954(i)  
INS 954(ii)  
INS 954(iii)  
INS 954(iv)  Saccharin  
Calcium saccharin  
Potassium saccharin  
Sodium saccharin  Functional Class: Sweetener  
Functional Class: Sweetener  
Functional Class: Sweetener  
Functional Class: Sweetener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  80 mg/kg  161 & 406  
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  100 mg/kg  161  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, 
fruit or flavoured yoghurt)  100 mg/kg  161  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  100 mg/kg  161  
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  100 mg/kg  161  
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  160 mg/kg  144  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  200 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  200 mg/kg  161  
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) 
excluding products of food category 
04.1.2.5  200 mg/kg  161  
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  200 mg/kg  161  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  100 mg/kg  161  
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  160 mg/kg  161  
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and 
seeds  500 mg/kg  161  
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and 
seeds  500 mg/kg  161  
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  160 mg/kg  144  
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  160 mg/kg  144 & 161  
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)  160 mg /kg 161  
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. 200 mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
vegetable desserts and sauces, candied 
vegetables) other than food category 
04.2.2.5  
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  200 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), and seaweeds  160 mg/kg  144 & 161  
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  100 mg/kg  97 & 161  
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  80 mg/kg  161 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  200 mg/kg  161  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  500 mg/kg  161 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute 
products  500 mg/kg  161 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft 
candy, nougats, etc. other than food 
categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4  500 mg/kg  161 & 163  
05.3 Chewing gum  2500 mg/kg  161 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  500 mg/kg  161 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including  rolled oats  100 mg/kg  161 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts 
(e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  100 mg/kg  161 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  170 mg/kg  165 
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, 
and game products in whole pieces or 
cuts 500 mg/kg  161 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted 
meat, poultry, and game products  500 mg/kg  161 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  500 mg/kg  161 
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly  160 mg/kg  144 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine  160 mg/kg  144 
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding 
products of food categories 09.3.1 – 
09.3.3  160 mg/kg  144 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or 200 mg/kg  144 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fermented fish and fish products, incl uding 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  100 mg/kg  144 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, 
maple syrup, sugar toppings)  300 mg/kg  159 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high- intensity sweeteners  GMP   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  1500 mg/kg  161 
12.3 Vinegars  300 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  320 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  110 mg/kg  161  
12.6 Sauces and like products  160 mg/kg   
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  200 mg/kg  161 & 166  
12.9.1  Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso)  200 mg/kg   
12.9.2.1  Fermented soybean sauce  500 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended  for special 
medical purposes (excluding products 
of food category 13.1)  200 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming 
purposes and weight reduction  300 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods 
for dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  200 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  1200 mg/kg   
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  80 mg/kg   
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  80 mg/kg  161 
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  80 mg/kg  127 
14.1.4.1  Carbonated water -based flavoured drinks  300 mg/kg  161 
14.1.4.2  Non-carbonated water -based flavoured 
drinks, including punches and ades  300 mg/kg  161 
14.1.4.3  Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water -
based flavoured drinks  300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  200 mg/kg  160 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  100 mg/kg   
 
 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  
 
INS 470(i)  Salts of myristic, palmitic and 
stearic acids with ammonia, 
calcium, potassium and 
sodium  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Emulsifier, Stabilizer  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16, 71 & 
326 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  71 & 281  
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  71 
 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  16 & 71  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish 
and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  71 & 258  
12.1.1  Salt GMP  71 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND  
SODIUM  
 
INS 470(ii)  Salts of oleic acid with 
calcium, potassium and 
sodium  Functional Class: Flavour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
echinoderms  
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  300 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar  
toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other  
hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  
 
INS 904  Shellac, bleached  Functional Class: Glazing agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  GMP   
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  79 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  GMP  3 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  GMP  3 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft 
candy, nougats, etc. other than food 
categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4  GMP  3 
05.3 Chewing gum  GMP  3 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  GMP   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  GMP  3 
13.6 Food supplements  GMP  3 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  108 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  GMP  3 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
SILICON DIOXIDE, AMORPHOUS  
 
INS 551  Silicon dioxide, amorphous  Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Antifoaming agent, Carrier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  10000 mg/kg   
11.1.2  Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose  15000 mg/kg  56 
12.1.1  Salt GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  2000 mg/kg  56 & 318  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  321 
 
 
SODIUM ACETATE  
 
INS 262(i)  Sodium acetate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Preservative, Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  6000 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and  fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239, 319 & 
320 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
excluding cocoa  
 
 
SODIUM ALGINATE  
 
INS 401  Sodium alginate  Functional  Class: Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Foaming agent, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  210 & 332  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES  
 
INS 541(i)  
 
 
INS 541(ii)  Sodium aluminium 
phosphate acidic  
 
Sodium aluminium 
phosphate, basic  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, Raising 
agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, 
Stab ilizer,Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.4  Processed cheese  1600 mg/kg  6 & 251  
06.2.1  Flours  1600 mg/kg  6 & 251  
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  1000 mg/kg  6 
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  100 mg/kg  6 & 246  
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, 
English muffins)  100 mg/kg  6, 244 & 
246 
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  40 mg/kg  6, 244 & 
246 
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  40 mg/kg  6, 246 & 
249 
 
 
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE  
 
INS 554  Sodium aluminium silicate  Functional Class: Anticaking agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  570 mg/kg  6 & 260  
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  265 mg/kg  6 & 259  
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  570 mg/kg  6 & 259  
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  1140 mg/kg  6 
05.3 Chewing gum  100 mg/kg  6 & 174  
12.1.1  Salt 1000 mg/kg  6 & 254  
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  1000 mg/kg  6 & 255  
12.5.2  Mixes for soups and broths  570 mg/kg  6 
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  570 mg/kg  6 
 
 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  
 
INS 301  Sodium ascorbate  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  410 
04.1.1.3  Peeled or cut fresh fruit  GMP   
04.2.1.3  Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
(including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  
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  GMP   
06.2.1  Flours  300 mg/kg   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  200 mg/kg  256 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  437, 307 & 
392 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP  314 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  50 mg/kg  70, 72, 315 
& 316  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  500 mg/kg   
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  GMP  127 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  GMP   
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  GMP  127 
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot 
cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa  
 GMP  160 
 
 
SODIUM CARBONATE  
 
INS 500(i)  Sodium carbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Emulsifying salt, 
Raising agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
02.2.1  Butter  GMP   
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi,  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  
06.2.2  Starches  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  10000 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen  minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 & 316 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  240, 243, 
295 319 
& 320  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
 
 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE  
GUM)  
 
INS 466  Sodium carboxymethyl 
cellulose (Cellulose gum)  Functional Class: Bulking agent, 
Emulsifier, Firming agent, Gelling agent, 
Glazing agent, Humectant, Stabilizer,  
Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  332 & 
391 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  177 & 
332 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 & 325  
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41, 325 
& 332  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 & 332  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
SODIUM DIACETATE  
 
INS 262(ii)  Sodium diacetate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Preservative, Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  1000 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  1000 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  1000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  1000 mg/kg   
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  4000 mg/kg   
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  1000 mg/kg   
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  1000 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  2000 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  500 mg/kg   
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  2500 mg/kg   
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  2500 mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  2500 mg/kg  127 
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  2500 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  1000 mg/kg   
 
 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  
 
INS 331(i)  Sodium dihydrogen citrate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying  salt, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP  171 
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  GMP  277 
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  GMP  262 
04.2.1.1  Untreated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes 
[(including soybeans)], and aloe vera), seaweeds, 
and nuts and seeds  GMP  29 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and  
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  281 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2 Processed fish and fish  products, including 
mollusks,  
crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant  formulae  GMP  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 & 
316 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  238, 
240, 
319 & 
320 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
SODIUM DL -MALATE  
 
INS 350(ii)  Sodium DL -malate  Functional Class:  Acidity regulator, 
Humectant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles  and like products  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41  
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 SODIUM ERYTHORBATE (SODIUM ISOASCORBATE)  
 
INS 316  Sodium erythorbate (Sodium 
isoascorbate)  
 Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP  280 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  390 
.9.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  308 & 392  
.9.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  382 
 
 
SODIUM FUMARATES  
 
INS 365  Sodium fumarates  Functional Class: Acidity regulator  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms   GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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SODIUM GLUCONATE  
 
INS 576  Sodium gluconate  Functional Class: Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  
 
INS 
500(ii)  Sodium hydrogen carbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Raising agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
02.2.1  Butter  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 & 316  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  240, 319 & 
320 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
SODIUM HYDROXIDE  
 
INS 524  Sodium hydroxide  Functional Class: Acidity regulator  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
02.2.1  Butter  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 & 316  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239, 319 & 
320 
 
 
SODIUM LACTATE  
 
INS 325  Sodium lactate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Antioxidant, Bulking agent, Emulsifier, 
Emulsifying salt, Humectant, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams,  
and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas a nd noodles and like products  GMP   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and GMP  437 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  83, 239, 
319 & 320  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
SODIUM PROPIONATE  
 
INS 281  Sodium propionate  Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  3000 mg/kg  70 
 
 
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE  
 
INS 
500(iii)  Sodium sesquicarbonate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Anticaking agent, Raising agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP   
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams,  
and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  41 
 
 
ETHYL   
 
INS 200  
INS 201  
INS 202  
INS 203 Sorbic acid  
Sodium  sorbate  
Potassium  sorbate  
Calcium  sorbate  Functional Class: Preservative  
Functional Class: Preservative  
Functional Class: Preservative  
Functional Class: Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  1000 mg/kg  42 & 220  
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  1000 mg/kg  42 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  200 mg/kg  42 
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  1000 mg/kg  42 & 223  
01.6.2  Ripened cheese  3000 mg/kg  42 
01.6.3  Whey cheese  1000 mg/kg  42 
01.6.4  Processed cheese  3000 mg/kg  42 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  3000 mg/kg  3 & 42  
01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  3000 mg/kg  42 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  1000 mg/kg  42 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  2000 mg/kg  42 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  1000 mg/kg  42 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  500 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) 
excluding products of food category 
04.1.2.5  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  500 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  1200 mg/kg  42 
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  1000 mg/kg  42 
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)  1000 mg/kg  42 
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  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.2.2.7  Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi, root s 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  1000 mg/kg  42 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  1000 mg/kg  42 & 221  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  1000 mg/kg  42 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  1000 mg/kg  42 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  1500 mg/kg  42 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  1500 mg/kg  42 
05.3 Chewing gum  1500 mg/kg  42 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  1000 mg/kg  42 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  2000 mg/kg  42 & 221  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  1000 mg/kg  42 
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  2000 mg/kg  42 
07.0 Bakery wares  1000 mg/kg  42 
08.2.1.1  Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed meat, poultry, and game products in 
whole pieces or cuts  200 mg/kg  3 & 42  
08.2.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  2000 mg/kg  3 & 42  
08.2.1.3  Fermented non -heat treated processed meat, 
poultry, and game products in whole pieces or 
cuts 200 mg/kg  3 & 42  
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in  whole pieces or cuts  200 mg/kg  3 & 42  
08.2.3  Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  200 mg/kg  3 & 42  
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  1500 mg/kg  42 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  10000 mg/kg  42, 222 & 
365 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  2000 mg/kg  42 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  2000 mg/kg  42 & 82  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  20 & 42  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  1000 mg/kg  42  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  5000 mg/kg  42 
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  1000 mg/kg  42 
10.2.3  Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products  1000 mg/kg  42 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  1000 mg/kg  42 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  1000 mg/kg  42 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  1000 mg/kg  42 & 192  
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 1000 mg/kg  42 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
seasoning for instant noodles)  
12.4 Mustards  1000 mg/kg  42 
12.5 Soups and broths  1000 mg/kg  42, 338 & 
339 
12.6 Sauces and like products  1000 mg/kg  42 & 127  
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  1500 mg/kg  42 
12.9.1  Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso)  1000 mg/kg  42 
12.9.2.1  Fermented soybean sauce  1000 mg/kg  42 
12.9.2.3  Other soybean sauces  1000 mg/kg  42 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  1500 mg/kg  42 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  1500 mg/kg  42 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  1500 mg/kg  42 
13.6 Food supplements  2000 mg/kg  42 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  1000 mg/kg  42, 91 & 
122 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates  for fruit juice  1000 mg/kg  42, 91, 
122 & 
127 
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  1000 mg/kg  42, 91 & 
122 
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  1000 mg/kg  42, 91, 
122 & 
127 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  500 mg/kg  42 & 127  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  500 mg/kg  42 & 160  
14.2.2  Cider and perry  500 mg/kg  42 
14.2.5  Mead  200 mg/kg  42 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots  
and tubers, pulses and legumes)  1000 mg/kg  42 
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut 
mixtures  
(with e.g. dried fruit)  1000 mg/kg  42 
 
 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS 491  
INS 492  
INS 493  
INS 494  
INS 495  Sorbitan monostearate  
Sorbitan tristearate  
Sorbitan monolaurate  
Sorbitan monooleate  
Sorbitan monopalmitate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Emulsifier, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Emulsifier, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Emulsifier, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  5000 mg/kg   
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  4000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  5000 mg/kg  349 
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  4000 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10000 mg/kg  359 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed  and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  5000 mg/kg  363 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  10000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  1000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  5000 mg/kg   
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  5000 mg/kg  76 
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  2000 mg/kg  97 & 123  
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  10000 mg/kg   
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  10000 mg/kg  101 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  10000 mg/kg   
05.2.1  Hard candy  10000 mg/kg   
05.2.2  Soft candy  10000 mg/kg   
05.2.3  Nougats and marzipans  10000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  5000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  10000 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg  11 & 211  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg  11 & 194  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  5000 mg/kg   
07.1.1  Breads and rolls  3000 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  10000 mg/kg  11 
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, 
English muffins)  10000 mg/kg  11 
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread stuffing 
and bread crumbs  10000 mg/kg  11 
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  10000 mg/kg  11 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  10000 mg/kg  11 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  10000 mg/kg   
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  5000 mg/kg   
12.5.2  Mixes for soups and broths  250 mg/kg  127 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  5000 mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  50 mg/kg  127 
12.8 Yeast and like products  15000 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  1000 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and 
weight reduction  1000 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food categories 
13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  5000 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  10000 mg/kg  364 
14.1.4.1  Carbonated water -based flavoured drinks  500 mg/kg   
14.1.4.2  Non-carbonated water -based flavoured drinks, 
including punches and ades  500 mg/kg   
14.1.4.3  Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water -based 
flavoured drinks  500 mg/kg  127 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  500 mg/kg  429 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  300 mg/kg   
 
 
STANNOUS CHLORIDE   
 
INS 512  Stannous chloride  Functional Class: Antioxidant, Colour 
retention agent  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  20 mg/kg  43 & 141  
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  25 mg/kg  43 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or 
“electrolyte ” drinks and particulated drinks  20 mg/kg  43 
 
 
STARCH ACETATE   
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 INS 1420  Starch acetate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams 
(plain)  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  63 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
 
 
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL SUCCINATE  
 
INS 1450  Starch sodium octenyl 
succinate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  20000 mg/kg  376 & 381  
13.2 Complementary foods for  infants and young 
children  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
STARCHES, ENZYME TREATED  
 
INS 1405  Starches, enzyme treated  Functional Class:  Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after GMP  234 & 235  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fermentation  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  
 
INS 481(i)  
 
 
INS 482(i)  Sodium stearoyl lactylate  
 
 
Calcium stearoyl lactylate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Flour 
treatment agent, Foaming agent, 
Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Emulsifier, Flour 
treatment agent, Foaming agent, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  1000 mg/kg   
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  3000 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  5000 mg/kg  2 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  2000 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg  355 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10000 
mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  3000 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding  dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  5000 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  5000 mg/kg  15 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  2000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  5000 mg/kg   
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  2000 mg/kg   
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  5000  mg/kg  76 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  5000 mg/kg   
05.3 Chewing gum  2000 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  2000 mg/kg   
06.2.1  Flours  5000 mg/kg  186 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  5000 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg  211 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg  194 & 
371 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. 
rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  6000 mg/kg   
07.1.1.1  Yeast -leavened breads and specialty breads  3000 mg/kg  388 
07.1.1.2  Soda breads  3000 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  3000 mg/kg   
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  5000 mg/kg   
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread 
stuffing and bread crumbs  5000 mg/kg   
07.1.5  Steamed breads and buns  3000 mg/kg   
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  5000 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  5000 mg/kg   
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, and 
game products in whole pieces or cuts  2000 mg/kg  373 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  2000 mg/kg   
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  500 mg/kg   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  500 mg/kg   
10.2.3  Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products  5000 mg/kg   
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  2500 mg/kg  427 
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  2500 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special 
medical purposes (excluding products of 
food category 13.1)  2000 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  2000 mg/kg   
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch 
based (from roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes)  5000 mg/kg  432 
 
 
STEARYL CITRATE  
 
INS 484  Stearyl citrate  Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Emulsifier, Sequestrant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  GMP   
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  GMP   
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  100 mg/kg  15 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.3 Chewing gum  15000 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or 
“electrolyte ” drinks and particulated drinks  500 mg/kg   
 
 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  
 
INS 960a  
 
 
 
INS 960b(i)  Steviol glycosides from 
Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni 
(Steviol glycosides from 
Stevia)  
Rebaudioside A from 
multiple gene donors 
expressed in Yarrowia 
lipolytica  Functional Class: Sweetener  
 
 
 
Functional Class: Sweetener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  200 mg/kg  26 
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  330 mg/kg  26 & 201  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, 
fruit or flavoured yoghurt)  330 mg/kg  26 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  330 mg/kg  26 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  270 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  100 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  330 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  360 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) 
excluding products of food  category 
04.1.2.5  330 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  40 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, 
fruit toppings and coconut milk  330 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -
flavoured water -based desserts  350 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  115 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  330 mg/kg  26 
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  40 mg/kg  26 
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and 
nuts and seeds  40 mg/kg  26 
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  330 mg/kg  26 
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  70 mg/kg  26 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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)  330 mg/kg  26 
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 s auces, candied 
vegetables) other than food category 
04.2.2.5  165 mg/kg  26 
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  200 mg/kg  26 
 of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 
12.9.2.1 and  
12.9.2.3    
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe 
vera), and seaweeds  40 mg/kg  26 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft 
candy, nougats, etc. other than food 
categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4  700 mg/kg  26 & 199  
05.3 Chewing gum  3500 mg/kg  26 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  350 mg/kg  26 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts 
(e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding)  165 mg/kg  26 
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  200 mg/kg  26 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted 
meat, poultry, and game products  100 mg/kg  26 & 202  
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly  100 mg/kg  26 & 144  
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine  165 mg/kg  26 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  100 mg/kg  26  
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or 
fermented fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg  26 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  330 mg/kg  26 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  GMP  26 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  30 mg/kg  26 
12.4 Mustards  130 mg/kg  26 
12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg  26 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion 
dip) 350 mg/kg  26 
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, 
cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  350 mg/kg  26 
12.6.3   Mixes for sauces and gravies  350 mg/kg  26 & 127  
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  350 mg/kg  26  
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  115 mg/kg  26 
12.9.2.1  Fermented soybean sauce  30 mg/kg  26 
12.9.2.2  Non-fermented soybean sauce  165 mg/kg  26 
12.9.2.3  Other soybean sauces  165 mg/kg  26 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special 
medical purposes (excluding products 
of food category 13.1)  350 mg/kg  26 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming 
purposes and weight reduction  270 mg/kg  26 
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use)  
excluding products of food categories 
13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  660 mg/kg  26, 198 & 
294 
13.6 Food supplements  2500 mg/kg  26 & 203  
14.1.3  Fruit and vegetable nectars  200 mg/kg  26 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including 
“sport, ” “energy, ” or 
“electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg  26 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other  
hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  200 mg/kg  26 & 160  
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  170 mg/kg  26 
 
 
SUCRALOSE (TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  
 
INS 955  Sucralose 
(Trichlorogalactosucrose)  Functional Class: Flavour enhancer, 
Sweetener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  300 mg/kg  161 & 404  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  580 mg/kg  161 
01.4.4  Cream analogues  580 mg/kg  161 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  500 mg/kg  161 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  400 mg/kg  161 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 400 mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
dessert products of food category 01.7  
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  320 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.1  Frozen fruit  400 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  1500 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  180 mg/kg  144 
04.1.2.4  Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  400 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  400 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  400 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  800 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  400 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  400 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  150 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  400 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  150 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  150 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  580 mg/kg  161 
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  400 mg/kg   
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  580 mg/kg  161 
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)  400 mg/kg  161 & 169  
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  400 mg/kg  161 
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  580 mg/kg  161 
04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 150 mg/kg  144 & 161  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera),  and 
seaweeds  
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  580 mg/kg  97 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  400 mg/kg  97 & 161  
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  400 mg/kg  161 & 169  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  800 mg/kg  161  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  800 mg/kg  161 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  1800 mg/kg  161 & 
164  
05.3 Chewing gum  5000 mg/kg  161 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  1000 mg/kg  161 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  1000 mg/kg  161 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  400 mg/kg  161 
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including 
rice cakes (Oriental type only)  200 mg/kg  72 
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  400 mg/kg   
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  650 mg/kg  161 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  700 mg/kg  161 & 165  
09.3 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  120 mg/kg  144  
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  120 mg/kg  144 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  400 mg/kg  161 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  1500 mg/kg  159 & 161  
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  GMP  161 
12.2.1  Herbs and spices  400 mg/kg  161 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  700 mg/kg  161 
12.3 Vinegars  400 mg/kg  161 
12.4 Mustards  140 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  600 mg/kg  161 
12.6 Sauces and like products  450 mg/kg  127 
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  1250 mg/kg  159 & 169  
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  400 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  320 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 400 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  
13.6 Food supplements  2400 mg/kg   
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  300 mg/kg   
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  300 mg/kg  161 
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  300 mg/kg  127 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  300 mg/kg  160 & 161  
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  1000 mg/kg  161 
 
 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  
 
INS 474  Sucroglycerides  Functional Class: Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  1000 mg/kg  348, 410  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  5000 mg/kg  348 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  20000 mg/kg  348 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  5000 mg/kg  348 
01.4.4  Cream analogues  10000 mg/kg  348 
01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  10000 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  3000 mg/kg  348 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg  348 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10000 mg/kg  348 & 360  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based  on fat emulsions  5000 mg/kg  102 & 363  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  5000 mg/kg  348 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  5000 mg/kg  348 
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  GMP   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  1500 mg/kg  348 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  5000 mg/kg  348 
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 5000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
category 04.2.2.5  
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  10000 mg/kg  348 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  10000 mg/kg  348 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  6000 mg/kg  348 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  5000 mg/kg  348 
05.3 Chewing gum  12000 mg/kg  348 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  5000 mg/kg  348 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  2000 mg/kg  348 & & 
370 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  4000 mg/kg  211 & 348  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  2000 mg/kg  194 & 348  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  5000 mg/kg  348 
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  10000 mg/kg  348 
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including 
rice cakes (Oriental type only)  10000 mg/kg  348 
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  20000 mg/kg  348 
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  3000 mg/kg  348 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  10000 mg/kg  348 
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  5000 mg/kg  15 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game  products  5000 mg/kg  15 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  4500 mg/kg  241, 348  
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  5000 mg/kg  348 
12.2.1  Herbs and spices  2000 mg/kg  348, 422  
12.5 Soups and broths  2000 mg/kg  345 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips  (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  2000 mg/kg  348, 426  
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  10000 mg/kg  348 
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  10000 mg/kg  127 & 348  
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  10000 mg/kg  348  
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  5000 mg/kg  348 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  5000 mg/kg  348 
13.6 Food supplements  20000  mg/kg  348 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg  219, 348  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 1000 mg/kg  176, 348  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  5000 mg/kg  348, 433  
 
 
SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE  
 
INS 444  Sucrose acetate isobutyrate  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  500 mg/kg   
 
 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  
 
INS 473  Sucrose esters of fatty acids  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Foaming 
agent, Glazing agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  1000 mg/kg  348 & 410  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  5000 mg/kg  348 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  20000 mg/kg  348 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  5000 mg/kg  348 
01.4.4  Cream analogues  10000 mg/kg  348 
01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  5000 mg/kg  348 
01.6.4  Processed cheese  3000 mg/kg  348 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  10000 mg/kg  348 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg  348 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10000 mg/kg  348 & 360  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed  and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  5000 mg/kg  102 & 363  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  5000 mg/kg  348 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  5000 mg/kg  348 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  1500 mg/kg  348 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  5000 mg/kg  348 
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  10000 mg/kg  97 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  10000 mg/kg  348 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  10000 mg/kg  348 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  6000 mg/kg  348 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  5000 mg/kg  348 
05.3 Chewing gum  12000 mg/kg  348 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  5000 mg/kg  348 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  10000 mg/kg  348 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  2000 mg/kg  348 & 370  
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  4000 mg/kg  211 & 348  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  2000 mg/kg  194 & 348  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  5000 mg/kg  348 
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  10000 mg/kg  348 
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including 
rice cakes (Oriental type only)  10000 mg/kg  348 
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  20000 mg/kg  348 
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  3000 mg/kg  348 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  10000 mg/kg  348 
08.2.2  Heat -treated processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  5000 mg/kg  15 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  5000 mg/kg  15 & 373  
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  4500 mg/kg  241 & 348  
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  5000 mg/kg  348 
12.2.1  Herbs and spices  2000 mg/kg  348 & 422  
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  20000 mg/kg  423, 424 & 
425 
12.5 Soups and broths  2000 mg/kg  345 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  2000 mg/kg  348 & 426  
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  10000 mg/kg  348 
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  10000 mg/kg  127 & 348  
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  10000 mg/kg  348 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  5000 mg/kg  348 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and 
weight reduction  5000 mg/kg  348 
13.6 Food supplements  20000 mg/kg  348 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg  219 & 348  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 1000 mg/kg  176 & 348  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  5000 mg/kg  348 & 433  
 
 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I AND TYPE II  
 
INS 473a  Sucrose Oligoesters, Type I 
and Type II  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Glazing 
agent, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  1000 mg/kg  348 & 410  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  5000 mg/kg  348 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  20000 mg/kg  348 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  5000 mg/kg  348 
01.4.4  Cream analogues  10000 mg/kg  348 
01.6.4  Processed cheese  3000 mg/kg  348 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  5000 mg/kg  348 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  10000 mg/kg  348 & 360  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  5000 mg/kg  102 & 363  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7 5000 mg/kg  348 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  5000 mg/kg  348 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  1500 mg/kg  348 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  5000 mg/kg  348 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  10000 mg/kg  348 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  10000 mg/kg  348 
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  6000 mg/kg  348 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  5000 mg/kg  348 
05.3 Chewing gum  12000 mg/kg  348 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  5000 mg/kg  348 & 387  
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles  and like products  2000 mg/kg  348 & 370  
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  4000 mg/kg  211 & 348  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  2000 mg/kg  194 & 348  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  5000 mg/kg  348 
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 10000 mg/kg  348 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
poultry)  
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including 
rice cakes (Oriental type only)  10000 mg/kg  348 
06.8.1  Soybean -based beverages  20000 mg/kg  348 
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  3000 mg/kg  348 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  10000 mg/kg  348 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  4500 mg/kg  241, 348  
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  5000 mg/kg  348 
12.2.1  Herbs and spices  2000 mg/kg  348 & 422  
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  20000 mg/kg  423 & 424 
& 425  
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  2000 mg/kg  348 & 426  
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  10000 mg/kg  348 
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  10000 mg/kg  127 & 348  
12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  10000 mg/kg  348 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  5000 mg/kg  348 
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and 
weight reduction  5000 mg/kg  348 
13.6 Food supplements  20000 mg/kg  348 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg  219 & 348  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  1000 mg/kg  176 & 348  
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots  
and tubers, pulses and legumes)  5000 mg/kg  348 & 433  
 
 
SULFITES  
 
INS 220  
 
 
INS 221  
 
 
INS 222  
 
INS 223  
 
 
INS 224  
 
 
INS 225  
 Sulfur dioxide  
 
 
Sodium sulfite  
 
 
Sodium hydrogen sulfite  
 
Sodium metabisulfite  
 
 
Potassium metabisulfite  
 
 
Potassium sulfite  
 Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Bleaching agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Preservative  
Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Bleaching agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Preservative  
Functional Class:  Antioxidant, 
Preservative  
Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Bleaching age nt, Flour treatment agent, 
Preservative  
Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Bleaching agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Preservative  
Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Preservative  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS 539  Sodium thiosulfate  Functional Class: Antioxidant, 
Preservative  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
04.1.1.2  Surface -treated fresh fruit  30 mg/kg  44 & 204  
04.1.2.1  Frozen fruit  500 mg/kg  44 & 155  
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  1000 mg/kg  44, 135 & 
218 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  100 mg/kg  44 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  100 mg/kg  44 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  100 mg/kg  44 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and  
coconut milk  100 mg/kg  44 & 206  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based  
desserts  100 mg/kg  44 
04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  100 mg/kg  44 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  100 mg/kg  44 
04.2.1.3  Peeled, cut or shred ded fresh vegetables 
(including mushrooms and fung i, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, 
and nuts and seeds  50 mg/kg  44, 76 & 
136 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (inclu ding mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and leg umes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  50 mg/kg  44, 76, 
136 &  
137 
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, 
roots  
and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
seaweeds,  
and nuts and seeds  500 mg/kg  44 & 105  
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  100 mg/kg  44 
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  50 mg/kg  44 
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)  500 mg/kg  44 & 138  
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  300 mg/kg  44 & 205  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  500 mg/kg  44 
06.2.1  Flours  200 mg/kg  44 
06.2.2  Starches  50 mg/kg  44 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  20 mg/kg  44 
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  50 mg/kg  44 
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  100 mg/kg  44 & 390  
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  100 mg/kg  19, 44, 
139 & 392  
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  150 mg/kg  44 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  30 mg/kg  44 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  150 mg/kg  44 & 140  
11.1.1  White sugar, dextrose anhydrous, dextrose 
monohydrate, fructose  15 mg/kg  44 
11.1.2  Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose  15 mg/kg  44 
11.1.3  Soft white sugar, soft brown sugar, glucose 
syrup, dried glucose syrup, raw cane sugar  20 mg/kg  44 & 111  
11.1.5  Plantation or mill white sugar  70 mg/kg  44 
11.2 Brown sugar excluding products of food category 
11.1.3  40 mg/kg  44 
11.3 Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) 
inverted, including treacle and molasses, 
excluding products of food category 11.1.3  70 mg/kg  44 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  40 mg/kg  44 
12.2.1  Herbs and spices  150 mg/kg  44 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  200 mg/kg  44 
12.3 Vinegars  100 mg/kg  44 
12.4 Mustards  250 mg/kg  44 & 106  
12.6 Sauces and like products  300 mg/kg  44 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  50 mg/kg  44 & 
122 
14.1.2.2  Vegetable juice  50 mg/kg  44 & 
122 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  50 mg/kg  44, 
122 & 
127 
14.1.2.4  Concentrates for vegetable juice  50 mg/kg  44, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
122 & 
127 
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  50 mg/kg  44 & 12  
14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  50 mg/kg  44 & 12  
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  50 mg/kg  44, 122 & 
127 
14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  50 mg/kg  44, 122 & 
127 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  70 mg/kg  44, 122 & 
143 
14.2.2  Cider and perry  200 mg/kg  44 
14.2.5  Mead  200 mg/kg  44 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots  
and tubers, pulses and legumes)  50 mg/kg  44 
 
 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  
 
INS 110  Sunset yellow FCF  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  300 mg/kg  52 
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  300 mg/kg  3 
01.6.2.2  Rind of ripened cheese  300 mg/kg   
01.6.4  Processed cheese  200 mg/kg  3 
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  300 mg/kg  3 
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  300 mg/kg  161 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  300 mg/kg  161 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  50 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  50 mg/kg   
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  300 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  300 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  200 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  300 mg/kg  161 & 182  
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  50 mg/kg  161 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  300 mg/kg  161 
04.2.1.2  Surface -treated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses 
and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  300 mg/kg  4 & 16  
04.2.2.6  Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots 50 mg/kg  92 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  
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  200 mg/kg  92 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  300 mg/kg  161 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  300 mg/kg  153 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  50 mg/kg   
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and 
mixes  50 mg/kg   
08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game  300 mg/kg  4 & 16  
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  300 mg/kg  16 
08.3.1.1  Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed comminuted meat, poultry, and 
game products  300 mg/kg  16 
08.3.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  135 mg/kg   
08.3.1.3  Fermented non -heat treated processed 
comminuted meat, poultry, and game products  300 mg/kg  16 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  300 mg/kg  16 
08.3.3  Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  300 mg/kg  16 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  300 mg/kg  16 
09.1.1  Fresh fish  300 mg/kg  4, 16 & 50  
09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  4 & 16  
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish  products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  95 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including  mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  16 & 95  
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  300 mg/kg  95 
09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  250 mg/kg   
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  300 mg/kg  16 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 100 mg/kg  382 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
09.3.1  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  300 mg/kg  16 
09.3.2  Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or 
in brine  300 mg/kg  16 
09.3.3  Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe 
products  300 mg/kg   
09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g. 
fish paste), excluding products of food 
categories 09.3.1 – 09.3.3  300 mg/kg   
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  300 mg/kg  95 & 435  
10.1 Fresh eggs  GMP  4 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  50 mg/kg   
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  300 mg/kg   
12.4 Mustards  300 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg   
12.6 Sauces and like products  300 mg/kg   
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  50 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  50 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  300 mg/kg   
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  100 mg/kg  127 & 161  
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch based 
(from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)  200 mg/kg   
 
 
TALC  
 
INS 
553(iii)  Talc Functional Class: Anticaking agent, 
Glazing agent, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding 
whey cheeses  10000 mg/kg   
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 TARA GUM  
 
INS 417  Tara gum  Functional Class: Gelling agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  236 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  73 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  73 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
TARTRATES  
 
INS 334  
 
 
INS 335(ii)  
 
INS 337  L(+)-Tartaric acid  
 
 
Sodium L(+) -tartrate  
 
Potassium sodium L(+) -
tartrate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Antioxidant, Flavour enhancer, 
Sequestrant  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifying salt, Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifying salt, Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  2000 mg/kg  45 & 230  
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  1500 mg/kg  45 & 351  
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  2000 mg/kg  45 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  100 mg/kg  45 
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products based 
on fat emulsions  100 mg/kg  45 
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based dessert 
products of food category 01.7  100 mg/kg  45 
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  4000 mg/kg  45 
04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  1000 mg/kg  45 
04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  3000 mg/kg  45 
04.1.2.7  Candied fruit  20000 mg/kg  45 
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  1000 mg/kg  45 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  10000 mg/kg  45 
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 
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 
05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake  5000 mg/kg  45, 97 & 
128 
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  2000 mg/kg  45 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  2000 mg/kg  45 
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  5000 mg/kg  45 & 128  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  5000 mg/kg  45 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  2000 mg/kg  45 
05.3 Chewing gum  30000 mg/kg  45 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  8000 mg/kg  45 
06.2.1  Flours  5000 mg/kg  45 & 186  
06.2.2  Starches  2000 mg/kg  45 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  5000 mg/kg  45 & 128  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  7500 mg/kg  45, 128 & 
194 
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  2860 mg/kg  45 
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares  4000 mg/kg  45 & 388  
07.2.1  Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit -filled or custard 5000 mg/kg  45 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
types)  
07.2.2  Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, 
sweet rolls,  scones, and muffins)  500 mg/kg  45 
07.2.3  Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, pancakes)  8000 mg/kg  11 & 45  
08.3.1  Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  500 mg/kg  45 
08.3.2  Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  500 mg/kg  45 
08.3.3  Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, 
and game products  500 mg/kg  45 
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  2000 mg/kg  45 & 365  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  45, 128 & 
382 
10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  2000 mg/kg  45 
11.6 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high - intensity sweeteners  2000 mg/kg  45 
12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  7500 mg/kg  45 
12.4 Mustards  5000 mg/kg  45 
12.5 Soups and broths  5000 mg/kg  45 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  2000 mg/kg  45 
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce,  brown gravy)  5000 mg/kg  45 
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  5000 mg/kg  45, 127  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  45, 364 & 
428 
13.6 Food supplements  5000 mg/kg  45 
14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  4000 mg/kg  45, 128 & 
129 
14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  4000 mg/kg  45, 127, 
128 & 129  
14.1.3.1  Fruit nectar  4000 mg/kg  45 & 128  
14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  4000 mg/kg  45, 127 & 
128 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  800 mg/kg  45 
14.2.2  Cider and perry  2000 mg/kg  45 
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  2000 mg/kg  45 
 
 
TARTRAZINE  
 
INS 102  Tartrazine  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  300 mg/kg  52 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  100 mg/kg  382 
09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish 
and fish  
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  30 mg/kg  435 
12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg  99 
 
 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  
 
INS 319  Tertiary butylhydroquinone 
(TBHQ)  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  100 mg/kg  15 & 195  
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
03.0 Edible ices, including  sherbet and sorbet  200 mg/kg  15 & 195  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
303 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
05.3 Chewing gum  400 mg/kg  130 
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
07.1.1  Breads and rolls  200 mg/kg  15 & 195  
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  200 mg/kg  15 & 195  
07.1.3  Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, 
pita, English muffins)  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
07.1.4  Bread -type products, including bread 
stuffing and bread crumbs  200 mg/kg  15 & 195  
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  100 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
167 
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  100 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
162 
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
12.4 Mustards  200 mg/kg  15 
12.5 Soups and broths  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
12.6 Sauces and like products  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
 
 
THERMALLY OXIDIZED SOYA BEAN OIL INTERACTED  
WITH MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS  
 
INS 479  Thermally oxidized soya bean 
oil interacted with mono - and 
diglycerides of fatty acids  Functional Class: Emulsifier  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  5000 mg/kg   
 
 
THIODIPROPIONATES  
 
INS 388  
INS 389  Thiodipropionic acid  
Dilauryl thiodipropionate  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  200 mg/kg  46 
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish  oil, and other animal fats  200 mg/kg  46 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  200 mg/kg  46 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  15 & 46  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  1000 mg/kg  15 & 46  
15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  200 mg/kg  46 
 
 
TOCOPHEROLS  
 
INS 307a  
INS 307b  
 
INS 307c  d-alpha -Tocopherol  
Tocopherol concentrate, 
mixed  
dl-alpha -Tocopherol  Functional Class: Antioxidant  
Functional Class: Antioxidant  
 
Functional Class: Antioxidant  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  200 mg/kg  410 
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  200 mg/kg  15 
01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  200 mg/kg   
01.4.4  Cream analogues  200 mg/kg   
01.6.1  Unripened cheese  200 mg/kg  168 & 351  
01.6.2.3  Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for 300 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
cheese sauces)  
01.6.4  Processed cheese  200 mg/kg   
01.6.5  Cheese analogues  400 mg/kg   
01.7 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or 
flavoured yoghurt)  500 mg/kg   
01.8 Whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  200 mg/kg   
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  500 mg/kg  171 
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  300 mg/kg  356 & 357  
02.1.3  Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  300 mg/kg  358 
02.2.2  Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads  500 mg/kg   
02.3 Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or flavoured products 
based on fat emulsions  900 mg/kg   
02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -based 
dessert products of food category 01.7  200 mg/kg   
03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet  500 mg/kg  15 
04.1.2.2  Dried fruit  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.6  Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding 
products of food category 04.1.2.5  200 mg/kg   
04.1.2.8  Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit 
toppings and coconut milk  150 mg/kg   
04.1.2.9  Fruit-based desserts, including fruit -flavoured 
water -based desserts  500 mg/kg  15 
04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  150 mg/kg   
04.2.2.2  Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  200 mg/kg   
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)  300 mg/kg   
05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  500 mg/kg  15 
05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including fillings  100 mg/kg  15  
05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  750 mg/kg  15 & 168  
05.1.5  Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products  500 mg/kg  15 
05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, 
nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 
05.3 and 05.4  500 mg/kg  15  
05.3 Chewing gum  1500 mg/kg   
05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings 
(non-fruit) and sweet sauces  500 mg/kg  15 
06.2.1  Flours  5000 mg/kg  15 & 
186 
06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats  200 mg/kg   
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  500 mg/kg  211 
06.4.3  Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like 200 mg/kg  211 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
products  
06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice 
pudding, tapioca pudding)  500 mg/kg  15 
06.6 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters for fish or 
poultry)  100 mg/kg   
07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  200 mg/kg   
07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares  100 mg/kg   
07.2.1  Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit -filled or 
custard types)  200 mg/kg  389 
07.2.2  Other fine bakery products (e.g. doughnuts, 
sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)  200 mg/kg   
07.2.3  Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, 
pancakes)  200 mg/kg  11 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  300 mg/kg  15 & 
281 
08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  500 mg/kg   
08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  500 mg/kg   
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. sausage casings)  5000 mg/kg  365 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  200 mg/kg  15 
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. 
seasoning for instant noodles)  2000 mg/kg  421 
12.4 Mustards  200 mg/kg   
12.5 Soups and broths  50 mg/kg  346 
12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. 
mayonnaise, salad dressing, onion dip)  600 mg/kg   
12.6.2  Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese 
sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)  600 mg/kg   
12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  300 mg/kg  127 
13.1.1  Infant formulae  10 mg/kg  72 & 
416 
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  30 mg/kg  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  10 mg/kg  72 & 
416 
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  300 mg/kg  15 
13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  30 mg/kg   
13.4 Dietetic formulae for  slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  300 mg/kg   
13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for 
dietary use) excluding products of food 
categories 13.1 – 13.4 and 13.6  300 mg/kg   
13.6 Food supplements  2000 mg/kg  418 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg  434 
15.1 Snacks – potato, cereal, flour or starch 
based (from roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes)  200 mg/kg   
15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and 
nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  200 mg/kg   
 
 
TRAGACANTH GUM  
 
INS 413  Tragacanth gum  Functional Class: Emulsifier, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP  236 
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and  like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish  products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  16 
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
TRICALCIUM CITRATE  
 
INS 333(iii)  Tricalcium citrate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifying salt, Firming agent, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and 
whipped creams, and reduced fat creams 
(plain)  GMP   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  GMP  277 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, 
and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and 
seeds  GMP  29 
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
 
 
TRIETHYL CITRATE  
 
INS 1505  Triethyl citrate  Functional Class: Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  2500 mg/kg  47 
10.2.3  Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products  2500 mg/kg  47 
14.1.4  Water -based flavoured drinks, including “sport, ” 
“energy, ” or “electrolyte ” drinks and particulated 
drinks  200 mg/kg   
 
 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  
 
INS 332(ii)  Tripotassium citrate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifying salt, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  GMP  277 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  29 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  253 & 391  
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  GMP  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  GMP  239 
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  
 
INS 331(iii)  Trisodium citrate  Functional Class: Acidity regulator, 
Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  GMP  410 
01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  GMP  261 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
01.8.2  Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey 
cheeses  GMP   
02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  GMP  171 
02.1.2  Vegetable oils and fats  GMP  277 
04.2.1.1  Untreated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms 
and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes 
[(including soybeans)], and aloe vera), seaweeds, 
and nuts and seeds  GMP  262 
04.2.2.1  Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and 
fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and 
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  GMP  29 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
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  GMP   
06.2.1  Flours  GMP  25 
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  253 & 391  
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg  products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.1.1  Infant formulae  GMP  55 & 72  
13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  GMP  72 & 316  
13.1.3  Formulae for special medical purposes for infants  GMP  55 & 72  
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  5000 mg/kg  238, 240, 
319 & 320  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
XANTHAN GUM  
 
INS 415 Xanthan gum  Functional Class: Emulsifier, Foaming 
agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 & 235  
01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after 
fermentation  GMP  234 
01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  GMP   
01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  GMP  236 
01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped 
creams, and reduced fat creams (plain)  GMP   
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  GMP   
06.4.1  Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  211 
06.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like products  GMP  256 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or 
cuts GMP  16 & 326  
08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted  GMP  281 
09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  391 
09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  GMP  177 
09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP   
09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  GMP  241 & 327  
09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  41 
09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and 
fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  GMP  300 
10.2.1  Liquid egg products  GMP   
10.2.2  Frozen egg products  GMP   
11.4 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple 
syrup, sugar toppings)  GMP  258 
12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  GMP   
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young 
children  10000 mg/kg  239 & 273  
14.1.5  Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, 
and other hot cereal and grain beverages, 
excluding cocoa  GMP  160 
 
 
ZEAXANTHIN, SYNTHETIC  
 
INS 
161h(i)  Zeaxanthin, synthetic  Functional Class: Colour  
   
FoodCatNo  FoodCategory  MaxLevel  Note  
01.1.4  Flavoured fluid milk drinks  100 mg/kg  52 & 400  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
(أ) جدول ملحق  
المواد الملونة الطبيعية المسموح باستخدامها في المواد الغذائية بصفة عامة 
 
أسماء مرادفة  اللون الرقم الدولي  
 ليكوبين  160d  
 ليوتين 160b  
بيتانين أحمر جذور البنجر  162 
 انثوسيانينات  163(i)  
اينوسيانينا  مستخلص الكشمش (العنب) الأسود  163(iii)  
 المستخلص الزيتي للفلفل الحلو  160c  
 مسحوق الكركم  100(ii)  
 مستخلص الكركم  100(i)  
 كلورفيلات  140 
 كراميل عادي  150a  
 كراميل الكبريت الكاوية  150b  
 فحم نباتي نشط  150 
صبغة بيضاء6  ثاني أكسيد التيتانيوم  171 
 
(ب)  جدول ملحق 
المواد الملونة الاصطناعية المسموح باستخدامها في المواد الغذائية بصفة عامة 
 
أسماء مرادفة  اللون الرقم الدولي  
بني غذائي 3  البني الشكولاتي اتش تي  155 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 (2)  المضافات الغذائية المسموح بإستخدامها حسب المادة الغذائية 
 
Food Category No. 01.1.1  Fluid milk (plain  
 
Additive INS Max Level Notes 
NITROGEN 941 GMP 59 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - (iii); 
341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 542 1500 mg/kg 33 & 227 
 
Food Category No. 01.1.2  Other fluid milk (plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472a   GMP  407 
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  410 
CITRIC ACID  330  GMP  407 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  407 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID 
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  120 mg/kg  407 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  407 
LECITHIN  322(i)   GMP  410 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  410 
NITROGEN  941  GMP  59 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - (iii); 
341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - (ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - (iii),(v) -
(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 542  2200 mg/kg  33, 364, 
411 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 1000  mg/kg  410 
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE  525 GMP  410 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  410 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 1000 mg/kg  348, 410  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 1000 mg/kg  348, 410  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I AND  
TYPE II  473a  1000 mg/kg  348, 410  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c 200 mg/kg  410 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  410 
 
Food Category No. 01.1.3  Fluid buttermilk (plain)  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE 504(i) GMP 261 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 528 GMP 261 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE 504(ii) GMP 261 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 
341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - (ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - (iii),(v) -
(vii), (ix); 
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 542 1500 mg/kg 33,227 
397 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 332(i) GMP 261 
POTASSIUM LACTATE 326 GMP 261 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i) GMP 261 
SODIUM LACTATE 325 GMP 261 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE 332(ii) GMP 261 
TRISODIUM CITRATE 331(iii)  GMP 261 
 
Food Category No. 01.1.4   Flavoured fluid milk drinks  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg  161&188 
ALITAME 956 100 mg/kg 161 
ALLURA RED AC 129 300 mg/kg 52 & 161 
AMARANTH 123 50 mg/kg 52 
ANNATTO EXTRACTS, BIXIN -BASED  160b(i) 20 mg/kg 8 & 52 
ANNATTO EXTRACTS, NORBIXIN - 
BASED 160b(ii) 10 mg/kg 52 & 185 
ASPARTAME 951 600 mg/kg 161, 191  
405 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 350 mg/kg 113&161 
AZORUBINE (CARMOISINE) 122 150 mg/kg 52 
BRILLIANT BLACK (BLACK PN) 151 150 mg/kg 52 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 150 mg/kg 52 
BROWN HT 155 150 mg/kg 52 
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg 52 & 170 
CARAMEL II - SULFITE CARAMEL  150b 2000 mg/kg 52 & 400 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 2000 mg/kg 52 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 2000 mg/kg 52 
CARMINES 12D 150 mg/kg 52 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg 52 & 401 
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 150 mg/kg 52 & 402 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 50 mg/kg 52 & 190 
CURCUMIN 100(i) 150 mg/kg 52 & 402 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID 
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 5000 mg/kg 399 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg 52 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 100 mg/kg 52, 181  
402 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 300 mg/kg 52 & 402 
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  20 mg/kg 52 & 402 
LUTEIN FROM TAGETES ERECTA 161b(i) 100 mg/kg 52 & 400 
NEOTAME 961 20 mg/kg 161 
NISIN 234 12.5 mg/kg 233&  403 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 
341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -(ii); 343(i) -
(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix); 
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 1500 mg/kg 33, 364 & 
398 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 2000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  3000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 1300 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 5000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg 52 
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  80 mg/kg 161&406 
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 & 220 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495  5000 mg/kg  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 1000 mg/kg  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 200 mg/kg 26  
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 300 mg/kg 161&404 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I AND 
TYPE II 473a 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 52 
TARTRAZINE 102 300 mg/kg 52 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 200 mg/kg 15 
ZEAXANTHIN, SYNTHETIC 161h(i) 100 mg/kg 52 & 400 
 
Food Category No. 01.2  Fermented and renneted milk products 
(plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542 1000  mg/kg  33 
 
Food Category No. 01.2.1  Fermented milks (plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 150 mg/kg 12 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
Food Category No. 01.2.1.1  Fermented milks (plain), not heat -treated 
after  fermentation  
 
Additive INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE 1422 GMP 234 & 235 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE 1414 GMP 234 & 235 
ACID -TREATED STARCH  1401 GMP 234 & 235 
AGAR 406 GMP 234 & 235 
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH 1402 GMP 234 & 235 
BLEACHED STARCH 1403 GMP 234 & 235 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP 234 & 235 
CARRAGEENAN 407 GMP 234 & 235 
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH 1400 GMP 234 & 235 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE 1412 GMP 234 & 235 
GELLAN GUM 418 GMP 234 & 235 
GUAR GUM 412 GMP 234 & 235 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM) 414 GMP 234 & 235 
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE 1442 GMP 234 & 235 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH 1440 GMP 234 & 235 
KARAYA GUM 416 200 mg/kg 234 & 235 
KONJAC FLOUR 425 GMP 234 & 235 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL) 460(i) GMP 234 & 235 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS 471 GMP 234 & 235 
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE 1410 GMP 234 & 235 
OXIDIZED STARCH 1404 GMP 234 & 235 
PECTINS 440 GMP 234 & 235 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE 1413 GMP 234 & 235 
POLYDEXTROSES 1200 GMP 234 & 235 
POWDERED CELLULOSE 460(ii) GMP 234 & 235  
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES) 407a GMP 234 & 235 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 5000 mg/kg 234 & 235 
SODIUM ALGINATE 401 GMP 234 & 235 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM) 466 GMP 234 & 235 
STARCH ACETATE 1420 GMP 234 & 235 
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE 1450 GMP 234 & 235 
STARCHES, ENZYME TREATED 1405 GMP 234 & 235 
TARA GUM 417 GMP 234 & 235 
XANTHAN GUM 415 GMP 234 & 235 
 
Food Category No.01.2.1.2  Fermented milks (plain), heat -treated 
after fermentation  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  234 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  234 
ACID -TREATED STARCH  1401  GMP  234 
ADIPATES  355 1500 mg/kg  1 
AGAR  406 GMP  234 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  234 
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH  1402  GMP  234 
AMMONIUM ALGINATE  403 GMP  234 
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE  527 GMP   
BLEACHED STARCH  1403  GMP  234 
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP  234 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE  526 GMP   
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP   
CALCIUM OXIDE  529 GMP   
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  59 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  234 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  234 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  234 
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP  234 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID 
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000mg/kg   
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  GMP  234 
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  234 
GLUCONO DELTA -LACTONE  575 GMP   
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  234 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  234 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  234 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  234 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  234 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  234 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  234 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  234 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  234 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP   
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  234 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  234 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  234 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  234 
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE  1410  GMP  234 
NITROGEN  941 GMP  59 
NITROUS OXIDE  942 GMP  59 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  234 
PECTINS  440 GMP  234 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  GMP  234 
POLYDEXTROSES  1200  GMP  234 
POTASSIUM ALGINATE  402 GMP  234 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP  234 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  332(i)  GMP   
POTASSIUM LACTATE  326 GMP   
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  234 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP  234 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 5000 mg/kg  234 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND 
STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA, 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  234 
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH CALCIUM, 
POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  234 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  234 
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  234 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  234 
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM HYDROXIDE  524 GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP   
STARCH ACETATE  1420  GMP  234 
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE  1450  GMP  234 
STARCHES, ENZYME TREATED  1405  GMP  234 
TARA GUM  417 GMP  234 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45 &230  
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  234 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  234 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  234 
 
Food Category No. 01.2.2  Renneted milk (plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL 472a GMP  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE 1422 GMP  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE 1414 GMP  
ACID -TREATED STARCH  1401 GMP  
AGAR 406 GMP  
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH 1402 GMP  
BLEACHED STARCH 1403 GMP  
CALCIUM CARBONATE 170(i) GMP  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d GMP  
CARBON DIOXIDE 290 GMP 59 
CAROB BEAN GUM 410 GMP  
CARRAGEENAN 407 GMP  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL 472c GMP  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH 1400 GMP  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID 
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 5000 mg/kg  
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE 1412 GMP  
GLYCEROL 422 GMP  
GUAR GUM 412 GMP  
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM) 414 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE 463 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE 1442 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE 464 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH 1440 GMP  
KONJAC FLOUR 425 GMP  
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL 472b GMP  
LECITHIN 322(i) GMP  
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE 511 GMP  
MANNITOL 421 GMP  
METHYL CELLULOSE 461 GMP  
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE 465 GMP  
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i) GMP  
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS 471 GMP  
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE 1410 GMP  
NITROGEN 941 GMP 59 
OXIDIZED STARCH 1404 GMP  
PECTINS 440 GMP  
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE 1413 GMP  
POLYDEXTROSES 1200 GMP  
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  332(i) GMP  
POWDERED CELLULOSE 460(ii) GMP  
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES) 407a GMP  
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND 
STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA, 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM 470(i) GMP  
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH CALCIUM, 
POTASSIUM AND SODIUM 470(ii) GMP  
SODIUM ALGINATE 401 GMP  
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM) 466 GMP  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 331(i) GMP  
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
STARCH ACETATE 1420 GMP  
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE 1450 GMP  
STARCHES, ENZYME TREATED  1405 GMP  
TARA GUM 417 GMP  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
TRAGACANTH GUM 413 GMP  
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE 332(ii) GMP  
TRISODIUM CITRATE 331(iii) GMP  
XANTHAN GUM 415 GMP  
 
Food Category No. 01.3.1  Condensed milk (plain)  
 
Additive INS Max Level Notes 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542 880 mg/kg  33 
 
Food Category No. 01.3.2  Beverage whiteners  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 2000 mg/kg  161&188  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  80 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 6000 mg/kg  161&191  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 100 mg/kg  15 & 195  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 100 mg/kg  15 & 195  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  1000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  
CARAMEL  150d  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID 
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 65 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i)  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 13000 mg/kg  33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475  5000 mg/kg  352 
POLYSORBATES  432-436  4000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405  5000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477  1000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)   300 mg/kg   
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE  554  570 mg/kg  6 & 260  
SORBATES  200-203  200 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495  4000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)   3000 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 580 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474  20000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473  20000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I AND 
TYPE II  473a   20000 mg/kg  348 
TERTIARY  BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319  100 mg/kg  15 & 195  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 01.4  Cream (plain) and the like  
 
Additive INS Max Level Notes 
PHOSPHATES  
 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
 
Food Category No. 01.4.1  Pasteurized cream (plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCERO   472a GMP 236 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  GMP  236 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  236 
AGAR  406 GMP  236 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  236 
AMMONIUM ALGINATE  403 GMP  236 
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP  236 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  236 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  236 
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP   
CALCIUM SULFATE  516 GMP  236 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  236 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  236 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  236 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  GMP  236 
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  236 
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  236 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  236 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  236 
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1442  GMP  236 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  236 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  236 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  236 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP   
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 472b  GMP  236 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 GLYCEROL  
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  236 
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  236 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  236 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  236 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  236 
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE  1410  GMP  236 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  236 
PECTINS  440 GMP  236 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  GMP  236 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 6000mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 1000 mg/k g  
POTASSIUM ALGINATE  402 GMP  236 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP  236 
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP  236 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  236 
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  501(ii)  GMP  236 
POTASSIUM LACTATE  326 GMP   
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  236 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP  236 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  236 
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  236 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  236 
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP   
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE  500(iii)  GMP   
STARCH ACETATE  1420  GMP  236 
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE  1450  GMP  236 
TARA GUM  417 GMP  236 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  236 
TRICALCIUM CITRATE  333(iii)  GMP  236 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  236 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  236 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  236 
 
Food Category No. 01.4.2  Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping 
and whipped creams, and reduced fat 
creams (plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL 472a GMP  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422 GMP  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE 1414 GMP  
ACID -TREATED STARCH  1401 GMP 236 
AGAR 406 GMP  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 ALGINIC ACID 400 GMP  
AMMONIUM ALGINATE 403 GMP  
BLEACHED STARCH 1403 GMP 236 
CALCIUM ALGINATE 404 GMP  
CALCIUM CARBONATE 170(i) GMP  
CALCIUM CHLORIDE 509 GMP  
CALCIUM LACTATE 327 GMP  
CALCIUM SULFATE 516 GMP  
CARBON DIOXIDE 290 GMP 59 & 278 
CAROB BEAN GUM 410 GMP  
CARRAGEENAN 407 GMP  
CITRIC ACID 330 GMP  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL 472c GMP  
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400 GMP 236 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID 
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 6000 mg/kg  
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE 1412 GMP  
GELLAN GUM 418 GMP  
GUAR GUM 412 GMP  
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM) 414 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE 463 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE 1442 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE 464 GMP  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH 1440 GMP  
KONJAC FLOUR 425 GMP 236 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL -  270 GMP  
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL 472b GMP  
LECITHIN 322(i) GMP  
METHYL CELLULOSE 461 GMP  
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE 465 GMP  
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL) 460(i) GMP  
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS 471 GMP  
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE 1410 GMP  
NITROGEN 941 GMP 59 & 278 
NITROUS OXIDE 942 GMP 59 & 278 
OXIDIZED STARCH 1404 GMP 236 
PECTINS 440 GMP  
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE 1413 GMP  
POLYDEXTROSES 1200 GMP 236 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 6000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  1000 mg/kg  
POTASSIUM ALGINATE 402 GMP  
POTASSIUM CARBONATE 501(i) GMP  
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 332(i) GMP  
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE 501(ii) GMP  
POTASSIUM LACTATE 326 GMP  
POWDERED CELLULOSE 460(ii) GMP  
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES) 407a GMP  
SODIUM ALGINATE 401 GMP  
SODIUM CARBONATE 500(i) GMP  
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM) 466 GMP  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 331(i) GMP  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE 500(ii) GMP  
SODIUM LACTATE 325 GMP  
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE 500(iii) GMP  
STARCH ACETATE 1420 GMP  
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE 1450 GMP  
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 5000 mg/kg 348 
TARA GUM 417 GMP 236 
TRAGACANTH GUM 413 GMP 236 
TRICALCIUM CITRATE 333(iii) GMP  
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE 332(ii) GMP  
TRISODIUM CITRATE 331(iii) GMP  
XANTHAN GUM 415 GMP  
 
Food Category No. 01.4.3  Clotted cream (plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 5000 mg/kg  
NISIN 234 10mg/kg  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTYACIDS 475 6000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  1000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 5000 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 01.4.4  Cream analogues  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 1000 mg/kg 161 & 188  
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 5000 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 5000 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 20 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 20 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 6000 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 150 mg/kg 181 & 201 
NEOTAME 961 33 mg/kg 161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 8000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  5000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 2500 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 5000 mg/kg 86 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 491-495  5000 mg/kg 349 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 5000 mg/kg 2 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 580 mg/kg 161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 10000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 10000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 10000 mg/kg 348 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 200 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 01.5.1  Milk powder and cream powder (plain)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE 321   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 
 472e   
 PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 4400 mg/kg 33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg  
PROPYL GALLATE 310 200 mg/kg 15, 75 & 
196 
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE 554 265 mg/kg 6 & 259 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 10000mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 01.5.2  Milk and cream powder analogues  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 1000 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 80 mg/kg 10 
ASPARTAME 951 2000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 5000 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 5000 mg/kg  
    
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 100 mg/kg 209 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 150 mg/kg 181, 201 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 209 
NEOTAME 961 65 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 4400 mg/kg 33 & 88 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 5000 mg/kg  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 5000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  4000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 100000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE 554 570 mg/kg 6 & 259 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 491-495  4000 mg/kg  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 330 mg/kg 26 & 201 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 5000 mg/kg 350 
 
Food Category No.  01.6.1  Unripened cheese  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASPARTAME  951  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg  201 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150  15000 mg/kg  201 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150  50000 mg/kg  201 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  600 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,   100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii   50 mg/kg  161 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  1  200 mg/kg  3 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  24  200 mg/kg   
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN)  23  40 mg/kg  3 & 80  
NISIN  23  12.5 mg/kg  233 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 4400 mg/kg  33 
POLYSORBATES  432-436  80 mg/kg  38 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405  5000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)   300 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 SORBATES  200-203  1000 mg/kg  42 & 223  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110  300 mg/kg  3 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  1500 mg/kg  45 & 351  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg  168 & 351  
 
Food Category No.  01.6.2  Ripened cheese  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
LYSOZYME 1105 GMP  
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN) 235 40 mg/kg  
NISIN 234 12.5 mg/kg  
SORBATES 200-203  3000 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No.  01.6.2.1  Ripened cheese, includes rind  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 10 & 112 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 50000 mg/kg 201 
CARMINES 120 125 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 600 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 100 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 15 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e 10000 mg/kg  
HEXAMETHYLENE TETRAMINE 239 25 mg/kg 66 & 298 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER 243 200 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No.  01.6.2.2            Rind of ripened cheese  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC 129 100mg/kg  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 100mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 50000mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 50000mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 500 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 75 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 100 mg/kg  
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  100 mg/kg  
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX 905c(i) 30000mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg  
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Food Category No. 01.6.2.3 
 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. for 
cheese sauces) 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 100 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 50 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 16000 mg/kg 353 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 300 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 01.6.3  Whey cheese  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
 
Food Category No.  01.6.4  Processed cheese  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC 129 100 mg/kg 161 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 100 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000 mg/kg  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 300 mg/kg 27 
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)   50 mg/kg  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER 243  200 mg/kg  
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN)  235  40 mg/kg 3 & 80 
NISIN 234  12.5 mg/kg 233 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -   
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 9000 mg/kg 33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475  5000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405  9000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES 541(i),(ii)   1600 mg/kg 6 & 251 
SORBATES 200-203   3000 mg/kg 42 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474  3000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473  3000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a  3000 mg/kg 348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110  200 mg/kg 3 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 200 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No.  01.6.4.2  Flavoured processed cheese, including  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 50000 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 50000 mg/kg 72 
CARMINES 120 100 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS,  COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 50 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 1000mg/kg  
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 100 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 01.6.5  Cheese analogues  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALLURA RED AC  129 100 mg/kg 3 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 100 mg/kg 3 
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 50000 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 50000 mg/kg 201 
CARMINES 120 100 mg/kg 3 & 178  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg 3 
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 200 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 50 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 500 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 200 mg/kg 3 & 161 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER 243 200 mg/kg  
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN) 235 40 mg/kg 3 & 80 
NEOTAME 961 33 mg/kg 161 
NISIN 234 12.5 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 9000 mg/kg 33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 5000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 9000  mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  100 mg/kg 161 
SORBATES 200-203  3000 mg/kg 3 & 42 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 2000 mg/kg  
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 500 mg/kg 161 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 3 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 400 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 01.6.6  Whey protein cheese  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL 260 GMP  
CALCIUM PROPIONATE 282 3000 mg/kg 70 
CITRIC ACID 330 GMP  
GLUCONO DELTA -LACTONE  575 GMP  
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL -  270 GMP  
MALIC ACID, DL -  296 GMP  
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN) 235 40 mg/kg 3 & 80 
NISIN 234 12.5 mg/kg  
PROPIONIC ACID 280 3000 mg/kg 70 
SODIUM PROPIONATE 281 3000 mg/kg 70 
SORBATES 200-203  3000 mg/kg 42 
 
Food Category No. 01.7  
 Dairy -based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit 
or flavoured yoghurt)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALITAME 956 100 mg/kg 161 
ALLURA RED AC 129 300 mg/kg 161 
AMMONIUM SALTS OF 
PHOSPHATIDIC ACID 442 5000 mg/kg 231 
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 2 & 10 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 350 mg/kg 113 & 161 
BENZOATES 210-213  300 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 150 mg/kg  
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg 170 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 2000 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 2000 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 150 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 100 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 500 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000 mg/kg  
ETHYL MALTOL 637 200 mg/kg  
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg 2 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 200 mg/kg 181 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 120 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 150 mg/kg  
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  100 mg/kg  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER 243 200 mg/kg 170 
MALTOL 636 200 mg/kg  
NEOTAME 961 100 mg/kg 161 
NISIN 234 12.5 mg/kg 233 & 362 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 1500 mg/kg 33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 5000 mg/kg 354  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID 476 5000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  3000 mg/kg  
PROPYL GALLATE 310 90 mg/kg 2 & 15 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 6000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 5000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  100 mg/kg 161 
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  5000 mg/kg  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 5000 mg/kg 355 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 330 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 400 mg/kg 161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 5000 mg/kg 348  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 5000 mg/kg 348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 5000 mg/kg 348  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 161 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg 45 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 500 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No.  01.8 
 Whey and whey products, excluding  
whey cheeses  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 200 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No.  01.8.1  
 Liquid whey and whey products,  
excluding whey cheeses  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BENZOYL PEROXIDE 928 338; 339(i) -
(iii); 340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - (ii); 343(i) -
(iii); 450(i) - (iii),(v) -
(vii), (ix); 451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  100 mg/kg 74 
PHOSPHATES  880 mg/kg 33 & 228 
 
Food Category No. 01.8.2  
 Dried whey and whey products, excluding 
whey cheeses  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BENZOYL PEROXIDE 928 100 mg/kg 147 
CALCIUM CARBONATE 170(i) 10000mg/kg  
CALCIUM CHLORIDE 509 GMP  
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE 526 GMP  
CALCIUM SILICATE  552 10000mg/kg  
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE 1442 10000mg/kg  
LECITHIN 322(i) GMP  
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE 504(i) 10000mg/kg  
MAGNESIUM OXIDE 530 10000mg/kg  
MAGNESIUM SILICATE, SYNTHETIC 553(i) 10000mg/kg  
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL) 460(i) 10000mg/kg  
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  4400 mg/kg 33 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE 501(i) GMP  
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 508 GMP  
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 332(i) GMP  
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE 501(ii) GMP  
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE 525 GMP  
POWDERED CELLULOSE 460(ii) 10000 mg/kg  
SILICON DIOXIDE, AMORPHOUS 551 10000 mg/kg  
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE 554 1140 mg/kg 6 
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i) GMP  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 331(i) GMP  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE 500(ii) GMP  
SODIUM HYDROXIDE 524 GMP  
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE 500(iii) GMP  
TALC 553(iii) 10000 mg/kg  
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE 332(ii) GMP  
TRISODIUM CITRATE 331(iii) GMP  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Food Category No. 02.1.1  Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 10 & 171 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE 320 175 mg/kg 15, 133 
&171 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE 321 75 mg/kg 15, 133 & 
171 
CITRIC ACID 330 GMP 171 
PROPYL GALLATE 310 100 mg/kg 15, 133 & 
171 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 331(i) GMP 171 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 500 mg/kg 171 
TRISODIUM CITRATE 331(iii) GMP 171 
 
Food Category No.02.1.2   Vegetable oils and fats  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 10 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE 320 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE 321 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 25 mg/kg 232 
CITRIC ACID 330 GMP 15 & 277 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL 472c 100 mg/kg 277 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000mg/kg  
GUAIAC RESIN 314 1000 mg/kg  
ISOPROPYL CITRATES 384 200 mg/kg  
LECITHIN 322(i) GMP 277 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  5000 mg/kg 102 
PROPYL GALLATE 310 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 10000 mg/kg  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE 331(i) GMP 277 
STEARYL CITRATE 484 GMP  
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
THIODIPROPIONATES 388, 389 200 mg/kg 46 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 300 mg/kg 356 & 357 
TRICALCIUM CITRATE 333(iii) GMP 277 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE 332(ii) GMP 277 
TRISODIUM CITRATE 331(iii) GMP 277 
 
Food Category No.02.1.3   Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 10 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE 320 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE 321 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 25 mg/kg  
CITRIC ACID 330 GMP  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 472c 100 mg/kg 322 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
GLYCEROL 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000 mg/kg  
FAST GREEN FCF 143 GMP  
GUAIAC RESIN 314 1000 mg/kg  
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 300 mg/kg 161 
ISOPROPYL CITRATES 384 200 mg/kg  
LECITHIN 322(i) GMP  
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS 471 GMP 408 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  5000 mg/kg 102 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 10000 mg/kg  
STEARYL CITRATE 484 GMP  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 161 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE 319 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
THIODIPROPIONATES 388, 389 200 mg/kg 46 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 300 mg/kg 358 
 
Food Category No. 02.2.1  Butter  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ANNATTO EXTRACTS, BIXIN -BASED  160b(i) 20 mg/kg 8 
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE 526 GMP  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 600 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 25 mg/kg 146 & 291 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix); 
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542 880 mg/kg 33 & 34 
SODIUM CARBONATE 500(i) GMP  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE 500(ii) GMP  
SODIUM HYDROXIDE 524 GMP  
 
Food Category No. 02.2.2  
 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and 
blended spreads  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 10 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE 320 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE 321 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg 214 & 215 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 500 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 500 mg/kg 214 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARMINES 120 500 mg/kg 161 & 178 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 35 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000 mg/kg  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES 385, 386 100 mg/kg 21 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 300 mg/kg 27 
ISOPROPYL CITRATES 384 100 mg/kg  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER 243 200 mg/kg 214 & 215 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 2200 mg/kg 33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg 152 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 5000 mg/kg 359 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID 476 4000 mg/kg 359 
POLYSORBATES 432-436  10000 mg/kg 360 & 364 
PROPYL GALLATE 310 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 3000 mg/kg 359 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 20000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SODIUM DIACETATE 262(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
SORBATES 200-203  2000 mg/kg 42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  10000 mg/kg 359 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i) 10000 mg/kg  
STEARYL CITRATE 484 100 mg/kg 15 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 10000 mg/kg 348 & 360 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 10000 mg/kg 348 & 360 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 10000 mg/kg 348 & 360 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337  100 mg/kg 45 & 361 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE 319 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
THERMALLY OXIDIZED SOYA BEAN 
OIL INTERACTED WITH MONO - AND 
DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS 479 5000 mg/kg  
THIODIPROPIONATES 388, 389 200 mg/kg 46 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 500 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.02.3  Fat emulsions mainly of type oil -in-water, 
including mixed and/or  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 1000 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 10 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 100 mg/kg  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE 320 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE 321 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 20000 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 500 mg/kg 161 & 178 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 200 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 10000 mg/kg  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 300 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg 161 
NEOTAME 961 10 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg 33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 20000 mg/kg  363 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID 476 10000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  5000 mg/kg 102 
PROPYL GALLATE 310 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 3000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 30000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SODIUM DIACETATE 262(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  5000 mg/kg 363 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 3000 mg/kg  
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 5000 mg/kg 102 & 363 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 5000 mg/kg 102 & 363 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 5000 mg/kg 102 & 363 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 100 mg/kg 45 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE 319 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 900 mg/kg   
 
 
 
Food Category No. 02.4  
 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy -
based dessert products of food 
category 01.7  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALLURA RED AC 120 300 mg/kg 161 
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 80 mg/kg 10 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 350 mg/kg 113 & 161 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 150 mg/kg  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE 320 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE 321 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 20000 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 20000 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 150 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 150 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 500 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 5000 mg/kg  
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 200 mg/kg 181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 150 mg/kg  
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  350 mg/kg  
NEOTAME 961 100 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1500 mg/kg 33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 2000 mg/kg  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID 476 2000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  3000 mg/kg 102 
PROPYL GALLATE 310 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 40000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  100 mg/kg 161 
SODIUM DIACETATE 262(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  10000 mg/kg  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 5000 mg/kg  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i) 330 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE 955 400 mg/kg 161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 5000 mg/kg 348 
 SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg  
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 100 mg/kg 45 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE 319 200 mg/kg 15 & 130 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 200 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 03.0  Edible ices, including sherbet and                           
sorbet  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 800 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALITAME 956 100 mg/kg 161 
ALLURA RED AC 129 150 mg/kg  
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 200 mg/kg 10 & 15 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 150 mg/kg  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg 15 & 195 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE 321 100 mg/kg 15 & 195 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 1000 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 1000 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 150 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 200 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 500 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 1000 mg/kg  
ETHYL MALTOL 637 200 mg/kg  
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 100 mg/kg 181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 150 mg/kg  
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  300 mg/kg  
MALTOL 636 200 mg/kg  
NEOTAME 961 100 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 7500 mg/kg 33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 5000 mg/kg  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID 476 5000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  1000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE  GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 5000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 500 mg/kg  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  100 mg/kg 161 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  1000 mg/kg  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg 15 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 270 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 320 mg/kg 161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 50 mg/kg  
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 4000 mg/kg 45 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE 319 200 mg/kg 15 & 195 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 500 mg/kg 15 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.1.2   Surface -treated fresh fruit  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BEESWAX 901 GMP  
CANDELILLA WAX 902 GMP  
CARMINES 120 500 mg/kg 4 & 16 
CARNAUBA WAX 903 400 mg/kg  
GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN 445(iii) 110 mg/kg  
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  1000 mg/kg 4 & 16 
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX 905c(i) 50 mg/kg  
ORTHO -PHENYLPHENOLS  231, 232 12 mg/kg 49 
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 1521 GMP  
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE 1201 GMP  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg 4 & 16 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED 904 GMP  
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 GMP  
SULFITES 220-225, 539  30 mg/kg 44 & 204 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.1.3  Peeled or cut fresh fruit   
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CALCIUM ASCORBATE 302 GMP  
CARBON DIOXIDE 290 GMP 59 
NITROGEN 941 GMP 59 
NITROUS OXIDE 942 GMP  
SODIUM ASCORBATE 301 GMP  
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2  Processed fruit  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARNAUBA WAX 903 400 mg/kg  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
Food Category No. 04.1.2.1      Frozen fruit  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM   950 500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASPARTAME   951 2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
NEOTAME   961 100 mg/kg  161 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE)  955 
 400 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  500 mg/kg  44 & 155  
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.2   Dried fruit  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM   950 500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASCORBYL ESTERS   304 80 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME   951 2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES   210-213 800 mg/kg  13 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY        
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA, 
ACETATES  385, 386  265 mg/kg  21 
HYDROGENATED POLY -1-DECENES
  907 2000 mg/kg   
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -
  214, 218  800 mg/kg  27 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER
  243 200 mg/kg   
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY
  905d  5000 mg/kg   
MINERAL OIL, MEDIUM VISCOSITY
  905e  5000 mg/kg   
NEOTAME   961 100 mg/kg  161 
SORBATES   200-203 500 mg/kg  42 
SUCRALOSE   
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 1500 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES   220-225, 539  1000 mg/kg  44, 135 & 
218 
TOCOPHEROLS   307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.3  Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 200 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ASPARTAME 951 300 mg/kg 144 & 191 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 200 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 7500 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 1000 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 100 mg/kg 62 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 1000 mg/kg  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES 385, 386 250 mg/kg 21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 1500 mg/kg 161 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 250 mg/kg 27 
NEOTAME 961 100 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542 2200 mg/kg 33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  160 mg/kg 144 
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 100 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 180 mg/kg 144 
SULFITES 220-225, 539  100 mg/kg 44 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 1000 mg/kg 45 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.4   Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg 161, 188  
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161, 191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 350 mg/kg  113, 161  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 200 mg/kg 161 & 267 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 200 mg/kg 267 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 7500 mg/kg 267 
CARMINES 120 200 mg/kg 104 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg 104 
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 200 mg/kg 161 & 104 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 100 mg/kg 62 & 267 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 200 mg/kg 267 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 1500 mg/kg 181 & 267 
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  300 mg/kg 267 
NEOTAME 961 33 mg/kg 161 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg 266 
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg 267 
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  200 mg/kg 161 
STANNOUS CHLORIDE 512 20 mg/kg 43 & 141 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 330 mg/kg 26  
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 400 mg/kg 161 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.5  Jams, jellies, marmelades  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 1000 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALITAME 956 100 mg/kg 161 
ALLURA RED AC 129 100 mg/kg 161 
ASPARTAME 951 1000  mg/kg  161 & 191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 1000 mg/kg 119 & 161 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 100 mg/kg 161 
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 200 mg/kg 5 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 200 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  150d 1500 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 200 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 200 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 200 mg/kg 161 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES 385, 386 130 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 400 mg/kg  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 500 mg/kg 161 & 181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 250 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 300 mg/kg 161 
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  200 mg/kg  
NEOTAME 961 70 mg/kg 161 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 30 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 5000 mg/kg 409 
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 200 mg/kg  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  200 mg/kg 161 
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 360 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 400 mg/kg 161 
SULFITES 220-225, 539  100 mg/kg 44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 161 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 3000 mg/kg 45 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.6  
 Fruit-based spreads (e.g. 
chutney)excluding products of food 
category 04.1.2.5  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 1000 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 100 mg/kg 161 
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 500 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 500 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 500 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 500 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 500 mg/kg  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 150 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 5000 mg/kg  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES 385, 386 100 mg/kg 21 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg 161 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 500 mg/kg 161 & 181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 1000 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 300 mg/kg 161 
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  500 mg/kg  
NEOTAME 961 70 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1100 mg/kg 33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 500 mg/kg  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  200 mg/kg 161 
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 330 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE) 955 400 mg/kg 161 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 161 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 200 mg/kg  
    
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.7   Candied fruit  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 500 mg/kg 161 & 
188 
ALLURA RED AC 129 300 mg/kg 161 
ASPARTAME 951 2000 mg/kg 161 & 
191 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 100 mg/kg 161 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 200 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  
CARAMEL 150d 7500 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 200 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 200 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 250 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 1000mg/kg  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 ERYTHROSINE 127 200 mg/kg 54 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg 161 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 1000mg/kg  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 1000mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 200 mg/kg 161 
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  250 mg/kg  
NEOTAME 961 65 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  10 mg/kg 33 
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SORBATES 200-203  500 mg/kg 42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 40 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE 
TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE) 955 800 mg/kg 161 
SULFITES 220-225, 539  100 mg/kg 44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 200 mg/kg 161 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 20000mg/kg 45 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.8  
 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees,  
fruit toppings and coconut milk  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALLURA RED AC 129 300 mg/kg 161 & 182 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 350 mg/kg 113 & 161 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 100 mg/kg 161 & 182 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 7500 mg/kg 182 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 7500 mg/kg 182 
CARMINES 120 500 mg/kg 182 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 100 mg/kg 182 
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 100 mg/kg 161 &182 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 100 mg/kg 62 & 182 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 2500 mg/kg  
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg 161 & 182 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 500 mg/kg 179, 181 
& 
182 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 800 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 150 mg/kg 161 & 182 
NEOTAME 961 100 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  350 mg/kg 33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 5000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  1000 mg/kg 154 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL 1520 2000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 5000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 40000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg 182 
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  200 mg/kg 161 
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  5000 mg/kg  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 2000 mg/kg  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 330 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE) 955 400 mg/kg 161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 1500 mg/kg 348 &  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 1500 mg/kg 348 &  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 1500 mg/kg 348 &  
SULFITES 220-225, 539  100 mg/kg 44 & 206 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 161 & 182 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 150 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.9  
 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit - 
flavoured water -based desserts  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALLURA RED AC 129 300 mg/kg 161 
ASCORBYL ESTERS 304, 305 500 mg/kg 2 & 10 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 350 mg/kg 113 &  161  
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 150 mg/kg  
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 200 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 7500 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 150 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 1000 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 150 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 150 mg/kg  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL 472e 2500 mg/kg  
DIOCTYL SODIUM 480 15 mg/kg 383, 384 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SULFOSUCCINATE & 385 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg 161 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 500 mg/kg 161 & 181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 800 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 150 mg/kg 161 
IRON OXIDES 172(i) -(iii)  200 mg/kg  
NEOTAME 961 100 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542 1500 mg/kg 33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 110 mg/kg  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 5000 mg/kg  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID 476 2000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  3000 mg/kg  
PROPYL GALLATE 310 90 mg/kg 2 & 15 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 6000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 40000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  100 mg/kg 161 
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  5000 mg/kg  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 5000 mg/kg  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 350 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE) 955 400 mg/kg 161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES 474 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS 473 5000 mg/kg 348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II 473a 5000 mg/kg 348 
SULFITES 220-225, 539  100 mg/kg 44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 50 mg/kg 161 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 1000 mg/kg 45 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 500 mg/kg 15 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.10  Fermented fruit products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM 950 350 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 200 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 500 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 141(i),(ii) 100 mg/kg 62 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e 2500 mg/kg  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES 385, 386 250 mg/kg 21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 500 mg/kg 161 & 181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 800 mg/kg 27 
NEOTAME 961 65 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 2200 mg/kg 33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE 900a 10 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 500 mg/kg  
SACCHARINS 954(i) -(iv)  160 mg/kg 161 
SORBATES 200-203  1000  mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 115 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE) 955 150 mg/kg 161 
SULFITES 220-225, 539  100 mg/kg 44 
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.11  Fruit fillings for pastries  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg 161 & 188 
ALLURA RED AC 129 300 mg/kg 161 
ASPARTAME 951 1000 mg/kg 161 & 191 
BENZOATES 210-213  1000 mg/kg 13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 250 mg/kg  
CANTHAXANTHIN 161g 15 mg/kg  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c 7500 mg/kg  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL 150d 7500 mg/kg  
CARMINES 120 300 mg/kg  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii) 100 mg/kg  
CAROTENOIDS 160a(i),a(iii),e,f 100 mg/kg  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES 141(i),(ii) 100 mg/kg 62 
ETHYLENE  DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES 385, 386 650 mg/kg 21 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg 161 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT 163(ii) 500 mg/kg 161 & 181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA -  214, 218 800 mg/kg 27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE) 132 150 mg/kg 161 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER 243 200 mg/kg  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
NEOTAME 961 100 mg/kg 161 
PHOSPHATES 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -  
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -  
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542 1500 mg/kg 33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 475 2000 mg/kg  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID 476 2000 mg/kg  
POLYSORBATES 432-436  3000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE 405 5000 mg/kg  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS 477 40000 mg/kg  
RIBOFLAVINS 101(i),(ii), (iii) 300 mg/kg  
SORBATES 200-203  1000 mg/kg 42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS 491-495  5000 mg/kg  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES 481(i), 482(i) 2000 mg/kg  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES 960a, 960b(i) 330 mg/kg 26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE) 955 400 mg/kg 161 
SULFITES 220-225, 539  100 mg/kg 44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF 110 300 mg/kg 161 
TARTRATES 334, 335(ii), 337 10000 mg/kg 45 
TOCOPHEROLS 307a, b, c 150 mg/kg  
 
Food Category No. 04.1.2.12  Cooked fruit  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM   950 500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASPARTAME   951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES   210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
CHLOROPHYLLSAND  
CHLOROPHYLLINS,  
COPPER  
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  62 
NEOTAME   961 65 mg/kg  161 
SORBATES   200-203 1200 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES   960a, 960b(i)  40 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 150 mg/kg  161 
 
Food Category No. 04.2.1.1  
 Untreated fresh vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes [(including 
soybeans)], and aloe vera), 
seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP  262 & 263  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 500 mg/kg  262  
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  262 & 264  
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP  262 & 264  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  262  
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  262  
 
Food Category No. 04.2.1.2  
 Surface -treated fresh  vegetables 
(including mushrooms and fungi, roots 
and tubers, pulses and legumes 
[(including soybeans)],and aloe vera), 
seaweeds, a nd nuts and seeds  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BEESWAX  901 GMP  79 
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP  79 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  4 & 16  
CARNAUBA WAX  903 400 mg/kg  79 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  500 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
161 
GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN  445(iii)  110 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX  905c(i)  50 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) -(ii); 343(i) -
(iii); 450(i) -(iii),(v) -
(vii), (ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1760 mg/kg  16 & 33  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  4 & 16  
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP  79 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  4 & 16  
 
Food Category No. 04.2.1.3  Peeled, cut or shredded fresh  vegetables 
(including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes[(including 
soybeans)], and aloe ver a),seaweeds, and nuts 
and seeds  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix); 
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  5600 mg/kg  33 & 76 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44, 76 & GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
136 
 
Food Category No. 04.2.2  
 Processed vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), 
seaweeds,and nuts and seeds  
 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg  92 & 161  
 
Food Category No. 04.2.2.1  
 Frozen vegetables (including  
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe ver a), 
seaweeds,and nuts and seeds  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP  262 & 263  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  110 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  29, 323 & 
324 
CALCIUM SULFATE  516 GMP  29, 323 & 
324 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  242, 262,  
264 &265  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  100 mg/kg  21 & 110  
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP  262 & 264  
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP  265 
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  201 
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  5000 mg/kg  33 & 76  
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg  15 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  29 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  29 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 150 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44, 76, 
136 & 137  
TRICALCIUM CITRATE  333(iii)  GMP  29 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  29 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  29 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
Food Category No. 04.2.2.2  
 
 Dried vegetables (including  
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera ), 
seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  80 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 76 &  
196 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15, 76 &  
196 
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  10 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  76 &161  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  200 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  1000 mg/kg  161 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  800 mg/kg  21, 64 & 
297 
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  5000 mg/kg  33 & 76  
PROPYL GALLATE  310 50 mg/kg  15, 76 & 
196 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 5000 mg/kg  76 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg  76 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  40 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 580 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  500 mg/kg  44 & 105  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 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  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 200 mg/kg  144 & 188  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  161 
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  523 520 mg/kg  6, 245, 
296  
ASPARTAME  951 300 mg/kg  144 & 191  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 200 mg/kg  113 & 161  
BENZOATES  210-213 2000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg  161 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  500 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  161 & 178  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1320 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg  161 
 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  2500 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  250 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 300 mg/kg   
FERROUS GLUCONATE  579 150 mg/kg  23 & 48  
FERROUS LACTATE  585 150 mg/kg  23 & 48  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  100 mg/kg  179 & 181  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  1000 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 150 mg/kg  161 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 10 mg/kg  144 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 6000 mg/kg  386  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  500 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 160 mg/kg  144 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  330 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  100 mg/kg  44 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  15000 mg/kg  45 
 
 
 
Food Category No. 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  
 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALLURA RED AC  129 200 mg/kg  161 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 200 mg/kg  161 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  200 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg  161 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  365 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 160 mg/kg  144 & 161  
STANNOUS CHLORIDE  512 25 mg/kg  43 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  70 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 580 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  1300 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No. 04.2.2.5  
 Vegetable (including mushrooms and 
fungi,roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes, and aloe vera) seaweed, and 
nut and seed purees an d spreads (e.g., 
peanut butter)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  188 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg  161 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  62 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  250 mg/kg  21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  100 mg/kg  179 & 181  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  1000 mg/kg  27 
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  2200 mg/kg  33 & 76  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 160 mg/kg  161 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  330 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  161 & 169  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  500 mg/kg  44 & 138  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  300 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.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) ot her than food 
category 04.2.2. 5 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALLURA RED AC  129 200 mg/kg  92 & 161  
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 350 mg/kg  113 & 161  
BENZOATES  210-213 3000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg  92 & 161  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CARMINES  120 200 mg/kg  92 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  92 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg  92 & 161  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS,  
COPPER COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  62 & 92  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  2500 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  80 mg/kg  21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  100 mg/kg  92 & 181  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  1000 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 200 mg/kg  92 & 161  
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  50 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 477 5000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
FATTY  
ACIDS  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  92 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg  161 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  165 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  300 mg/kg  44 & 205  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg  92 
 
Food Category No. 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  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes 
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  188 
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP   
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP   
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
ASPARTAME  951 2500 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg  92 & 161  
CALCIUM 5'-RIBONUCLEOTIDES  634 GMP  279 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP   
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 10000 mg/kg  58 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg   
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  62 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP   
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  2500 mg/kg   
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  279 
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  279 
DISODIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  279 
ERYTHROSINE  127 30 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  250 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF 143 100 mg/kg  161 
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes 
GLYCEROL  422 GMP   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  100 mg/kg  161 & 181  
GUAR GUM  412 GMP   
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg  161 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP   
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  5000 mg/kg  36 
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  279 
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
PECTINS  440 GMP   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP   
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP   
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP   
PULLULAN  1204  GMP   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  500 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg  161 
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP   
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP   
SODIUM DL -MALATE  350(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM ERYTHORBATE (SODIUM 
ISOASCORBATE)  316 GMP  280 
SODIUM FUMARATES  365 GMP   
SODIUM GLUCONATE  576 GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  200 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 580 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  500 mg/kg  44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 200 mg/kg  92 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP   
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP   
 
Food Category No. 04.2.2.8  Cooked or fried vegetables (including 
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and 
seaweeds  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS,  
COPPER COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  62 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  2500 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386   250 mg/kg  21 
NEOTAME  961  33 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 & 76  
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv)  160 mg/kg  144&161  
SORBATES  200-300 1000 mg/kg  42 &221  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a,960b(i)   40 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 150 mg/kg  144 &  
161 
 
Food Category No. 05  Confectionery  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  
 10, 15,  
MINERAL OIL, MEDIUM VISCOSITY  905e  2000 mg/kg  3 
 
Food Category No. 05.1  
 Cocoa products and chocolate products 
including imitations and chocolate 
substitutes  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d  2000 mg/kg  3 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15 
 
Food Category No. 05.1.1  Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa 
mass/cake  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  97, 188 &  
AMMONIUM SALTS OF 
PHOSPHATIDIC ACID  442 10000 mg/kg  97 
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  97, 191 &  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i)  
(iii),(v) -(vii), 1100 mg/kg  33, 97  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 5000 mg/kg  97  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 5000 mg/kg  97 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477 5000 mg/kg  97  
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 100 mg/kg  97, 161  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 2000 mg/kg  97, 123  
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 580 mg/kg  97  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  97  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45, 97 
&128  
 
Food Category No. 05.1.2  Cocoa mixes (syrups)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  97, 161 &  
188 
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg  161 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  6.4 mg/kg  62 & 161  
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  97 & 161  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 500 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 80 mg/kg  161 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  97 & 161  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  10000 mg/kg  348 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg  15 
 
Food Category No. 05.1.3  Cocoa -based spreads, including  fillings  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  161, 188 
&  
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg  161  
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  161, 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg  161 &  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 150d  50000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  100 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  161  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  6.4 mg/kg  62, 161  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  50 mg/kg  21  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg  181  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 100 mg/kg  161  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  880 mg/kg  33  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 1000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  1000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg  161  
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  161, 169  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND  
TYPE II  473a  10000 mg/kg  348 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  100 mg/kg  15  
 
Food Category No. 05.1.4  Cocoa and chocolate products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg  161  
AMMONIUM SALTS OF 
PHOSPHATIDIC ACID  442 10000 mg/kg  101 
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  37, 161 & 
191 
BEESWAX  901 GMP  3 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg  183 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
303 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
303 
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP  3 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  183 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg  183 
CARNAUBA WAX  903 5000 mg/kg  3  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  100 mg/kg  183 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  183 
CASTOR OIL  1503  350 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS,  
COPPER COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  700 mg/kg  183 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg  181 & 183  
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 450 mg/kg  183 
NEOTAME  961 80 mg/kg  161  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1100 mg/kg  33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF  
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 5000 mg/kg  101 
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg  101 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP  3 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg  101 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 800 mg/kg  161  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 & 128  
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
303 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  750 mg/kg  15 & 168  
 
Food Category No. 05.1.5  
 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute 
products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg  161 
AMMONIUM SALTS OF 
PHOSPHATIDIC  ACID  442 10000 mg/kg   
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 500 mg/kg  113 &161  
BEESWAX  901 GMP  3 
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15 & 197  
CANDELILLA  WAX  902 GMP  3 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg   
CARNAUBA WAX  903 5000 mg/kg  3 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  100 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  700 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg  181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 100 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 2000 mg/kg  366 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 3000 mg/kg  366 
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP  3 
SORBATES  200-203 1500 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 800 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 6000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 6000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND  
TYPE II  473a  6000 mg/kg  348 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg  15 
 
Food Category No. 05.2  Confectionery including hard and soft 
candy, nougats, etc. other than food 
categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg  161 &  
 
BEESWAX  901 GMP  3  
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 300 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP  3  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg   
CARNAUBA WAX  903 5000 mg/kg  3  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  500 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
CASTOR OIL  1503  500 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   
ETHYL MALTOL  637 1000 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  1000 mg/kg   
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 200 mg/kg   
MALTOL  636 200 mg/kg   
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX  905c(i)  GMP  3  
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d  2000 mg/kg  3  
NEOTAME  961 330 mg/kg  158, 161  
 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33   
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 2000 mg/kg  367   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF  
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 3000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 1000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15, 130   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 5000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477 5000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161, 163  
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP  3  
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1500 mg/kg  42 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  700 mg/kg  26, 199  
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 1800 mg/kg  161, 164  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  348  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  5000 mg/kg  348  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45  
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg  15  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Food Category No. 05.2.1  Hard candy  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 500 mg/kg  156, 161 
& 188  
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  161 & 148  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  700 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  5300 mg/kg   
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 05.2.2  Soft candy  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  157, 161, 
188 
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  148, 161  
CHLOROPHYLLS  AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1700 mg/kg  181 &  
 
HYDROGENATED POLY -1-DECENES  907 2000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  4500 mg/kg   
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 05.2.3  Nougats and marzipans  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  1000 mg/kg   
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 05.3  Chewing gum  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 5000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg  161 
ASPARTAME  951 10000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BEESWAX  901 GMP   
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 300 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 400 mg/kg  130 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 400 mg/kg  130 
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  20000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  178 
CARNAUBA WAX  903 1200 mg/kg  3 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  500 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CASTOR OIL  1503  2100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  700 mg/kg   
CYCLODEXTRIN, BETA - 459 20000 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID  
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  50000 mg/kg   
ERYTHROSINE  127 50 mg/kg   
ETHYL MALTOL  637 1000 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143 300 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  500 mg/kg  181 
GUAIAC RESIN  314 1500 mg/kg   
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  1500 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii)  10000 mg/kg  161 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243  225 mg/kg   
MALTOL  636  200 mg/kg   
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX  905c(i)   20000 mg/kg  3 
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d   20000 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961  1000 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  44000 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a   100 mg/kg   
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL  1521   20000 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475  5000 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476  500 mg/kg   
POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES  430,431   200 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436  5000 mg/kg   
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE  1201   10000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310  1000 mg/kg  130 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520   20000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405  5000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY  ACIDS  477  20000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii),(iii)   1000 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv)  2500 mg/kg  161 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904  GMP  3 
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE  554  100 mg/kg  6 & 174  
SORBATES  200-203  1500 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495  5000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i),482(i)   2000 mg/kg   
STEARYL CITRATE  484  15000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a,960b(i)   3500 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE)  955  5000 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474  12000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473  12000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a   12000 mg/kg  348 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  30000 mg/kg  45 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 400 mg/kg  130 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  1500 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 05.4  
 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), 
toppings (non -fruit) and sweet sauces  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 500 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg  161 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BEESWAX  901 GMP   
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg   
CARNAUBA WAX  903 4000 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  20000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   
ERYTHROSINE  127 100 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  500 mg/kg  181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 100 mg/kg   
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d  2000 mg/kg  3 
NEOTAME  961 100 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  1500 mg/kg  33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 475 2000 mg/kg  368 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACIDS  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 5000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 5000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTYACIDS  477 40000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  2000 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE)  955 1000 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  5000 mg/kg  348 & 387  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  8000 mg/kg  45 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg  15 
 
Food Category No. 6.1  Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including 
rice 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d  800 mg/kg  98 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 100 mg/kg  15 
 
Food Category No. 6.2  Flours and starches (including soybean 
powder)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALPHA AMYLASE FROM 
ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.  1100(i)  GMP   
ALPHA -AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS 
SUBTILIS  1100(iii)  GMP   
CARBOHYDRASE FROM BACILLUS 
LICHENIFORMIS  1100(vi)  GMP   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATT  
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  3000 mg/kg  186 
 
Food Category No. 6.2.1  Flours  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 300 mg/kg   
AZODICARBONAMIDE  927a  45 mg/kg   
BENZOYL PEROXIDE  928 75 mg/kg   
CHLORINE  925 2500 mg/kg  87 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  25 & 28  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 2500 mg/kg  33 & 225  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 
PROTEASE FROM ASPERGILLUS 
ORYZAEVAR.  1101(i)  GMP   
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  25 
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES  541(i),(ii)  1600 mg/kg  6 & 252  
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 300 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg  186 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  200 mg/kg  44 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 & 186  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  5000 mg/kg  15 & 186  
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  25 
 
Food Category No. 6.2.2  Starches  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No. 6.3  Breakfast cereals, including rolled 
oats 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1200 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALLURA RED AC 129 300 mg/kg   
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 200 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 & 196  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 100 mg/kg  15 & 196  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  189 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  2500 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 200 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  400 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  200 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 75 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 160 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 10000  mg/kg  369 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15 & 196  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 100 mg/kg  161 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  350 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 1000 mg/kg  161 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg   
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  161 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
 
Food Category No. 6.4.1   Fresh pastas and noodles and like 
products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  211 
AGAR  406 GMP  211 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  211 
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  523 300 mg/kg  6 & 247  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 200 mg/kg   
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  59 & 211  
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  211 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  211 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  211 
CURDLAN  424 GMP  211 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  GMP  211 
FUMARIC ACID  297 700 mg/kg   
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  211 
GLUCONO DELTA -LACTONE  575 GMP   
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  211 
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  211 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  211 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  211 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  211 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP   
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  211 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP   
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  211 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP   
PECTINS  440 GMP  211 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  GMP  211 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 2500 mg/kg  33 & 211  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  11000 mg/kg   
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP  211 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  20000 mg/kg  370 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg  370 
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  211 
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  6000 mg/kg   
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  211 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP   
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  10000 mg/kg   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  211 
SODIUM DL-MALATE  350(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP   
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 2000 mg/kg  348 & 370  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 2000 mg/kg  348 & 370  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  2000 mg/kg  348 & 370  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 & 128  
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  211 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  211 
 
Food Category No. 6.4.2  Dried pastas and noodles and like 
products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  GMP  256 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  256 
AGAR  406 GMP  256 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  256 
AMMONIUM ALGINATE  403 GMP  256 
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  256 
CALCIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  634 GMP  256 
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP  256 
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 200 mg/kg  256 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  256 
CALCIUM SULFATE  516 GMP  256 
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg  211 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg  211 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  256 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  211 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  256 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  256 
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP  256 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  256 
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  256 
DISODIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  256 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  GMP  256 
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP  256 
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  256 
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  256 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  256 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  256 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  256 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP  256 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  256 
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP  256 
MANNITOL  421 GMP  256 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  256 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  256 
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  256 
NITROUS OXIDE  942 GMP  256 
PECTINS  440 GMP  256 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  GMP  256 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  900 mg/kg  33 & 211  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg   
POTASSIUM ALGINATE  402 GMP  256 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP  256 
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP  256 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP  256 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 5000 mg/kg  211 
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  256 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND 
STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA, 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  256 
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP  256 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  256 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 200 mg/kg  256 
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP  256 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  256 
SODIUM GLUCONATE  576 GMP  256 
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP  256 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP  256 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 5000 mg/kg  11 & 211  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg  211 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 4000 mg/kg  211 & 348  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY  ACIDS  473 4000 mg/kg  211 & 348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I  
AND TYPE II  473a  4000 mg/kg  211 & 348  
TARA GUM  417 GMP  256 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg  211 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  256 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  256 
 
Food Category No. 6.4.3  
 Pre-cooked pastas  and noodles and  
products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 & 211  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg  153 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  153 & 173  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg  153 
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg  153 & 178  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  153 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  1200 mg/kg  153 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  153 
CYCLODEXTRIN, BETA - 459 1000 mg/kg  153 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143 290 mg/kg  194 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2500 mg/kg  33 & 211  
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  50 mg/kg  153 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 2000 mg/kg  194 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 500 mg/kg  194 
POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES  430, 431  5000 mg/kg  2 & 194  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg  153 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15, 130 &  
211 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  10000 mg/kg  194 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 5000 mg/kg  194 & 371  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477 5000 mg/kg  2 & 153  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  153 
SORBATES  200-203 2000 mg/kg  42 & 211  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 5000 mg/kg  11 & 194 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg  194 & 371  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 2000 mg/kg  194 & 348  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 2000 mg/kg  194 & 348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  2000 mg/kg  194 & 348  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  20 mg/kg  44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  153 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  7500 mg/kg  45, 128 & 
194 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg  211 
 
Food Category No. 6.5  Cereal and starch based desserts 
(e.g. rice  pudding, tapioca pudding)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  2 & 10  
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT  BLUE FCF  133 150 mg/kg   
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  2500 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 150 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  150 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS,  
COPPER COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  75 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  315 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg  161 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg  181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 150 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 75 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
NISIN  234 3 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  7000 mg/kg  33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 9000 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 5000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 90 mg/kg  2 & 15  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477 40000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 100 mg/kg  161 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 5000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  6000 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  165 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE 
IANDTYPE II  473a  5000 mg/kg  348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2860 mg/kg  45 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg  15 
 
 Food Category No. 6.6  
 Batters (e.g. for breading or batters   for  
fish or poultry)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  2500 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  500 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  5600 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg  2 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES  541(i),(ii)  1000 mg/kg  6 
SORBATES  200-203 2000 mg/kg  42 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 473a  10000 mg/kg  348 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 AND  
TYPE II  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  100 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 6.7  
 Pre-cooked or processed rice  
products,including rice cakes (Oriental 
type only)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  2500 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 200 mg/kg  72 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  10000 mg/kg  348 
 
Food  Category  No. 06.8.1  Soybean -based  beverages  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  1500 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg  178 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  2000 mg/kg  347 
PHOSPHATES  
 338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 1300 mg/kg  33 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  50 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  200 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTOS
UCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  348 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 20000mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 20000mg/kg   
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  20000mg/kg  348 
 
 
Food Category No. 6.8.3  Soybean curd (tofu)  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  100 mg/kg  33 
 
Food Category No. 6.8.8  Other soybean protein products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  20000mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 07.0  Bakery wares  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305 1000 mg/kg  10 & 15  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15&180  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15&180  
CARNAUBA WAX  903 GMP  3 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg  161 
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d  3000 mg/kg  125 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477 15000mg/kg  11 & 72  
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
 
Food Category No. 07.1  Bread and ordinary bakery wares  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASPARTAME  951 4000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg  161 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID  
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  6000 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 70 mg/kg  161 
POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES  430, 431  3000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  1500 mg/kg   
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  4000 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE)  955 650 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 3000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 3000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  3000 mg/kg  348 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  4000 mg/kg  45 & 388  
 
 
Food Category No. 07.1.1  Breads and rolls  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
MINERAL OIL, MEDIUM VISCOSITY  905e  3000 mg/kg  36 & 126  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 10000 mg/kg  372 
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg   
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 3000 mg/kg   
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 195  
 
Food Category No. 07.1.1.1  Yeast -leavened breads and specialty 
breads  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 4000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  3000 mg/kg  388 
 
Food Category No. 07.1.1.2  Soda breads  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii);452(i) -
(v);542  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  3000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.07.1.2  Crackers, excluding sweet crackers  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  161 
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  523 100 mg/kg  6 & 246  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg  161 
CARMINES  120 200 mg/kg  178 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  1000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg  181 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 6000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg  11 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 2000 mg/kg   
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES  541(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  6 & 246  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg  11 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  3000 mg/kg   
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 195  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 07.1.3  
 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. 
bagels,pita, English muffins)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  161 
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  523 100 mg/kg  6, 244 
&246  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg  161 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 6000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg  11 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 100 mg/kg  15 & 130  
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES  541(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg  6, 244 
&246  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg  11 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg   
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
 
Food Category No. 0.7.1.4  
 Bread -type products, including bread 
stuffing and bread crumbs  
 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  178 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  200 mg/kg  116 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  6.4 mg/kg  62 & 161  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg  181 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 10000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg  11 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg  11 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg   
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 195  
 
Food Category No. 0.7.1.5   Steamed breads and buns  
 
 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  523 40 mg/kg  6, 246 &  
248 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  216 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 10000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg  11 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 500 mg/kg   
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES  541(i),(ii)  40 mg/kg  6, 246 & 
248 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg  11 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  3000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.07.1.6  Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery 
wares  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  523 40 mg/kg  6, 246 & 
249 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 15000 mg/kg  11 
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg  11 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 20000 mg/kg  11 
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES  541(i),(ii)  40 mg/kg  6, 246 & 
249 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg  11 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg   
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  100 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.07.2  Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) 
and mixes  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  165 & 188  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  161 
ASPARTAME  951 1700 mg/kg  165 & 191  
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 1000 mg/kg  77 & 113  
BEESWAX  901 GMP  3 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 200 mg/kg  161 
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP  3 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  161 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  1200 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 200 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS  
COPPER COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  75 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  20000 mg/kg   
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 200 mg/kg  161 
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 100 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 80 mg/kg  161 & 165  
NISIN  234 6.25 mg/kg  233 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  9300 mg/kg  33 & 229  
POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES  430, 431  3000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  1500 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 170 mg/kg  165 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP  3 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 10000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE(TRICHLOROGALACTO
SUCROSE)  955 700 mg/kg  161 & 165  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  10000 mg/kg  348 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg   
 
 
Food Category No. 0.7.2.1  
 Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g. fruit -filled 
or custard types)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 
 10000 mg/kg  
  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 3000 mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg  389 
 
Food Category No. 0.7.2.2  
 Other fine bakery products (e.g.  
doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and 
muffins)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 10000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 2000 mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  500 mg/kg  45 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 0.7.2.3  
 Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g. 
cakes,pancakes)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 15000 mg/kg  11 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15 & 196  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg  11 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  8000 mg/kg  11 & 45  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg  11 
 
Food Category No. 08.0  
 Meat and meat products, including  
poultry and game  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg  4,16 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  GMP  3, 4, 16  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  GMP  3, 4, 16  
 
 
Food  Category  No.08.1  
  Fresh meat, poultry, and game  
 
                      Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  16 
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  16 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg  3, 4 & 16  
MONOAMMONIUM L -GLUTAMATE  624 GMP  16 
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  16 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  4 & 16  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
Food Category No. 08.1.1  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces 
or cuts  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  16 & 326  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  16 & 326  
AGAR  406 GMP  16 & 326  
BROMELAIN  1101(iii)  GMP  16 & 326  
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  4, 16 & 
326 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  16 & 326  
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  4 & 16  
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  16 & 326  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  16 & 326  
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  16 & 326  
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  16 & 326  
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  16 & 326  
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  16 & 326  
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  16 & 326  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  16 & 326  
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  16 & 326  
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  16 & 326  
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  16 & 326  
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  16 & 326  
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  16 & 326  
MANNITOL  421 GMP  16 & 326  
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  16 & 326  
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  16 & 326  
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  16 & 326  
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  16 & 326  
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  16 & 326  
PECTINS  440 GMP  16 & 326  
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP  16 & 326  
POTASSIUM  DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  16 & 326  
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  16 & 326  
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP  16 & 326  
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND 
STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA,  
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  16, 71 & 
326 
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  16 & 326  
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  16 & 326  
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  16 & 326  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  16 & 326  
TARA GUM  417 GMP  16 & 326  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  16 & 326  
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  16 & 326  
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  16 & 326  
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  16 & 326  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID  ESTERS  472a  GMP  281 
OF GLYCEROL     
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  281 
AGAR  406 GMP  281 
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  281 
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 GMP  281 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  4, 16 & 
281 
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP  281 
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
117 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  281 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  20 mg/kg  4 & 16  
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  4 & 16  
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  281 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  15 & 281  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  281 
ERYTHORBIC ACID (ISOASCORBIC 
ACID)  315 GMP  281 
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  281 
GLYCEROL  422 GMP   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1000 mg/kg  4, 16 & 94  
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  281 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  281 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  281 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  281 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  281 
ISOPROPYL CITRATES  384 200 mg/kg   
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  281 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  281 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  281 
ECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  281 
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  281 
MANNITOL  421 GMP  281 
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  281 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  281 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE  
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  281 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  281 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  281 Food Category No. 08.1.2  Fresh meat, poultry, and game, 
comminuted  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 PECTINS  440 GMP  281 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  281 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  281 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP  281 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND 
STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA, 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  71 & 281  
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  281 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  281 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  281 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  281 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  281 
TARA GUM  417 GMP  281 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  300 mg/kg  15 & 281  
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  281 
TRICALCIUM CITRATE  333(iii)  GMP  281 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  281 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  281 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  281 
 
Food Category No. 08.2  
 Processed meat, poultry, and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 100 mg/kg  15, 130, 
167 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  16,  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  5000 mg/kg  16,  
ERYTHROSINE  127 30 mg/kg  4, 16  
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg  3, 4,  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  5000 mg/kg  16,  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15, 130,  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg  16,  
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16,  
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 100 mg/kg  15, 130, 
167 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 08.2.1  
 Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry,  
and game products in whole pieces or cuts 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200mg/kg  33 
 
Food Category No. 08.2.1.1  Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed meat, poultry,and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SORBATES  200-203 200 mg/kg  3 & 42  
 
Food Category No. 08.2.1.2  
 
 Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed meat, poultry,and game products 
in whole pieces or cuts  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000mg/kg  3 & 13  
ISOPROPYL CITRATES  384 200 mg/kg   
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN)  235 6 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 2000mg/kg  3 & 42  
 
Food Category No. 08.2.1.3  
 
 Fermented non -heat treated processed 
meat, poultry, and game products in             
whole pieces or cuts  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SORBATES  200-203 200 mg/kg  3 & 42  
 
Food Category No. 08.2.2  
 Heat -treated processed meat, poultry,and 
game products in whole pieces or cuts  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NISIN  234 25 mg/kg  233, 330  
NITRITES  249, 250  80 mg/kg  32 & 288  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  1320 mg/kg  33 & 289  
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
SORBATES  200-203 200 mg/kg  3, 42  
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  2000 mg/kg  373 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  15 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  15 
 
Food Category No. 08.2.3  
 Frozen processed meat, poultry,and game 
products in whole pieces or cuts  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg  3 & 374  
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d  950 mg/kg  3 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
SORBATES  200-203 200 mg/kg  3 & 42  
 
Food Category No. 08.3  
 Processed comminuted meat, poultry,and 
game products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 130,  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 100 mg/kg  15, 130, 
162, 
 
ERYTHROSINE  127 30 mg/kg  4, 290  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  5000 mg/kg  16 
NITRITES  249, 250  80 mg/kg  32, 286 & 
287 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  2200 mg/kg  33, 302  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 3000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg  16,  
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1500 mg/kg  42,  
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 100 mg/kg  15, 130, 
162 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  500 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 08.3.1  
 Non-heat treated processed comminuted  
meat, poultry, and game products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  20 mg/kg  118 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 315mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  500 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No. 08.3.1.1  Cured (including salted) non -heat treated 
processed comminuted meat,  
poultry, and game products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  100 mg/kg  4, 16 & 
118 
CARMINES  120 200 mg/kg  118 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  16 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 
 
Food Category No. 08.3.1.2  Cured (including salted) and dried non -heat 
treated processed comminuted 
meat,poultry, and game products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  3 & 13  
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  20 mg/kg  16 
ISOPROPYL CITRATES  384 200 mg/kg   
NATAMYCIN (PIMARICIN)  235 20 mg/kg  3 & 81  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 135 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No. 08.3.1.3  
 
                                                                                   Fermented non -heat treated processed 
comminuted meat, poultry, and game 
products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  20 mg/kg  16 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 
 
 
Food Category No. 08.3.2  
 Heat -treated processed comminuted meat, 
poultry, and game products  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 25 mg/kg  161 
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  20 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  20 mg/kg  16 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  35 mg/kg  21 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NISIN  234 25 mg/kg  233 & 377  
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  2000 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  100 mg/kg  26, 202  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  15 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  15, 373  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  500 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No. 08.3.3  
 Frozen processed comminuted meat, 
poultry,and game products   
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  16 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  5000 mg/kg  16 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 315 mg/kg  3 & 374  
MINERAL OIL, HIGH VISCOSITY  905d  950 mg/kg  3 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  500 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No. 08.4  Edible casings (e.g.sausage casings)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   16 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  5000 mg/kg   10 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg   16 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  5000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100mg/kg   3 & 4  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  5000 mg/kg   
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  36 mg/kg   27 
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 1000 mg/kg   72 
NISIN  234 7 mg/kg   233 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 1100 mg/kg   33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 5000 mg/kg   365 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID  476 5000 mg/kg   365 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 POLYSORBATES  432-436 1500 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg   16 
SORBATES  200-203 10000 mg/kg   42, 222 & 
365 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   16 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000mg/kg   45 & 365  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  5000 mg/kg   365 
 
Food Category No. 09.1  
 Fresh fish and fish products, including  
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  30000 mg/kg  4, 16  
 
 
Food Category No. 09.1.1  Fresh  fish 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 300 mg/kg  4, 16 & 50  
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg  4, 16 & 50  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  100 mg/kg  4, 16 & 50  
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  300 mg/kg  4 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg  4, 16 & 50  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  4, 16 & 50  
 
Food Category No. 09.1.2  Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and  
echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  390 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg  4, 16,  
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 GMP  390,  
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  4, 16  
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  4, 16  
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  390 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF 
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  390 
ERYTHORBIC ACID (ISOASCORBIC 
ACID)  315 GMP  390 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  390 
NITROUS OXIDE  942 GMP  390,  
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  390,  
SODIUM ERYTHORBATE (SODIUM 
ISOASCORBATE)  316 GMP  390 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  100 mg/kg  44, 390  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  4, 16  
 
Food Category No.  09.2 Processed fish and fish products,  
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 200 mg/kg  144, 188  
ASPARTAME  951 300 mg/kg  144, 191, 
15 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  30000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  
CARAMEL  150d  30000 mg/kg  95 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  95, 304  
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  253, 391  
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  437, 307, 
392  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  253, 391  
SODIUM GLUCONATE  576 GMP   
TRICALCIUM CITRATE  333(iii)  GMP   
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  253, 391  
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  253, 391  
 
Food  Category  No. 09.2.1  Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472a  GMP   
    
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP   
AGAR  406 GMP  3, 53,  
ALGINIC ACID   400 GMP  16,  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
AMMONIUM ALGINATE  403 GMP   
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  307, 392,  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  1000 mg/kg  10, 392  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg  95,  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15,80,392  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15,180,39
2  
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP   
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 GMP  308, 392  
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  95,  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  35 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg  95, 178  
 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  391,  
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  332, 391,  
 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  331, 391, 
392 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF  
GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  392,  
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP  3, 53,  
 
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  95,  
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  95,  
DISODIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  95,  
ERYTHORBIC ACID (ISOASCORBIC 
ACID)  315 GMP  308, 392,  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  75 mg/kg  21, 392,  
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 GUAR GUM  412 GMP  73, 391,  
 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  16,  
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  16 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  16 
 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP   
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg  95 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP   
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  16 
 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP   
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  392  
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP   
MANNITOL  421 GMP   
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  332, 391  
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP   
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  16,  
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  95,  
NITROUS OXIDE  942 GMP  308, 392  
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP   
PECTINS  440 GMP  16, 391,  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33, 393, 
394 
POLYDEXTROSES  1200  GMP   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  475 5000 mg/kg  241 
POTASSIUM ALGINATE  402 GMP   
 
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP   
 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  16,  
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED 
(PES)  407a  GMP  332, 391  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg  95 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND 
STEARIC ACIDS WITH AMMONIA,  
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  71 
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  332, 391  
SODIUM ERYTHORBATE (SODIUM 
ISOASCORBATE)  316 GMP  308, 392  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 SULFITES  220-225, 539  100 mg/kg   
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  95 
TARA GUM  417 GMP  73 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP   
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  391 
  
Food Category No.  09.2.2  Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish 
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, 
and echinoderms  
 
                    Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP  41  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF 
GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  16  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  GMP  63 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  63 
ACID -TREATED STARCH  1401  GMP  63 
AGAR  406 GMP   
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  41 & 332  
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH  1402  GMP  63 
AMMONIUM ALGINATE  403 GMP  63 
AMMONIUM CARBONATE  503(i)  GMP  41 
AMMONIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE  503(ii)  GMP  63 
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  306 & 307  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  1000 mg/kg  10 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg  16  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 180  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  5715, 180  
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP  63 
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 GMP  139  
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  16  
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  41  
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP  41  
CARAMEL I - PLAIN CARAMEL  150a  GMP  41 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  16, 95, 
178 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  177 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  100 mg/kg  304 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  177 & 332  
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  61 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  16  
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP   
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  309  
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  309  
DISODIUM 5'-RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  309  
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  GMP  63 
ERYTHORBIC ACID (ISOASCORBIC 
ACID)  315 GMP  139  
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  75 mg/kg  21  
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP  41  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 GELLAN GUM  418 GMP   
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  41  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  500 mg/kg  16  
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  177 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  16  
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  63  
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH  
PHOSPHATE  1442  GMP  63 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  63 & 332  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  63 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP   
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  41, 325, 
332  
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  16  
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  63 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP  16  
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP   
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP  16  
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP  16  
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP  41  
MANNITOL  421 GMP   
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  177 & 332  
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  63 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  41, 325, 
332  
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY  
ACIDS  471 GMP  41 
MONOPOTASSIUM L -GLUTAMATE  622 GMP  41 
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  41 
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE  1410  GMP  63 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  63 
PECTINS  440 GMP  177 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  GMP  63 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 & 299  
POTASSIUM ALGINATE  402 GMP  63 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP  41 
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP  41  
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE  501(ii)  GMP  41 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  16  
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 407a  GMP  177 & 332  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 SEAWEED (PES)  
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  41  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  16  
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  16, 71  
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  16  
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP  41 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  210 & 332  
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP  41 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  177 & 332  
SODIUM DL -MALATE  350(ii)  GMP  41  
SODIUM FUMARATES  365 GMP  41  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP  41 
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP  41  
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE  500(iii)  GMP  41 
STARCH ACETATE  1420  GMP  63 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16  
TARA GUM  417 GMP  73  
THIODIPROPIONATES  388, 389  200 mg/kg  15, 46  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg  15,  
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  16  
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  177 
 
Food Category No.  09.2.3  Frozen minced and creamed fish 
products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP  16 
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  16 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  16 
AGAR  406 GMP   
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP   
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  16 
BRILLIANT BLUE  FCF 133 500 mg/kg  16 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  16 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP   
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP  16 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  16 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  16 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  40 mg/kg  95 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  16 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  16 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP   
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  311 
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  311 
DISODIUM 5'-RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  311 
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP  16 
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP   
GLYCEROL  422 GMP   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  GMP  16 & 95  
GUAR GUM  412 GMP   
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  16 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  16 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  16 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  16 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP   
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP   
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF 
GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  16 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  16 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP  16 
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  16 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP  16 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP  16 
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP  16 
MANNITOL  421 GMP   
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  16 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  16 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP   
MONO - AND DI-GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP   
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  311 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  16 
PECTINS  440 GMP   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP   
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP   
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  16 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP   
PULLULAN  1204  GMP   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  16 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 470(i)  GMP  16 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  16 
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP  16 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP   
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP  16 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  16 
SODIUM DL -MALATE  350(ii)  GMP  16 
SODIUM FUMARATES  365 GMP  16 
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP  16 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 & 95  
TARA GUM  417 GMP   
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  16 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP   
 
Food Category No.  09.2.4  Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP   
ASCORB9IC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP   
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  312 
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  312 
DISODIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  312 
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP   
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP   
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  312 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP   
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP   
SODIUM DL -MALATE  350(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM FUMARATES  365 GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP   
 
Food Category No.  09.2.4.1  Cooked fish and fish products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS  472a  GMP  241 
OF GLYCEROL     
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  241 
AGAR  406 GMP  241 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  325 
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  95 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg  95 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  241 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg   
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  241 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  95 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  16 & 325  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  30 mg/kg  62 & 95  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  241 
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP  241 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  50 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  241 
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  241 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  500 mg/kg  95 
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  241 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  16 & 325  
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  16 & 325  
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  16 & 325  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  241 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg  95 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  241 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  16 & 325  
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF 
GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  241 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  241 
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  241 
MANNITOL  421 GMP  241 
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  16 & 325  
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  241 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE  
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  16 & 325  
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  241 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  241 
PECTINS  440 GMP  241 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDEXTROSES  1200  GMP  241 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY  475 1000 mg/kg  412 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 ACIDS  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC 
ACID  476 1000 mg/kg  412 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  16 & 325  
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP  16 & 325  
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  241 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  95 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg  161 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  241 
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  241 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  16 & 325  
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  16 & 325  
SORBATES  200-203 2000 mg/kg  42 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 4500 mg/kg  241, 348  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 4500 mg/kg  241, 348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  4500 mg/kg  241, 348  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  95 
TARA GUM  417 GMP  241 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  241 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  241 & 327  
 
Food Category No.  09.2.4.2  Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
AGAR  406 GMP  241 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  16 
ALLURA RED AC  129 250 mg/kg   
ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE  523 200 mg/kg  6 & 250  
BENZOATES  210-213 2000 mg/kg  13 & 82  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 250 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  16 & 325  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  16 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  16 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  16 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 250 mg/kg  16 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  16 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  16 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 460(i)  GMP  16 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 CELLULOSE GEL)  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 2200mg/kg  33 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  16 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP  16 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  16 & 325  
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  16 & 325  
SORBATES  200-203 2000 mg/kg  42 & 82  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  150 mg/kg  44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 250 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  09.2.4.3  Fried fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC AND  FATTY ACID ESTERS  472a  GMP  41 
OF GLYCEROL     
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  41 
AGAR  406 GMP  41 & 325  
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  41 & 332  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg  16 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  41 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  16, 95 & 
178 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  41 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  16 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  40 mg/kg  95 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  41 
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP  41 
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  41 
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  41 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1000 mg/kg  16 & 95  
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  41 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 464 GMP  41, 325 & GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 CELLULOSE  332 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  41 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  41 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF 
GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  41 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg  419 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  41 
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  41 
MANNITOL  421 GMP  41 
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  41 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  41 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  41 
PECTINS  440 GMP  41 
POLYDEXTROSES  1200  GMP  41 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475 5000 mg/kg  41 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  41 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  16 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  41 
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  41 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  41, 325 & 
332 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 
TARA GUM  417 GMP  41 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  41 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  41 
 
Food Category No.  09.2.5  Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted 
fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP  437,  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  300 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 1414  GMP  300,  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 PHOSPHATE  
AGAR  406 GMP  300,  
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  300, 332,  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  382,  
ANNATTO EXTRACTS, BIXIN -BASED  160b(i)  10 mg/kg  8,382  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
BENZOATES  210-213 200 mg/kg  13, 121, 
333,  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 196,  
 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15, 196,  
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  300,  
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP  437,  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg  22,  
 
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  59,382,  
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg  22,  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  300, 332  
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  200 mg/kg   
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  437  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  300  
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  29  
 
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP  29 
DISODIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  29 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP   
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  300  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1000 mg/kg  22 
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  300,  
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  300, 332 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  300, 332  
 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  300, 332  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  300  
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 250 mg/kg  22 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  300, 332  
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP  382 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  300 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  300 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  300 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP   
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 MANNITOL  421 GMP  300 
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  300, 332,  
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  300,  
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  300, 332  
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  300,  
MONOSODIUM L-GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  29, 313  
NITROGEN  941 GMP  59, 382  
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  300,  
PECTINS  440 GMP  300 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 2200 mg/kg  33, 334, 
413, 420  
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP  230 
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP  300 
POTASSIUM LACTATE  326 GMP  382 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  300, 332,  
 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA  
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP  300, 332  
PROPYL GALLATE  310 100 mg/kg  15, 196  
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  300 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  22,  
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  300,  
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  300,  
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  300, 332  
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  300, 332  
SODIUM DL -MALATE  350(ii)  GMP   
SODIUM ERYTHORBATE (SODIUM 
ISOASCORBATE)  316 GMP  382 
SODIUM FUMARATES  365 GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP  437 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  20, 42  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  30 mg/kg  44,  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 100 mg/kg  382 
TARA GUM  417 GMP  300  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  200 mg/kg  45, 128, 
382 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 TARTRAZINE  102 100 mg/kg  382 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  300 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  300 
 
Food Category No.  09.3 
 Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 200 mg/kg  144, 188  
ASPARTAME  951 300 mg/kg  144, 191  
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 200 mg/kg  113  
BENZOATES  210-213 2000 mg/kg  13, 120  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 180  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15, 180  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  30000 mg/kg  95  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  30000 mg/kg  95  
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  95  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  1000 mg/kg  27  
NEOTAME  961 10 mg/kg  161  
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42  
SUCRALOSE  955 120 mg/kg  144  
TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE     
 
Food Category No.  09.3.1  
 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated 
and/or in jelly  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg  16 
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  16 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  16 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  40 mg/kg  16 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  500 mg/kg  16 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -
(iii);340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475 1000 mg/kg  414 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  16 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 160 mg/kg  144 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  100 mg/kg  26 & 144  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Food Category No.  09.3.2  
 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, 
crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled 
and/or in brine  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500mg/kg  16 
CARMINES  120 500mg/kg  16 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000mg/kg  16 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  40 mg/kg  16 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  250 mg/kg  21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1500mg/kg  16 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200mg/kg  33 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475 1000mg/kg  415 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg  16 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 160 mg/kg  144 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  165 mg/kg  26 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg  16 
 
Food Category No.  09.3.3  
 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish 
roe products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg   
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  200 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1500 mg/kg   
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 100 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  100 mg/kg  26  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.09.3.4  Semi -preserved fish and fish products, 
including mollusks, crustaceans, and 
echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding 
products of food categories 09.3.1 - 
09.3.3  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  16 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  75 mg/kg  95 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1500 mg/kg  16 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg  161 
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 50 mg/kg  95 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 & 193  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 160 mg/kg  144 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.09.4  Fully preserved, including canned or 
fermented fish and fish products, including 
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 200 mg/kg  144, 188  
AMARANTH  123 30 mg/kg  435 
ASPARTAME  951 300 mg/kg  144, 191  
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 200 mg/kg  113 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 500 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 180  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15, 180  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  500 mg/kg  50 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  30000 mg/kg  95,  
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg  16,  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  500 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg  95 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  500 mg/kg  95 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  340 mg/kg  21 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg  95,  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1500 mg/kg  16 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 50 mg/kg  95 
NEOTAME  961 10 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 
342(i) -(ii); 343(i) -
(iii); 450(i) -(iii),(v) -
(vii), (ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33, 436  
    
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)   500 mg/kg  95 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv)  200 mg/kg  144 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a,960b(i)   100 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE  
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955  120 mg/kg  144,  
SULFITES  220-225, 
539  150 mg/kg  44, 140  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110  300 mg/kg  95, 435  
TARTRAZINE  102 30 mg/kg  435 
 
Food  Category  No. 10.1 Fresh eggs  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129  100 mg/kg  4 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133  GMP  4 
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g   GMP  4 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c   20000 mg/kg  4 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d   20000 mg/kg  4 
CARMINES  120  GMP  4 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)   1000 mg/kg  4 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f   1000 mg/kg  4 
FAST GREEN FCF  143  GMP  4 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)   1500 mg/kg  4 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132  300 mg/kg  4 & 161  
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii)  GMP  4 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)   300 mg/kg  4 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 GMP  4 
 
Smoked,  dri ed, f er mete d, a nd/o r salt ed fis h an d fish  pr oduct s, inclu ding mollus ks, cr ustac eans , an d ec hinod er ms  Salmon  subs titutes , cavi ar, and othe r fish  ro e p rodu ct  
Food Category No.  10.2 Egg products  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollusks, c rust acea ns, a nd e chino der ms  Salmo n su bstitut es, c aviar,  and  oth er fis h r oe p rod ucts  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  20000mg/kg  161 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF  
FATTY ACIDS  475 1000 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC 
ACID  476 1000 mg/kg   
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Food Category No.  10.2.1  Liquid egg products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP   
AGAR  406 GMP   
BENZOATES  210-213 5000 mg/kg  13 
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP   
CALCIUM SULFATE  516 GMP   
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP   
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP   
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP   
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP   
GUAR GUM  412 GMP   
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP   
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP   
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP   
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP   
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP   
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP   
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP   
NISIN  234 6.25 mg/kg  233 
PECTINS  440 GMP   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 4400 mg/kg  33 & 67  
POLYDEXTROSES  1200  GMP   
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg   
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP   
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP   
SORBATES  200-203 5000 mg/kg  42 
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE  1450  GMP   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  500 mg/kg   
TARA GUM  417 GMP   
TRIETHYL CITRATE  1505  2500 mg/kg  47 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
 
 
Food Category No.10.2.2  Frozen egg products  
 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP   
AGAR  406 GMP   
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP   
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP   
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP   
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP   
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP   
GLYCEROL  422 GMP   
GUAR GUM  412 GMP   
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP   
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP   
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP   
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP   
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP   
MANNITOL  421 GMP   
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP   
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP   
PECTINS  440 GMP   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 1290mg/kg  33 
POLYDEXTROSES  1200  GMP   
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000mg/kg   
PULLULAN  1204  GMP   
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP   
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP   
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE  1450  GMP   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  500 mg/kg   TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP   
XANTHAN  GUM  415 GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
TARA GUM  417 GMP   
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP   
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP   
 
 
Food Category No.10.2.3  Dried and/or heat coagulated egg 
products  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  200 mg/kg  21 & 47  
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg   
TRIETHYL CITRATE  1505  2500 mg/kg  47 
 
 
Food Category No.  10.3 
 Preserved eggs, including alkaline,salted, 
and canned eggs  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000 mg/kg  4 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  20000 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -
(vii),(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1000 mg/kg  33 
 
Food Category No.  10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950  350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALLURA RED AC  129  300 mg/kg  161 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304,305   500 mg/kg  2 & 10  
ASPARTAME  951  1000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213  1000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133  150 mg/kg   
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g   15 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c   20000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d   20000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120  150 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)   150 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f   150 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)   300 mg/kg  2 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143  100 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)   200 mg/kg  181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg  161 
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 150 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243  200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961  100 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i)  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1400 mg/kg  33 
PROPYL GALLATE  310  90 mg/kg  2 & 15  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405  3000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477  40000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii),(iii)   300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv)  100 mg/kg  144 
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)   2000 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203  1000 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495  5000  mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  330 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955  400 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474  5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473  5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a   5000 mg/kg  348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No.  11.1.1  
 White sugar, dextrose anhydrous,  
dextrose monohydrate, fructose  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  15 mg/kg  44 
 
Food Category No. 11.1.2       Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CALCIUM SILICATE  552 15000 mg/kg  56 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  15000 mg/kg  56 
MAGNESIUM SILICATE, SYNTHETIC  553(i)  15000 mg/kg  56 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) -(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  6600 mg/kg  33 & 56  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 SILICON DIOXIDE, AMORPHOUS  551 15000 mg/kg  56 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  15 mg/kg  44 
 
Food Category No.  11.1.3  
 
                                                                                         Soft white sugar, soft brown sugar, 
glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup,  
raw cane sugar  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  20 mg/kg  44 & 111  
 
Food Category No.  11.1.5          Plantation or mill white sugar  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  70 mg/kg  44 
 
Food Category No.  11.2 
           Brown sugar excluding products of  
 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  40 mg/kg  44 
 
Food Category No.  11.3 
 
 Sugar solutions and syrups, also  
(partially) inverted, including treacle  
and molasses, excluding products of  
 food category 11.1.3  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  70 mg/kg  44 
 
Food Category No.  11.4                        Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose,  
                                                      maple syrup, sugar toppings)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  159 & 188  
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS  
OF GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  258 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  GMP  258 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  258 
ACID -TREATED STARCH  1401  GMP  258 
AGAR  406 GMP  258 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  258 
ALITAME  956 200 mg/kg  159 
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH  1402  GMP  258 
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  161 
AMMONIUM ALGINATE  403 GMP  258 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  159 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BLEACHED STARCH  1403  GMP  258 
CALCIUM ACETATE  263 GMP  258 
CALCIUM ALGINATE  404 GMP  258 
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  15 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  100 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  258 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  50 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg  217 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  258 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  64 mg/kg  62 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  258 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  GMP  258 
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  258 
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  258 
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  258 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  258 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  100 mg/kg  27 
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  258 
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1442  GMP  258 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  258 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  258 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg  161 
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP  258 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  258 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  258 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  258 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP  258 
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  258 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP  258 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP  258 
MANNITOL  421 GMP  258 
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  258 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  258 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  258 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  258 
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE  1410  GMP  258 
NEOTAME  961 70 mg/kg  159 
NITROUS OXIDE  942 GMP   
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  258 
PECTINS  440 GMP  258 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  GMP  258 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 1320 mg/kg  33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  
POLYDEXTROSES  1200  GMP  258 
POTASSIUM ALGINATE  402 GMP  258 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN 
CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  258 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  258 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP  258 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg  258 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF  
FATTY ACIDS  477 5000 mg/kg   
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  258 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 300 mg/kg  159 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  71 & 258  
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  258 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  258 
SODIUM  CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  258 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  258 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STARCHES, ENZYME TREATED  1405  GMP  258 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 1500 mg/kg  159 & 161  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  40 mg/kg  44 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  258 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  258 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  258 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  258 
 
Food Category No.  11.6 
 Table -top sweeteners, including those 
containing high -intensity sweeteners  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 GMP  188 
ALITAME  956 GMP   
ASPARTAME  951 GMP  191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 GMP   
BENZOATES  210-213 2000 mg/kg  13 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  
CARAMEL  150d  1200 mg/kg  213 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  1000 mg/kg  21 & 96  
NEOTAME  961 GMP   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 1000 mg/kg  33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL  1521  10000 mg/kg   
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE  1201  3000 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) GMP   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 & 192  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  GMP  26 
SUCRALOSE  
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 GMP   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No.  12.1.1  Salt 
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CALCIUM SILICATE  552 GMP   
FERROCYANIDES  535, 536, 538  14 mg/kg  24 & 107  
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM OXIDE  530 GMP   
MAGNESIUM SILICATE, SYNTHETIC  553(i)  GMP   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 8800 mg/kg  33 
POLYSORBATES  432-436 10 mg/kg   
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH  
AMMONIA, CALCIUM,  
POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  71 
SILICON DIOXIDE, AMORPHOUS  551 GMP   
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE  554 1000 mg/kg  6 & 254  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP   
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472a  GMP   
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP   
AGAR  406 GMP   
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP   
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
CALCIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  629 GMP   
CALCIUM 5' -INOSINATE  633 GMP   
CALCIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  634 GMP   
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  58 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CALCIUM DI -L-GLUTAMATE  623 GMP   
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP   
CALCIUM SILICATE  552 GMP   
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP   
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  16000 mg/kg   
DIPOTASSIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  628 GMP   
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP   
DISODIUM 5' -INOSINATE  631 GMP   
DISODIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP   
FERROCYANIDES  535, 536, 538  20 mg/kg  24 
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP   
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP   
GLUTAMIC ACID, L(+) - 620 GMP   
GLYCEROL  422 GMP   
GUANYLIC ACID, 5' - 626 GMP   
GUAR GUM  412 GMP   
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP   
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP   
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP   
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP   
INOSINIC ACID, 5' - 630 GMP   
KARAYA GUM  416 GMP   
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP   
LACTIC ACID, L-, D- and DL - 270 GMP   
 
Food Category No.  12.1.2  Salt Substitutes  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP   
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID  
ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP   
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP   
MAGNESIUM DI -L-GLUTAMATE  625 GMP   
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP   
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE 
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM SILICATE, SYNTHETIC  553(i)  GMP   
MAGNESIUM SULFATE  518 GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
MANNITOL  421 GMP   
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP   
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP   
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP   
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP   
MONOAMMONIUM L -GLUTAMATE  624 GMP   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
MONOPOTASSIUM L -GLUTAMATE  622 GMP   
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP   
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP   
PECTINS  440 GMP   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  4400 mg/kg  33 
POTASSIUM 5' -INOSINATE  632 GMP   
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP   
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN 
CITRATE  332(i)  GMP   
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP   
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS  WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM,  
POTASSIUM AND SODIUM  470(i)   GMP   
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)   GMP   
SILICON DIOXIDE, AMORPHOUS  551 GMP   
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP   
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  314 
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP   
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP   
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP   
SODIUM FUMARATES  365 GMP   
SODIUM GLUCONATE  576 GMP   
TALC  553(iii)  GMP   
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP   
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP   
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP   
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP   
 
Food Category No.  12.2 
 Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments 
(e.g. seasoning for instant noodles)  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 2000mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  10000mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  70 mg/kg  21 
NEOTAME  961 32 mg/kg  161 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  2000mg/kg  421 
 
Food Category No. 12.2.1  Herbs and spices  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 2000mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE  
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  161 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 2000mg/kg  348, 422  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 2000mg/kg  348, 422  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  2000mg/kg  348, 422  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  150 mg/kg  44 
 
Food Category No.  12.2.2  Seasonings and condiments  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
ASPARTAME  951 2000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg   
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  20 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  500 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  500 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  500 mg/kg   
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
FERROCYANIDES  535, 536, 538 20 mg/kg  24 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 1000 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix); 
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 & 226  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  350 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 1500 mg/kg  161 
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE  554 1000 mg/kg  6 & 255  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  30 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE  
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 700 mg/kg  161 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY  
ACIDS  473 20000 mg/kg  423, 424, 
425 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 473a  20000 mg/kg  423, 424, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
AND TYPE II  425 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  200 mg/kg  44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  7500 mg/kg  45 
 
Food Category No.12.3    Vinegars  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 2000 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASPARTAME  951 3000 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  1000 mg/kg  78 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  100 mg/kg  27 
NEOTAME  961 12 mg/kg  161 
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE  1201  40 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 300 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  100 mg/kg  44 
 
Food Category No.12.4  Mustards  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or  s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  188 
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 350 mg/kg  191 
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  300 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  500 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  75 mg/kg  21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  200 mg/kg  181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 12 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 320 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  130 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 140 mg/kg   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  250 mg/kg  44 & 106  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fi  
 
Food Category No.12.5  Soups and broths  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 110 mg/kg  161, 188  
ALITAME  956 40 mg/kg  161  
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  161 & 337  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 1200 mg/kg  161, 188  
AZORUBINE (CARMOISINE)  122 50 mg/kg  99 
BENZOATES  210-213 500 mg/kg  13, 338 & 
339 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 50 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15, 130 & 
340 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  25000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  
CARAMEL  150d  25000 mg/kg  212 
CARMINES  120 50 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg  341 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  300 mg/kg  341 
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  400 mg/kg  342 
CURCUMIN  100(i)  50 mg/kg  99 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  500 mg/kg  181  
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 50 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 100 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 20 mg/kg  161  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1500 mg/kg  33 & 343  
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  10 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 1000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15, 127 & 
130 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  200 mg/kg  344 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 110 mg/kg  161  
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  500 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42, 338 & 
339 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  50 mg/kg  26  
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 600 mg/kg  161  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 2000 mg/kg  345 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 2000 mg/kg  345 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg   
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45,  
TARTRAZINE  102 50 mg/kg  99 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  50 mg/kg  346 
 
Food Category No.  12.5.1  
         Ready -to-eat soups and broths,  
        including canned, bottled, and frozen  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
NISIN  234 5 mg/kg  233, 339  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF  
FATTY ACIDS  475 400 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 10000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  12.5.2   Mixes for soups and  broths  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  30 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY  
ACIDS  475 3000 mg/kg  127 
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE  554 570 mg/kg  6  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 250 mg/kg  127 
 
Food Category No. 12.6 Sauces and like products  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 1000 mg/kg  188 
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
ASPARTAME  951 350 mg/kg  191 
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 100 mg/kg  15, 130  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  30 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  30000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 500 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  500 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
GUAIAC RESIN  314 600 mg/kg  15  
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  1000 mg/kg  27  
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 75 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33  
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  350 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 160 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 & 127  
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 450 mg/kg  127 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  300 mg/kg  44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15, 130  
 
Food Category No.  12.6.1  Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g.  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 & 15  
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  2000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA  
ACETATES  385, 386  100 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  300 mg/kg  181 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 65 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  
 475 
 5000 mg/kg  
  
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF  
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC 
ACID  476 5000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 3000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  1000 mg/kg  426 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 8000 mg/kg   
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  2500 mg/kg   
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY  
ACIDS  491-495 5000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  2500 mg/kg  427 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  350 mg/kg  26 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 2000 mg/kg  348, 426  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 2000 mg/kg  348, 426  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  2000 mg/kg  348, 426 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  600 mg/kg   
 
 
Food Category No.  12.6.2                                                                             Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, cheese           
sauce, cream sauce,brown gravy)     
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  2000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  75 mg/kg  21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  300 mg/kg  181 
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 70 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475 5000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg   
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  2500 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  2500 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  350 mg/kg  26 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY  
ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  10000 mg/kg  348 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  600 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  12.6.3  Mixes for sauces and gravies  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  2000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  300 mg/kg  181 
NEOTAME  961 12 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475 5000 mg/kg  127 
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC 
ACID  476 5000 mg/kg  127 
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg  127 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 8000 mg/kg  127 
SODIUM ALUMINO SILICATE  554 570 mg/kg  6 
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  2500 mg/kg  127 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 50 mg/kg  127 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  350 mg/kg  26 & 127  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  127 & 348  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  127 & 348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS,  
TYPE I AND TYPE II  473a  10000 mg/kg  127 & 348  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45, 127  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  300 mg/kg  127 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
Food Category No.  12.6.4  Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10  
NEOTAME  961 12 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 5000 mg/kg   
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  2500 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  350 mg/kg  26  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 10000 mg/kg  26  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 10000 mg/kg  26  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  10000 mg/kg  26  
 
Food Category No.  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  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 350 mg/kg  161 & 166  
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  50000 mg/kg  89 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  100 mg/kg  21 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  1500 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 & 166  
POLYSORBATES  432-436 2000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg  161 & 166  
SORBATES  200-203 1500 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  115 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 1250 mg/kg  161 & 169  
 
Food Category No.  12.8 Yeast and like products  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 15000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  12.9 
 Soybean -based seasonings and  
condiments  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 1200 mg/kg  33 
 
Food Category No.  12.9.1  Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso)  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  30 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
 
Food Category No.  12.9.2.1  Fermented soybean  sauce  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL
  150c  20000mg/kg  207 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  150d  60000mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 500 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  30 mg/kg  26 
 
Food Category No.  12.9.2.2  Non-fermented soybean sauce  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  1500 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  165 mg/kg  26 
 
Food Category No.  12.9.2.3  Other soybean sauces  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000mg/kg  42 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  165mg/kg  26 
 
Food Category No. 13.1  
 
 Infant formulae, follow -up formulae, and 
formulae for special medical purposes for 
infants  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd  fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  9000 mg/kg  380 & 381  
 
Food Category No.  13.1.1  Infant formulae  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH  
PHOSPHATE  1414  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 292  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  10 mg/kg  15, 72 & 
187 
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE  526 2000 mg/kg  55 & 72 
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  59 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 CAROB BEAN GUM  410 1000 mg/kg  72 
CARRAGEENAN  407 300 mg/kg  378 & 381  
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  72 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 292  
GUAR GUM  412 1000 mg/kg  14 & 72  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 292  
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP  72 & 83  
LECITHIN  322(i)  5000 mg/kg  72 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 4000 mg/kg  72 
NITROGEN  941 GMP  59 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
284 & 292  
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN 
CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  55 & 72  
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE  501(ii)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE  525 2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  55 & 72  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
SODIUM HYDROXIDE  524 2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  10 mg/kg  72, 416  
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  55 & 72  
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  55 & 72  
 
Food Category No.  13.1.2  Follow -up formulae  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
285 & 292  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
285 & 292  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 50 mg/kg  72, 242 & 
315 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  50 mg/kg  15, 72, 
187 & 315  
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 50 mg/kg  70, 72 & 
315 
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE  526 GMP  72 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 1000 mg/kg  72 
CARRAGEENAN  407 300 mg/kg  72,151, 
328 & 329  
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  72 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
285 & 292  
GUAR GUM  412 1000 mg/kg  72 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP  72 & 83  
LECITHIN  322(i)  5000 mg/kg  72 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES  
OF FATTY ACIDS  471 4000 mg/kg  72 
PECTINS  440 10000 mg/kg  72 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  5000 mg/kg  72, 150, 
285 & 292  
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP  72 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN 
CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  72 
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE  501(ii)  GMP  72 
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE  525 GMP  72 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 50 mg/kg  70, 72, 
315 & 316  
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP  72 & 316  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  72 & 316  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP  72 & 316  
SODIUM HYDROXIDE  524 GMP  72 & 316  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  30 mg/kg  72 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  72 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  72 & 316  
 
Food Category No.  13.1.3  
 Formulae for special medical purposes  for 
infants  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts,  in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  5000 mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  10 mg/kg  10, 15 & 
72 
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE  526 2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  59 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 1000 mg/kg  72 
CARRAGEENAN  407 1000 mg/kg  379 & 381  
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  72 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  5000 mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 
GUAR GUM  412 1000 mg/kg  14 & 72  
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  5000 mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 GMP  72 & 83  
LECITHIN  322(i)  5000 mg/kg  72 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF  
FATTY ACIDS  471 4000 mg/kg  72 
NITROGEN  941 GMP  59 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  5000 mg/kg  72, 150 & 
292 
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN 
CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  55 & 72  
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE  501(ii)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE  525 2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  55 & 72  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
SODIUM HYDROXIDE  524 2000 mg/kg  55 & 72  
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 1450  20000 mg/kg  376 & 381  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SUCCINATE  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  10 mg/kg  72, 416  
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  55 & 72  
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  55 & 72  
 
Food Category No.  13.2 
 Complementary foods for infants and 
young children  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 5000 mg/kg  238 
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472a  5000 mg/kg  239 & 268  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  50000 mg/kg  269 & 270  
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  50000 mg/kg  269 & 270  
ACETYLATED OXIDIZED STARCH  1451  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
AMMONIUM  CARBONATE  503(i)  GMP  239 & 248  
AMMONIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE  503(ii)  GMP  239 & 248  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 500 mg/kg  242 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  15, 187  
CALCIUM ACETATE  263 GMP  239 
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 200 mg/kg  239 & 317  
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP   
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE  526 GMP  239 
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP  83 & 239  
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  59 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 2000 mg/kg  271 & 272  
CITRIC ACID  330 5000 mg/kg  238 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  5000 mg/kg  239 & 268  
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  50000 mg/kg  269 & 270  
GLUCONO DELTA -LACTONE  575 GMP  239 
GUAR GUM  412 2000 mg/kg  271 & 272  
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 10000 mg/kg  239 & 273  
HYDROCHLORIC ACID  507 GMP  239 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  60000 mg/kg  237 & 276  
LACTIC ACID, L -, D- and DL - 270 2000 mg/kg  83 & 238  
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  5000 mg/kg  239 & 268  
LECITHIN  322(i)  5000 mg/kg  271 & 274  
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP  239 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 5000 mg/kg  268 & 275  
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE  1410  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
NITROGEN  941 GMP  59 
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
PECTINS  440 10000 mg/kg  273, 282 
& 283  
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH  
PHOSPHATE  1413  50000 mg/kg  269 & 270  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 4400 mg/kg  33 & 230  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  
POTASSIUM ACETATE  261(i)  GMP  239 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN 
CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  239 
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN 
CARBONATE  501(ii)  GMP   
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE  525 GMP  239 
POTASSIUM LACTATE  326 GMP  83 & 239  
SILICON DIOXIDE, AMORPHOUS  551 2000 mg/kg  65 & 318  
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP  239, 319 
& 320  
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 500 mg/kg  317, 319 
& 320  
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP  240, 243, 
295, 319& 
320 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  5000 mg/kg  238, 240, 
319 &320  
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP  240, 319 
& 320  
SODIUM HYDROXIDE  524 GMP  239, 319 
& 320  
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP  83, 239, 
319 & 320  
STARCH ACETATE  1420  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL  
SUCCINATE  1450  50000 mg/kg  239 & 269  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45, 364 & 
428 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  300 mg/kg  15 
TRICALCIUM CITRATE  333(iii)  GMP  239 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  239 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  5000 mg/kg  238, 240, 
319 &320  
XANTHAN GUM  415 10000 mg/kg  239 & 273  
 
Food Category No.  13.3 
 
 Dietetic foods intended for special medical 
purposes (excluding products of food 
category 13.1)  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 500 mg/kg  188 
ALLURA RED ACef  129 50 mg/kg   
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 500 mg/kg  113 
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF 133 50 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 150d  20000mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL  
CARMINES  120 50 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  600 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  250 mg/kg  181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 50 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  50 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OFFATTY 
ACIDS  475 1000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 1000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 1200 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS 
OFFATTY ACIDS  477 5000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1500 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 1000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  2000 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  350 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg   
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  5000 mg/kg  348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg   
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  30 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  13.4 
 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes 
and weight reduction  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 450 mg/kg  188 
ALLURA RED AC  129 50 mg/kg   
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 800 mg/kg  191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 450 mg/kg  113 
BENZOATES  210-213 1500 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 50 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA  
CARAMEL  150d  20000mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 50 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  600 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  50 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  250 mg/kg  181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 50 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  50 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475 1000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 1000 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 1200 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  477 5000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 300 mg/kg  42 
SORBATES  200-203 1500 mg/kg   
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 1000 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  2000 mg/kg  26 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  270 mg/kg   
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 320 mg/kg  348 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  5000 mg/kg   
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 50 mg/kg   
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  300 mg/kg   
 
 
Food Category No.  13.5 
 
  Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods 
for dietary use) excluding products of 
food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted  fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 450 mg/kg  188 
ALITAME  956 300 mg/kg   
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 1000 mg/kg  191 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 450 mg/kg  113 
BENZOATES  210-213 2000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 300 mg/kg   
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  20000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  600 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  300 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  250 mg/kg  181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 300 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 65 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  50 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1500 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 5000 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  660 mg/kg  26, 198 & 
294 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 400 mg/kg   
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  300 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  13.6 Food supplements  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 2000 mg/kg  188 
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg   
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  500 mg/kg  10 
ASPARTAME  951 5500 mg/kg  191 
ASPARTAME -ACESULFAME SALT  962 2000 mg/kg  113 
BEESWAX  901 GMP  3 
BENZOATES  210-213 2000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 300 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 400 mg/kg  15 & 196  
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 400 mg/kg  15 & 196  
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP  3 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  20000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  20000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 300 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARNAUBA WAX  903 5000 mg/kg  3 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  600 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  300 mg/kg   
CASTOR OIL  1503  1000 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  500 mg/kg  3 
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e   5000 mg/kg   
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386   150 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF  143  600 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)   500 mg/kg  181 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132  300 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 7500 mg/kg  3 
NEOTAME  961  90 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a   50 mg/kg   
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL  1521   70000 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475  18000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 25000 mg/kg   
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL  1203  45000 mg/kg   
POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA) – 
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG) 
GRAFT COPOLYMER  120  100000mg/kg  417 
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE  1201  GMP   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 400 mg/kg  15 & 196  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  152  2000 mg/kg  417 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  40  1000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii),(iii)   300 mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i)(iv)   1200 mg/kg   
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904  GMP  3 
SORBATES  200-203  2000 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495  10000mg/kg  364 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a,960b(i)   2500 mg/kg  26 & 203  
SUCRALOSE  
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955  2400 mg/kg   
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474  20000mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 20000mg/kg  348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  20000 mg/kg  348 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 300 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  5000 mg/kg  45 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  2000 mg/kg  418 
 
Food Category No.  14.1.2.1  Fruit juice  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  13, 91 & 
122 
BENZOATES  210 213   1000 mg/kg   
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302  GMP  69 
CARBON DIOXIDE  290  GMP  122 
CITRIC ACID  330  3000 mg/kg  115 
MALIC ACID, DL - 296  GMP  35 
PECTINS  440  GMP  33, 40 & 
122 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v); 
542 1000 mg/kg   
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  42, 91 & 
122 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  44 & 122  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  45, 128 & 
129 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  4000 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  14.1.2.2  Vegetable juice  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish  a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44 & 122  
 
Food Category No.  14.1.2.3  Concentrates for fruit juice  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  127 
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13, 91, 
122 & 127  
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 GMP  127 
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  69 & 127  
CITRIC ACID  330 3000 mg/kg  122 & 127  
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP  115 & 127  
PECTINS  440 GMP  35 & 127  
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 1000 mg/kg  33, 40, 
122 & 127  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 452(i) -(v); 
542 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  127 
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42, 91, 
122 & 127  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44, 122 & 
127 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  4000 mg/kg  45, 127, 
128 & 129  
 
Food Category No.  14.1.2.4  Concentrates for vegetable juice  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44, 122 & 
127 
 
Food Category No.  14.1.3  Fruit and vegetable nectars  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  200 mg/kg  26 
 
Food Category No.  14.1.3.1         Fruit nectar  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  188 
ASCORBIC ACID, L  300 GMP   
ASPARTAME  951 600 mg/kg  191 
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13, 91 & 
122 
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 GMP   
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  69 
CITRIC ACID  330 5000 mg/kg   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
PECTINS  440 GMP   
PHOSPHATES   338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i)(v);542  1000 mg/kg  33, 40 & 
122 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 80 mg/kg   
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42, 91 & 
122 
SUCRALOSE   
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 300 mg/kg   
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44 & 122  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  4000mg/kg  45 & 128  
 
Food Category No.  14.1.3.2  Vegetable nectar  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  161 & 188  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
ASPARTAME  951 600 mg/kg  161 & 191  
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
NEOTAME  961 65 mg/kg  161 
PECTINS  440 GMP   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 80 mg/kg  161 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 300 mg/kg  161 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44 & 122  
 
Food Category No.  14.1.3.3  Concentrates for fruit nectar  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  127 & 188  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  127 
ASPARTAME  951 600 mg/kg  127 & 191  
BENZOATES  210-213   
CALCIUM ASCORBATE  302 1000 mg/kg  13, 91,122 
& 127  
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  127 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  69 & 127  
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 400 mg/kg  17, 122 & 
127 
PECTINS  440 GMP  127 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -  
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v); 
542 GMP  127 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 1000 mg/kg  33, 40, 
122 & 127  
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 80 mg/kg  127 
SORBATES  200-203 GMP  127 
SUCRALOSE  
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 1000 mg/kg  42, 91,122 
& 127  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  300 mg/kg  127 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  50 mg/kg  44, 122 & 
127 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 
337 4000 mg/kg  45,17
& 128  
 
Food Category No.  14.1.3.4  Concentrates for vegetable nectar  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  127, 161 
& 188  
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP   
ASPARTAME  951 600 mg/kg  127 & 161  
BENZOATES  210-213 600 mg/kg  13 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 CITRIC ACID  330 GMP   
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP   
NEOTAME  961 65 mg/kg  127 & 161  
PECTINS  440 GMP   
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
SULFITES  220-225, 539 50 mg/kg  44, 122 & 
127 
 
Food Category No.  14.1.4  
 
 Water -based flavoured drinks, including 
"sport," "energy," or"electrolyte" drinks 
andparticulated drinks  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 600 mg/kg  161 & 188  
ALITAME  956 40 mg/kg  161 
ALLURA RED AC  129 300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  1000 mg/kg  10 & 15  
ASPARTAME  951 600 mg/kg  161 & 191  
BEESWAX  901 200 mg/kg  131 
BENZOATES  210-213 250 mg/kg  13 & 301  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg   
CANDELILLA WAX  902 200 mg/kg  131 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  5000 mg/kg  9 
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  50000 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg  178 
CARNAUBA WAX  903 200 mg/kg  131 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  2000 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  300 mg/kg   
CYCLODEXTRIN, BETA - 459 500 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  5000 mg/kg   
DIMETHYL DICARBONATE  242 250 mg/kg  18 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  200 mg/kg  21 
FAST GREEN FCF  143 100 mg/kg   
GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD  
ROSIN  445(iii)  150 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  300 mg/kg  181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  500 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 100 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 100 mg/kg   
ISOPROPYL CITRATES  384 200 mg/kg   
NEOTAME  961 33 mg/kg  161 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  1000 mg/kg  33 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a  20 mg/kg   
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL  1521  1000 mg/kg   
POLYSORBATES  432-436 500 mg/kg  127 
PROPYL GALLATE  310 1000 mg/kg  15 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF  
FATTY ACIDS  477 500 mg/kg   
QUILLAIA EXTRACTS  999(i),(ii)  50 mg/kg  132 & 293  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  50 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 500 mg/kg  42 & 127  
STANNOUS CHLORIDE  512 20 mg/kg  43 
STEARYL CITRATE  484 500 mg/kg   
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  200 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 200 mg/kg  219, 348  
SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE  444 500 mg/kg   
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 200 mg/kg  219, 348 
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE  
I AND TYPE II  473a  200 mg/kg  219, 348  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  70 mg/kg  44, 127 & 
143 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 100 mg/kg  127 & 161  
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  800 mg/kg  45 
THIODIPROPIONATES  388, 389  1000 mg/kg  15 & 46  
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg  434 
TRIETHYL CITRATE  1505  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  14.1.4.1  Carbonated water -based flavoured drinks  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  5 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 50 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 500mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 300mg/kg  161 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 500mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  14.1.4.2  
 Non-carbonated water -based flavoured  
drinks, including punches and ades  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  5 mg/kg   
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 50 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 500mg/kg   
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 300mg/kg  161 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 50 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  14.1.4.3  
 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water - 
based flavoured drinks  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  5 mg/kg  127 
FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE  381 10 mg/kg  23 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
LAURIC ARGINATE ETHYL ESTER  243 50 mg/kg  127 
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE  1201  500 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 500 mg/kg  127 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 300 mg/kg  127 & 161  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 500 mg/kg  127 
 
Food Category No.  14.1.4.5  
 
 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal 
infusions, and other hot cereal and grain 
beverages, excluding cocoa  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 600 mg/kg  160, 161 
& 188  
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL  260 GMP  160 
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472a  GMP  160 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE  1422  GMP  160 
ACETYLATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1414  GMP  160 
ACID -TREATED STARCH  1401  GMP  160 
AGAR  406 GMP  160 
ALGINIC ACID  400 GMP  160 
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH  1402  GMP  160 
ASCORBIC ACID, L - 300 GMP  160 
ASPARTAME  951 600 mg/kg  160 & 161  
BEESWAX  901 GMP  108 
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BLEACHED STARCH  1403  GMP  160 
CALCIUM CARBONATE  170(i)  GMP  160 
CALCIUM CHLORIDE  509 GMP  160 
CALCIUM LACTATE  327 GMP  160 
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP  108 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  10000 mg/kg  7 & 160  
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  10000 mg/kg  7 & 127  
CARBON DIOXIDE  290 GMP  59 & 160  
CARNAUBA WAX  903 200 mg/kg  108 
CAROB BEAN GUM  410 GMP  160 
CARRAGEENAN  407 GMP  160 
CITRIC ACID  330 GMP  160 
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472c  GMP  160 
DEXTRINS, ROASTED STARCH  1400  GMP  90 & 160  
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  500 mg/kg  142 
DIMETHYL DICARBONATE  242 250 mg/kg  18 
DISODIUM 5' -GUANYLATE  627 GMP  201 
DISODIUM 5'-INOSINATE  631 GMP  201 
DISODIUM 5' -RIBONUCLEOTIDES  635 GMP  201 
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE  1412  GMP  160 
ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA 
ACETATES  385, 386  35 mg/kg  21 
FUMARIC ACID  297 GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
GELLAN GUM  418 GMP  160 
GLYCEROL  422 GMP  160 
GUAR GUM  412 GMP  160 
GUM ARABIC (ACACIA GUM)  414 GMP  160 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  450 mg/kg  27 & 160  
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE  463 GMP  160 
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH  
PHOSPHATE  1442  GMP  160 
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL 
CELLULOSE  464 GMP  160 
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH  1440  GMP  160 
KARAYA  GUM  416 GMP  160 
KONJAC FLOUR  425 GMP  160 
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS 
OF GLYCEROL  472b  GMP  160 
LECITHIN  322(i)  GMP  160 
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE  504(i)  GMP  160 
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE  511 GMP  160 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  528 GMP  160 
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE  
CARBONATE  504(ii)  GMP  160 
MALIC ACID, DL - 296 GMP  160 
METHYL CELLULOSE  461 GMP  160 
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE  465 GMP  160 
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE 
(CELLULOSE GEL)  460(i)  GMP  160 
MONO - AND DI -GLYCERIDES OF 
FATTY ACIDS  471 GMP  160 
MONOSODIUM L -GLUTAMATE  621 GMP  201 
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE  1410  GMP  160 
NEOTAME  961 50 mg/kg  160 
NITROGEN  941 GMP  59 & 160  
OXIDIZED STARCH  1404  GMP  160 
PECTINS  440 GMP  160 
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH 
PHOSPHATE  1413  GMP  160 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) -
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  300 mg/kg  33 & 160  
POTASSIUM CARBONATE  501(i)  GMP  160 
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE  508 GMP  160 
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN  
CITRATE  332(i)  GMP  160 
POWDERED CELLULOSE  460(ii)  GMP  160 
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA 
SEAWEED (PES)  407a  GMP  160 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 500 mg/kg  160 
PROTEASE FROM ASPERGILLUS 
ORYZAE VAR.  1101(i)  GMP  160 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
  
Food Category No.  14.1.5  
 
 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal  
infusions, and other hot cereal and  
grain beverages, excluding cocoa  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
PULLULAN  1204  GMP  160 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 200 mg/kg  160 
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC 
AND STEARIC ACIDS WITH 
AMMONIA, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM 
AND SODIUM  470(i)  GMP  160 
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID WITH 
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND 
SODIUM  470(ii)  GMP  160 
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP  108 
SILICON DIOXIDE, AMORPHOUS  551 GMP  321 
SODIUM ACETATE  262(i)  GMP  160 
SODIUM ALGINATE  401 GMP  160 
SODIUM ASCORBATE  301 GMP  160 
SODIUM CARBONATE  500(i)  GMP  160 
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL 
CELLULOSE (CELLULOSE GUM)  466 GMP  160 
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE  331(i)  GMP  160 
SODIUM DL -MALATE  350(ii)  GMP  160 
SODIUM FUMARATES  365 GMP  160 
SODIUM GLUCONATE  576 GMP  160 
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE  500(ii)  GMP  160 
SODIUM LACTATE  325 GMP  160 
SORBATES  200-203 500 mg/kg  42 & 160  
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 500 mg/kg  429 
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL 
SUCCINATE  1450  GMP  160 
STARCHES, ENZYME TREATED  1405  GMP  160 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  200 mg/kg  26 & 160  
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 300 mg/kg  160 & 161  
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 1000mg/kg  176, 348  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 1000mg/kg  176, 348  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE I 
AND TYPE II  473a  1000mg/kg  176, 348  
TARA GUM  417 GMP  160 
TRAGACANTH GUM  413 GMP  160 
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE  332(ii)  GMP  160 
TRISODIUM CITRATE  331(iii)  GMP  160 
XANTHAN GUM  415 GMP  160 
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g  
 
Food Category No.  14.2.2  Cider and perry  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129  200 mg/kg   
BENZOATES  210-213  1000mg/kg  13 & 124  
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133  200 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
 المواصفة القياسية الخليجية  
 
 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c   1000mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d   1000mg/kg   
CARMINES  120  200 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)   600 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f   200 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e   5000mg/kg   
DIMETHYL DICARBONATE  242  250 mg/kg  18 
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)   300 mg/kg  181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218   200 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132  200 mg/kg   
LYSOZYME  1105   500 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  880 mg/kg  33 
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE  900a   10 mg/kg   
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE  1201   2 mg/kg  36 
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)   300 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203  500 mg/kg  42 
SULFITES  220-225, 539   200 mg/kg  44 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337
  2000 mg/k  45 
 
 
 
 
 
Food Category No.  14.2.5  Mead  
pr 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  1000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  1000 mg/kg   
DIMETHYL DICARBONATE  242 200 mg/kg  18 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  200 mg/kg  27 
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) - 
(iii); 341(i) -(iii); 
342(i) - 
(ii); 343(i) -(iii); 
450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), (ix);  
451(i),(ii); 452(i) -
(v);542  440 mg/kg  33 & 88  
SORBATES  200-203 200 mg/kg  42 
SULFITES  220-225, 539  200 mg/kg  44 
 
 
Food Category No.  15.0 Ready -to-eat savouries  
 
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM  950 350 mg/kg  188 
ASPARTAME  951 500 mg/kg  191 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
BEESWAX  901 GMP  3 
BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE  321 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
CANDELILLA WAX  902 GMP  3 
CARAMEL III - AMMONIA CARAMEL  150c  10000 mg/kg   
CARAMEL IV - SULFITE AMMONIA 
CARAMEL  150d  10000 mg/kg   
CARNAUBA WAX  903 200 mg/kg  3 
NEOTAME  961 32 mg/kg   
PHOSPHATES  338; 339(i) -(iii); 
340(i) -(iii); 341(i) -
(iii); 342(i) -(ii); 
343(i) -(iii); 450(i) - 
(iii),(v) -(vii), 
(ix);451(i),(ii); 
452(i) -(v);542  2200 mg/kg  33 
SACCHARINS  954(i) -(iv) 100 mg/kg   
SHELLAC, BLEACHED  904 GMP  3 
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES  960a, 960b(i)  170 mg/kg  26 
SUCRALOSE 
(TRICHLOROGALACTOSUCROSE)  955 1000 mg/kg  161 
TARTRATES  334, 335(ii), 337  2000 mg/kg  45 
TERTIARY BUTYLHYDROQUINONE  319 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
THIODIPROPIONATES  388, 389  200 mg/kg  46 
 
Food Category No.  15.1 
 
 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch 
based (from roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes)  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 200 mg/kg  161 
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10 
BENZOATES  210-213 1000 mg/kg  13 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 200 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
CANTHAXANTHIN  161g  45 mg/kg   
CARMINES  120 200 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  100 mg/kg   
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  350 mg/kg   
CYCLODEXTRIN, BETA - 459 500 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY 
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  20000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  500 mg/kg  181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 200 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 500 mg/kg   
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF 
FATTY ACIDS  475 2000 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
PROPYLENE GLYCOL  1520  300 mg/kg   
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE  405 3000 mg/kg   
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg   GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
SODIUM DIACETATE  262(ii)  1000 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  491-495 300 mg/kg   
STEAROYL LACTYLATES  481(i), 482(i)  5000 mg/kg  432 
SUCROGLYCERIDES  474 5000 mg/kg  348, 433  
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY 
ACIDS  473 5000 mg/kg  348, 433  
SUCROSE OLIGOESTERS, TYPE 
IAND TYPE II  473a  5000 mg/kg  348, 433  
SULFITES  220-225, 539  50 mg/kg  44 
SUNSET YELLOW FCF  110 200 mg/kg   
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  15.2 
 Processed nuts, including coated nuts  
and nut mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit)  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
ALLURA RED AC  129 100 mg/kg   
ASCORBYL ESTERS  304, 305  200 mg/kg  10 
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF  133 100 mg/kg   
BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE  320 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
CARMINES  120 100 mg/kg   
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  20000 mg/kg  3 
CAROTENOIDS  160a(i),a(iii),e,f  100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  100 mg/kg   
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY  
ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL  472e  10000 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  300 mg/kg  181 
HYDROXYBENZOATES, PARA - 214, 218  300 mg/kg  27 
INDIGOTINE (INDIGO CARMINE)  132 100 mg/kg   
IRON OXIDES  172(i) -(iii) 400 mg/kg   
PROPYL GALLATE  310 200 mg/kg  15 & 130  
RIBOFLAVINS  101(i),(ii), (iii)  1000 mg/kg   
SORBATES  200-203 1000 mg/kg  42 
TOCOPHEROLS  307a, b, c  200 mg/kg   
 
Food Category No.  15.3 
 Snacks - fish based  
Smoked,  dri ed, f er ment ed, and/ or s alted fish a nd fis h p rod ucts, in cludin g m ollukscr ust, c aviar , an d ot her fish r oe pr  
Additive  INS Max Level  Notes  
CARMINES  120 200 mg/kg  178 
CAROTENES, BETA -, VEGETABLE  160a(ii)  100 mg/kg   
CHLOROPHYLLS AND 
CHLOROPHYLLINS, COPPER 
COMPLEXES  141(i),(ii)  350 mg/kg   
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT  163(ii)  400 mg/kg   
 
 
 
 
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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(3 )المضافات الغذائية المسموح باستخدامها في الأغذية بوجه عام مالم ينص على خلاف
ذلك وفقاً لممارسات التصنيع الجيد (GMP.) 
 
INS No  Additive  Functional Class  
260 Acetic acid, glacial  Acidity regulator, Preservative  
472a  Acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol  Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
1422  Acetylated distarch adipate  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1414  Acetylated distarch phosphate  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1451  Acetylated oxidized starch  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1401  Acid-treated starch  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
406 Agar  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
400 Alginic acid  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Foaming agent, Gelling agent, Glazing 
agent, Humectant, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
1402  Alkaline treated starch  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1100(i)  alpha -Amylase from Aspergillus oryzae var.  Flour treatment agent  
1100(iv)  alpha -Amylase from Bacillus megaterium 
expressed in Bacillus subtilis  Flour treatment agent  
1100(ii)  alpha -Amylase from Bacillus 
stearothermophilus  Flour treatment agent  
1100(v)  alpha-Amylase from Bacillus 
stearothermophilus expressed in Bacillus 
subtilis  Flour treatment agent  
1100(iii)  alpha -Amylase from Bacillus subtilis  Flour treatment agent  
403 Ammonium alginate  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS No  Additive  Functional Class  
Foaming agent, Gelling agent, Glazing 
agent, Humectant, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
503(i)  Ammonium carbonate  Acidity regulator, Raising agent  
510 Ammonium chloride  Flour treatment agent  
503(ii)  Ammonium hydrogen carbonate  Acidity regulator, Raising agent  
527 Ammonium  hydroxide  Acidity regulator  
300 Ascorbic acid, L - Acidity regulator, Antioxidant, Flour 
treatment agent, Sequestrant  
162 Beet red  Colour  
1403  Bleached starch  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1101(iii)  Bromelain  Flavour enhancer, Flour treatment 
agent, Stabilizer  
629 Calcium 5' -guanylate  Flavour enhancer  
633 Calcium 5' -inosinate  Flavour enhancer  
634 Calcium 5' -ribonucleotides  Flavour enhancer  
263 Calcium acetate  Acidity regulator, Preservative, 
Stabilizer  
404 Calcium alginate  Antifoaming agent, Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Foaming agent, Gelling agent, 
Glazing agent, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
302 Calcium ascorbate  Antioxidant  
170(i)  Calcium carbonate  Acidity regulator, Anticaking agent, 
Colour, Firming agent, Flour treatme nt 
agent, Stabilizer  
509 Calcium chloride  Firming agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
623 Calcium di -L-glutamate  Flavour enhancer  
578 Calcium gluconate  Acidity regulator, Firming agent, 
Sequestrant  
526 Calcium hydroxide  Acidity regulator, Firming agent  
327 Calcium lactate  Acidity regulator, Emulsifying salt, 
Firming agent, Flour treatment agent, 
Thickener  
352(ii)  Calcium malate, D, L - Acidity regulator  
529 Calcium oxide  Acidity regulator, Flour treatment agent  
282 Calcium propionate  Preservative  
552 Calcium silicate  Anticaking agent  
516 Calcium sulfate  Acidity regulator, Firming agent, Flour 
treatment agent, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer  
150a  Caramel I – plain caramel  Colour  
1100(vi)  Carbohydrase from Bacillus licheniformis  Flour treatment agent  
290 Carbon dioxide  Carbonating agent, Foaming agent,  
Packaging gas, Preservative, 
Propellant  
410 Carob bean gum  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
407 Carrageenan  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Thicken er 
427 Cassia gum  Emulsifier, Gelling agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
140 Chlorophylls  Colour  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS No  Additive  Functional Class  
330 Citric acid  Acidity regulator, Antioxidant, Colour 
retention agent, Sequestrant  
472c  Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol  Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Flour treatment 
agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
468 Cross -linked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose 
(Cross -linked -cellulose gum)  Stabilizer, Thickener  
424 Curdlan  Firming agent, Gelling agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
457 Cyclodextrin, alpha - Stabilizer, Thickener  
458 Cyclodextrin, gamma - Stabilizer, Thickener  
1504(i)  Cyclotetraglucose  Carrier  
1504(ii)  Cyclotetraglucose syrup  Carrier  
1400  Dextrins, roasted starch  Carrier, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
628 Dipotassium 5' -guanylate  Flavour enhancer  
627 Disodium 5' -guanylate  Flavour enhancer  
631 Disodium 5' -inosinate  Flavour enhancer  
635 Disodium 5' -ribonucleotides  Flavour enhancer  
1412  Distarch phosphate  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
315 Erythorbic Acid (Isoascorbic acid)  Antioxidant  
968 Erythritol  Flavour enhancer, Humectant, 
Sweetener  
462 Ethyl cellulose  Bulking agent, Carrier, Glazing agent, 
Thickener  
467 Ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
297 Fumaric acid  Acidity regulator  
418 Gellan gum  Gelling agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
575 Glucono delta -lactone  Acidity regulator, Raising agent, 
Sequestrant  
1102  Glucose oxidase  Antioxidant  
620 Glutamic acid, L(+) - Flavour enhancer  
422 Glycerol  Humectant, Thickener  
626 Guanylic acid, 5' - Flavour enhancer  
412 Guar gum  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
414 Gum arabic (Acacia gum)  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Glazing agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
507 Hydrochloric acid  Acidity regulator  
463 Hydroxypropyl cellulose  Emulsifier, Foaming agent, Glazing 
agent,  Stabilizer, Thickener  
1442  Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate  Anticaking agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose  Bulking agent, Emulsifier, Glazing 
agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1440  Hydroxypropyl starch  Emulsifier, Sta bilizer, Thickener  
630 Inosinic acid, 5' - Flavour enhancer  
953 Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose)  Anticaking agent, Bulking agent, 
Glazing agent, Stabilizer, Sweetener, 
Thickener  
416 Karaya gum  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
425 Konjac flour  Carrier, Emulsifier, Gelling agent, 
Glazing agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
270 Lactic acid, L -, D- and DL - Acidity regulator  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS No  Additive  Functional Class  
472b  Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol  Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
966 Lactitol  Emulsifier, Sweetener, Thickener  
322(i)  Lecithin  Antioxidant, Emulsifier  
1104  Lipases  Flavour enhancer  
161b(iii)  Lutein esters from Tagetes erecta  Colour  
160d(iii)  Lycopene, Blakeslea trispora  Colour  
160d(i)  Lycopene, synthetic  Colour  
160d(ii)  Lycopene, tomato  Colour  
504(i)  Magnesium carbonate  Acidity regulator, Anticaking agent, 
Colour retention agent  
511 Magnesium chloride  Colour retention agent, Firming agent, 
Stabilizer  
625 Magnesium di -L-glutamate  Flavour enhancer  
580 Magnesium gluconate  Acidity regulator, Firming agent, 
Flavour enhancer  
528 Magnesium hydroxide  Acidity regulator, Colour retention 
agent  
504(ii)  Magnesium hydroxide carbonate  Acidity regulator, Anticaking agent, 
Carrier, Colour retention agent  
329 Magnesium lactate, DL - Acidity regulator, Flour treatment agent  
530 Magnesium oxide  Acidity regulator, Anticaking agent  
553(i)  Magnesium silicate, synthetic  Anticaking agent  
470(iii)  Magnesium stearate  Anticaking agent, Emulsifier, Thickener  
518 Magnesium sulfate  Firming agent, Flavour enhance r 
296 Malic acid, DL - Acidity regulator, Sequestrant  
965(i)  Maltitol  Bulking agent, Emulsifier, Humectant, 
Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener  
965(ii)  Maltitol syrup  Bulking agent, Emulsifier, Humectant, 
Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener  
421 Mannitol  Anticaking agent, Bulking agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Sweetener, 
Thickener  
461 Methyl cellulose  Bulking agent, Emulsifier, Glazing 
agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
465 Methyl ethyl cellulose  Emulsifier, Foaming agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
460(i)  Microcrystalline cellulose (Cellulose gel)  Anticaking agent, Bulking agent, 
Carrier, Emulsifier, Foaming agent, 
Glazing agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
471 Mono - and di -glycerides of fatty acids  Antifoaming agent, Emulsifier, Glazing 
agent, Stabilizer  
624 Monoammonium L -glutamate  Flavour enhancer  
622 Monopotassium L -glutamate  Flavour enhancer  
621 Monosodium L -glutamate  Flavour enhancer  
1410  Monostarch phosphate  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
941 Nitrogen  Foaming agent, Packaging gas, 
Propellant  
942 Nitrous oxide  Antioxidant, Foaming agent, 
Packaging gas, Propellant  
423 Octenyl succinic acid (OSA) modified gum 
arabic  Emulsifier  
1404  Oxidized starch  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1101(ii)  Papain  Flavour enhancer  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS No  Additive  Functional Class  
440 Pectins  Emulsifier, Gelling agent, Glazing 
agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1413  Phosphated distarch phosphate  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1200  Polydextroses  Bulking agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
964 Polyglycitol syrup  Sweetener  
1202  Polyvinylpyrrolidone, insoluble  Colour retention agent, Stabilizer  
632 Potassium 5’ -inosinate  Flavour enhancer  
261(i)  Potassium acetate  Acidity regulator, Preservative  
402 Potassium alginate  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Foaming agent, Gelling agent, Glazing 
agent, Humectant, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
501(i)  Potassium carbonate  Acidity regulator, Stabilizer  
508 Potassium chloride  Firming agent, Flavour enhancer, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
332(i)  Potassium dihydrogen citrate  Acidity regula tor, Emulsifying salt, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
577 Potassium gluconate  Acidity regulator, Sequestrant  
501(ii)  Potassium hydrogen carbonate  Acidity regulator, Raising agent, 
Stabilizer  
525 Potassium hydroxide  Acidity regulator  
326 Potassium lactate  Acidity regulator, Antioxidant, 
Emulsifier, Humectant  
283 Potassium propionate  Preservative  
515(i)  Potassium sulfate  Acidity regulator  
460(ii)  Powdered cellulose  Anticaking agent, Bulking agent, 
Emulsifier, Glazing agent, Humectant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
407a  Processed eucheuma seaweed (PES)  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
280 Propionic acid  Preservative  
1101(i)  Protease from Aspergillus orizae var.  Flavour enhancer, Flour trea tment 
agent, Stabilizer  
1204  Pullulan  Glazing agent, Thickener  
470(i)  Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acids 
with ammonia, calcium, potassium and 
sodium  Anticaking agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer  
470(ii)  Salts of oleic acid with calcium, potassium 
and sodium  Anticaking agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer  
551 Silicon dioxide, amorphous  Anticaking agent, Antifoaming agent, 
Carrier  
262(i)  Sodium acetate  Acidity regulator, Preservative, 
Sequestrant  
401 Sodium alginate  Bulking agent, Carrier, Emulsifier, 
Foaming agent, Gelling agent, Glazing 
agent, Humectant, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  
301 Sodium ascorbate  Antioxidant  
500(i)  Sodium carbonate  Acidity regulator, Anticaking agent, 
Emulsifying salt, Raising agent, 
Stabilizer, Thickener  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 INS No  Additive  Functional Class  
466 Sodium ca rboxymethyl cellulose (Cellulose 
gum)  Bulking agent, Emulsifier, Firming 
agent, Gelling agent, Glazing agent, 
Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
469 Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, 
enzymatically hydrolysed (Cellulose gum, 
enzymatically hydrolyzed)  Stabilizer, Thickener  
331(i)  Sodium dihydrogen citrate  Acidity regulator, Emulsifier, 
Emulsifying salt, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer  
350(ii)  Sodium DL -malate  Acidity regulator, Humectant  
316 Sodium erythorbate (Sodium isoascorbate)  Antioxidant  
365 Sodium fu marates  Acidity regulator  
576 Sodium gluconate  Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener  
500(ii)  Sodium hydrogen carbonate  Acidity regulator, Anticaking agent, 
Raising agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
350(i)  Sodium hydrogen DL -malate  Acidity regulator, Humectant  
514(ii)  Sodium hydrogen sulfate  Acidity regulator  
524 Sodium hydroxide  Acidity regulator  
325 Sodium lactate  Acidity regulator, Antioxidant, Bulking 
agent, Emulsifier, Emulsifying salt, 
Humectant, Thickener  
281 Sodium propionate  Preservative  
500(iii)  Sodium sesquicarbonate  Acidity regulator, Anticaking agent, 
Raising agent  
514(i)  Sodium sulfate  Acidity regulator  
420(i)  Sorbitol  Bulking agent, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Sweetener, 
Thickener  
420(ii)  Sorbitol syrup  Bulking agent, Humectant, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Sweetener, 
Thickener  
1420  Starch acetate  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1450  Starch sodium octenyl succinate  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1405  Starches, enzyme treated  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
553(iii)  Talc Anticaking agent, Glazing agent, 
Thickener  
417 Tara gum  Gelling agent, Stabilizer, Thickener  
957 Thaumatin  Flavour enhancer, Sweetener  
171 Titanium dioxide  Colour  
413 Tragacanth gum  Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener  
1518  Triacetin  Carrier, Emulsifier,  Humectant  
380 Triammonium citrate  Acidity regulator  
333(iii)  Tricalcium citrate  Acidity regulator, Emulsifying salt, 
Firming agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
332(ii)  Tripotassium citrate  Acidity regulator, Emulsifying salt, 
Sequestrant, Stabilizer  
331(i ii) Trisodium citrate  Acidity regulator, Emulsifier, 
Emulsifying salt, Sequestrant, 
Stabilizer  
415 Xanthan gum  Emulsifier, Foaming agent, Stabilizer, 
Thickener  
967 Xylitol  Emulsifier, Humectant, Stabilizer, 
Sweetener, Thickener  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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(ج) جدول ملحق 
 المواد المضافة المسموح باستخدامها في الأغذية بوجه عام ما لم ينص على خلاف ذلك وفقا 
لممارسات التصنيع الجيد (GMP.) 
الرقم الدولي اللون المواد الغذائية 
173 الومنيوم غطاء خارجي لحلوى السكر لتزيين الكيك والباستا 
174 فضة غطاء خارجي للحلويات  
175 ذهب غطاء خارجي للحلويات 
180 ليثوتروبين (بي كيه تغطية الجبن 
 
(د) جدول ملحق 
فئات الغذاء او المواد الغذائية المفردة والتي تستثنى من الشروط العامة بجدول رقم (3)،يخضع  
استخدام المواد المضافة الموجودة بجدول رقم 3) في الاغذية التالية للأحكام الواردة في جدول رقم 
(1) و2.) 
Food Category  Category Number  
Fluid milk (plain)  01.1.1  
Other fluid milk (plain)  01.1.2  
Fluid buttermilk (plain)  01.1.3  GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain)1  01.2 
Pasteurized cream (plain)  01.4.1  
Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping or whipped creams, and 
reduced fat creams (plain)  01.4.2  
Whey cheese  01.6.3  
Whey protein cheese  01.6.6  
Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey cheese  01.8.2  
Fats and oils essentially free from water  02.1 
Butter  02.2.1  
Fresh fruit  04.1.1  
Fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and legumes, and  
aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  04.2.1 
Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, 
pulses and leg umes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds  04.2.2.1  
Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and 
tubers, pulses and legumes,  
and aloe vera), and seaweed products, excluding fer mented soybean 
products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 
12.9.2 .3 04.2.2.7  
Whole, broken or flaked grain, including rice  06.1 
Flours and starches (including soybean powder)  06.2 
Fresh pastas and noodles and like products  06.4.1  
Dried pastas and noodles and like products  06.4.2  
Fresh meat, poultry, and game  08.1 
Fresh fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and 
echinoderms  09.1 
Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and 
echinoderms  09.2 
Fresh eggs  10.1 
Liquid egg products  10.2.1  
Frozen egg products  10.2.2  
Refined and  raw sugars  11.1 
Brown sugar, excluding products of food category 11.1.3 (soft  white 
sugar, soft brown sugar, glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup, raw cane 
sugar)  11.2 
Brown sugar, excluding products of food category 11.1.3 (soft  white 
sugar, soft brown sugar, glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup, raw cane 
sugar)  11.3 
Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)  11.4 
Honey  11.5 
Salt and salt substitutes  12.1 
Herbs and spices (EXCLUDING SPICES)  12.2.1  
Infant formulae, follow -up formulae, and formulae for special medical 
purposes for infants  13.1 
Complementary foods for infants and young children  13.2 
Waters  14.1.1  
Fruit and vegetable juices  14.1.2  
Fruit and vegetable nectars  14.1.3  
Coffee, coffee s ubstitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal 
beverages, excluding cocoa  14.1.5  
 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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(ه) توضيح للملحوظات المدونة في جداول المضافات الغذائية أمام أصناف المواد الغذائية: 
 
 Note  
As adipic acid  1 
On the dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis.  2 
For use in surface treatment only.  3 
For use in decoration, stamping, marking or branding the product only.  4 
As aluminium.  6 
For use in coffee substitutes only.  7 
As bixin.  8 
Except for use in ready -to-drink coffee products at 10 000 mg/kg.  9 
As ascorbyl stearate.  10 
On the flour basis.  11 
As a result of carryover from flavouring substances.  12 
As benzoic acid.  13 
For use in hydrolyzed protein liquid formula only.  14 
On the fat or oil basis.  15 
For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish only.  16 
As cyclamic acid.  17 
As added level; residue not detected in ready -to-eat food.  18 
As anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate.  21 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 For use in smoked fish paste  only.  22 
As iron.  23 
As anhydrous sodium ferrocyanide.  24 
For use at GMP in full fat soy flour only.  25 
As steviol equivalents.  26 
As para -hydroxybenzoic acid.  27 
For non -standardized food only.  29 
As residual NO3 ion.  30 
On the mash used basis.  31 
As residual NO2 ion.  32 
As phosphorus.  33 
On the anhydrous basis.  34 
For use in cloudy juices only.  35 
On the residual level basis.  36 
On the creaming mixture basis.  38 
On a total carotenoid basis.  39 
Pentasodium triphosphate (INS 451(i)) only, to enhance the effectiveness of benzoates 
and sorbates.  40 
For use in breading or batter coatings only.  41 
As sorbic acid.  42 
As tin.  43 
As residual SO2.  44 
As tartaric acid.  45 
As thiodipropionic acid.  46 
On the dry egg yolk weight basis.  47 
For use in olives only.  48 
For use on citrus fruits only.  49 
For use in fish roe only.  50 
For use in herbs only.  51 
Excluding chocolate milk.  52 
For use in coatings only.  53 
For use in cocktail cherries and candied cherries only.  54 
Excluding products where starch is present.  56 
GMP is 1 part benzoyl peroxide and not more than 6 parts of the subject additive by 
weight.  57 
As calcium.  58 
For use as a packaging gas only.  59 
For use in minced fish only.  61 
As copper.  62 
For use in dry beans only.  64 
As a result of carryover from nutrient preparations.  65 
As formaldehyde.  66 
Except for use in liquid egg whites at 8 800 mg/kg as phosphorus, and in liquid whole 67 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 eggs at 14 700 mg/kg as phosphorus.  
 
For use in products with no added sugar only.  68 
For use as a carbonating agent only.  69 
As the acid.  70 
Calcium, potassium and sodium salts only.  71 
On the ready -to-eat basis.  72 
Excluding whole fish.  73 
Excluding liquid whey and whey products used as ingredients in infant formula.  74 
For use in milk powder for vending machines only.  75 
For use in potatoes only.  76 
For special nutritional uses only.  77 
Except for use in pickling and balsamic vinegars at 50 000 mg/kg.  78 
For use on nuts only.  79 
Equivalent to 2 mg/dm2 surface application to a maximum depth of 5 mm.  80 
Equivalent to 1 mg/dm2 surface application to a maximum depth of 5 mm.  81 
Except for use in shrimp (Crangon crangon and Crangon vulgaris) at 6 000 mg/kg.  82 
L(+)-form only.  83 
For use in products for infants over 1 year of age  only. 84 
Use level in sausage casings; residue in sausage prepared with such casings should 
not exceed 100 mg/kg.  85 
For use in whipped dessert toppings other than cream only.  86 
On the treatment level basis.  87 
As a result  of carryover from the ingredient.  88 
For use in sandwich spreads only.  89 
For use in milk -sucrose mixtures used in the finished product only.  90 
Singly or in combination: Benzoates and sorbates.  91 
Excluding tomato -based sauces  92 
For use in loganiza  (fresh, uncured sausage) only.  94 
For non -standardized foods: for use in surimi and fish roe products only.  95 
On the dried weight basis of the high intensity sweetener.  96 
On the final cocoa and chocolate product basis.  97 
For use in dust control only. 98 
For use in crystalline products and sugar toppings only.  100 
When used in combination as emulsifiers: ammonium salts of phosphatidic acid (INS 
442), polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid (INS 476), sorbitan 
monostearate (INS 491 ), sorbitan tristearate (INS 492), and polysorbates 
(polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate (INS 432), polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan 
monooleate (INS 433), polyoxyethylene (20), sorbitan monostearate (INS 435) and 
polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan tristearat e (INS 436)), the total combined use level shall 
not exceed 15,000 mg/kg.  
 101 
For use in fat emulsions for baking purposes only.  102 
Except for use in dried gourd strips (Kampyo) at 5 000 mg/kg.  105 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Except for use in Dijon mustard at 500 mg/kg.  106 
Except for use of sodium ferrocyanide (INS 535) and potassium ferrocyanide (INS 536) 
in food -grade dendridic salt at 29 mg/kg as anhydrous sodium ferrocyanide.  107 
For use on coffee beans only.  108 
Use level reported as 25 lbs/1 000 gal x (0.45 kg/lb) x (1 gal/3.75 L) x (1 L/kg) x (10E6 
mg/kg) = 3 000 mg/kg  109 
For use in frozen French fried potatoes only.  110 
Except for use in dried glucose syrup used in the manufacture of sugar confectionery at 
150 mg/kg and glucose syrup used in the manufacture of sugar confectionery at 400 
mg/kg.  
 111 
For use in grated cheese only.  112 
As acesulfame potassium equivalents (the reported maximum level can be converted 
to an aspartame -acesulfame salt basis by dividing by 0.44). Combined use of 
aspartame -acesulfame sa lt with individual acesulfame potassium or aspartame should 
not exceed the individual maximum levels for acesulfame potassium or aspartame (the 
reported maximum level can be converted to aspartame equivalents by dividing by 
0.68).  
 113 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 100 mg/kg.  114 
For use in pineapple juice only.  115 
For use in doughs only.  116 
Except for use in loganiza (fresh, uncured sausage) at 1 000 mg/kg.  117 
Except for use in tocino (fresh, cured sausage) at 1 000 mg/kg.  118 
As aspartame equivalents (the reported maximum level can be converted to an 
aspartame -acesulfame salt basis by dividing by 0.64). Combined use of 
aspartameacesulfame salt with individual aspartame or acesulfame potassium should 
not exceed the i ndividual maximum levels for aspartame or acesulfame potassium (the 
reported maximum level can be converted to acesulfame potassium equivalents by 
multiplying by 0.68).  
 119 
Except for use in caviar substitutes at 2 500 mg/kg.  120 
Except for use in fermented fish products at 1 000 mg/kg.  121 
Subject to national legislation of the importing country.  122 
For use in products containing less than 7% ethanol only.  124 
For use in a mixture with vegetable oil only, as a release agent for baking pans.  125 
For use in releasing dough in dividing or baking only.  126 
On the served to the consumer basis.  127 
Tartaric acid (INS 334) only.  128 
For use as an acidity regulator in grape juice only.  129 
Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (INS 320), butylated hydroxytoluene 
(INS 321), tertiary butylated hydroquinone (INS 319), and propyl gallate (INS 310).  130 
For use as a flavour carrier only.  131 
Except for use in semi -frozen beverages at 130 mg/kg on a dried basis.  132 
Any combination of butylated hydroxyanisole (INS 320), butylated hydroxytoluene (INS 
321), and propyl gallate (INS 310) at 200 mg/kg, provided that single use limits are not 
exceeded.  133 
Except for use in cereal -based puddings at 500 mg/kg.  134 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Except f or use in dried apricots at 2 000 mg/kg, bleached raisins at 1 500 mg/kg, 
desiccated coconut at 200 mg/kg and coconut from which oil has been partially 
extracted at 50 mg/kg.  135 
For use to prevent browning of certain light coloured vegetables only.  136 
Except for use in frozen avocado at 300 mg/kg.  137 
For use in energy -reduced products only.  138 
For use in mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms only.  139 
Except for use in canned abalone (PAUA) at 1 000 mg/kg.  140 
Excluding coffee and tea.  142 
For use in fruit juice -based drinks and dry ginger ale only.  143 
For use in sweet and sour products only.  144 
For use in energy reduced or no added sugar products only.  145 
Beta-carotene (synthetic) (INS 160a(i)) only.  146 
Excluding whey powders for infant  food.  147 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 10 000 mg/kg.  148 
Except for use in fish roe at 100 mg/kg.  149 
For use in soy -based formula only.  150 
Except for use in hydrolyzed protein and/or amino acid -based formula at 1 000 mg/kg.  151 
For use in frying only.  152 
For use in instant noodles only.  153 
For use in coconut milk only.  154 
For use in frozen, sliced apples only.  155 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 2 500 mg/kg.  156 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 2 000 mg/kg.  157 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 1 000 mg/kg.  158 
For use in pancake syrup and maple syrup only.  159 
For use in ready -to-drink products and pre -mixes for ready -to-drink products only.  160 
Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular, at 
consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.  161 
For use in dehydrated products and salami -type products only.  162 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 3 000 mg/kg.  163 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 30 000 mg/kg.  164 
For use in products for special nutritional use only.  165 
For use in milk -based sandwich spreads only.  166 
For use in dehydrated products only.  167 
Singly or in combination: d -alpha -tocopherol (INS 307a), tocopherol concentrate, mixed 
(INS 307b) and dl alpha -tocopherol (INS 307c).  168 
For use in fat -based sandwich spreads only.  169 
Excluding anhydrous milkfat.  171 
Except for use in fruit sauces, fruit toppings, coconut cream, coconut milk and "fruit 
bars" at 50 mg/kg.  172 
Excluding instant noodles containing vegetables and eggs.  173 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Singly or in combination: sodium aluminosilicate (INS 554), calcium aluminium silicate 
(INS 556), and aluminium silicate (INS 559).  174 
Except for use in jelly -type fruit -based desserts at 200 mg/kg.  175 
For use in canned liquid coffee only.  176 
As carminic acid.  178 
For use in restoring  the natural colour lost in processing only.  179 
Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA, INS 320) and butylated 
hydroxytoluene (BHT, INS 321).  180 
As anthocyanin.  181 
Excluding coconut milk.  182 
For use in surface decoration only.  183 
For use in nutrient coated rice grain premixes only.  184 
As norbixin.  185 
For use in flours with additives only.  186 
Ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304) only.  187 
If used in combination with aspartame -acesulfame salt (INS 962), the combined 
maximum use level, expressed as acesulfame potassium, should not exceed this level.  188 
Excluding rolled oats.  189 
Except for use in fermented milk drinks at 500 mg/kg.  190 
If used in combination with aspartame -acesulfame salt (INS 962), the combined 
maximum use level, expressed as aspartame, should not exceed this level.  191 
For use in liquid products only.  192 
For use in crustacean and fish pastes only.  193 
Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA, INS 320), butylated 
hydroxytoluene (BHT, INS 321) and tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ, INS 319).  195 
Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA, INS 320), butylated 
hydroxytoluene (BHT, INS 321) and propyl gallate (INS 310).  196 
Singly or in combination: butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT,  INS 321) and propyl gallate 
(INS 310).  197 
For use in solid products (e.g., energy, meal replacement or fortified bars) only.  198 
Except for use in microsweets and breath freshening mints at 6 000 mg/kg as steviol 
equivalents.  199 
For use in flavoured products only.  201 
For use in brine used in the production of sausage only.  202 
For use in chewable supplements only.  203 
Except for use in longan and lichee at 50 mg/kg.  204 
Except for use to prevent browning of certain light colored vegetables at 50 mg/kg.  205 
Except for use in soybean sauce intended for further processing at 50 000 mg/kg.  207 
For use in dried and dehydrated products only.  208 
For use in noodles only.  112 
For use in liquid products containing high intensity sweeteners only.  213 
For use in maize -based products only.  216 
Except for use in toppings at 300 mg/kg.  217 
Except for use in non -alcoholic aniseed -based, coconut -based, and almond -based 
drinks at 5 000 mg/kg.  219 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 For use in flavoured products heat treated  after fermentation only.  220 
For use in potato dough and pre -fried potato slices only.  221 
For use in collagen -based casings with a water activity greater than 0.6 only.  222 
Except for use in products containing added fruits, vegetables, or meats at 3000 mg/kg.  223 
Except for use in self -raising flour at 12,000 mg/kg.  225 
Except for use as a meat tenderizer at 35,000 mg/kg.  226 
For use in sterilized and UHT treated milks only.  227 
Except for use to stabilize higher protein liquid whey used for further processing into 
whey protein concentrates at 1 320 mg/kg.  228 
 
For use as a flour treatment agent, raising agent or leavening agent only.  229 
For use as an acidity regulator only.  230 
For use in flavoured fermented milks and flavoured fermented milks heat treated after 
fermentation only.  231 
As nisin.  233 
For use as a stabilizer or thickener only.  234 
For use in reconstituted and recombined products only.  235 
For use in surimi products only.  241 
For use as an antioxidant only.  242 
For use in biscuit dough only.  244 
For use in pickled vegetables only.  245 
Singly or in combination: aluminium ammonium sulfate (INS 523) and sodium 
aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic; (INS 541(i),(ii)).  246 
For use in kuzukiri and harusame only.  247 
For use as a raising agent only.  248 
For use as a raising agent in mixes for steamed breads and buns only.  249 
For use in boiled mollusks and tsukudani only.  250 
For use in processed American cheese only.  251 
For use in self -rising flour and self -rising corn meal only.  252 
For use in salt applied to dry salted cheeses during manufacturing only.  254 
Except for use in seasonings applied to foods in food category 15.1 at 1 700 mg/kg.  255 
For use in noodles, gluten -free pasta and pasta intended for hypoproteic diets only.  256 
Excluding maple syrup.  258 
Singly or in combination: sodium aluminosilicate (INS 554) and calcium aluminium 
silicate (INS 556).  259 
For use in powdered beverage whiteners only.  260 
For use in heat -treated buttermilk only.  261 
For use in edible fungi and fungus products only.  262 
Except for use in pickled fungi at 20 000 mg/kg.  263 
Except for use in sterilized fungi at 5 000 mg/kg: citric acid (INS 330) and lactic acid 
(INS 270), singly or in combination.  264 
For use in quick frozen French fried potatoes only, as a sequestrant.  265 
For use in whipped cream and cream packed under pressure only.  278 
For use in pickled radish only.  280 
For use in fresh minced meat which contains other ingredients apart from comminuted 281 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 meat only.  
Except for use of beta -apo-8'-carotenal (INS 160e) and beta -apo-8'-carotenoic acid, 
methyl or ethyl ester (INS 160f) at 35 mg/kg.  291 
Except for use in hydrolyzed protein and/or amino acid -based formula at 25 000 mg/kg.  292 
On the saponin basis.  293 
Except for use in liquid products at 600 mg/kg as steviol equivalents.  294 
Except for use in perilla in brine at 780 mg/kg.  296 
The level in the ready -to-eat food shall not exceed 200 mg/kg on the anhydrous basis.  297 
For use in provolone cheese only.  298 
For use in salted squid only.  300 
Excluding raw squid.  307 
For use in raw mollusks only.  308 
For use in breaded or battered foods applied to  non-standardized foods only.  309 
For use in terrine only.  311 
For use in tsukudani and surimi products only.  312 
For use in yeast extracts.  314 
Singly or in combination: ascorbic acid (INS 300), sodium ascorbate (INS 301), calcium 
ascorbate (INS 302),  and ascorbyl palmitate (INS 304).  315 
As ascorbic acid.  317 
In dry cereal only.  318 
For use in powdered mixes only.  321 
For use as firming agent.  323 
For use in aloe vera only.  324 
For general use in surimi products.  325 
For use in fresh meat, poultry and game products only.  326 
For use in fish products cooked in soy sauce.  327 
Singly or in combination with other thickeners.  328 
Use level in milk and soy based products only.  329 
Except for use in canned products.  330 
For non -standardized foods: for use in minced fish, shrimps and prawns only.  331 
For general use as a glazing agent.  332 
For salted fish with a salt content of greater than or equal to 18 percent during  
processing.  334 
For use in products containing vegetable protein only.  335 
For use in Chinese plum juices only.  336 
Excluding use for canned bouillons and consommés.  339 
Excluding plain products.  347 
Singly or in combination: Sucrose esters of fatty acids (INS 473), sucrose oligoesters, 
typeI and type II (INS 473a) and sucroglycerides (INS 474).  348 
For use at 7,000 mg/kg in bakery cream fillings only.  349 
For use at 10,000 mg/kg in cream powder analogues only.  350 
Except for use at 6,000 mg/kg in products with > 20% fat content.  352 
On dry basis.  353 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Excluding virgin or cold pressed oils.  356 
Except for use in fish oils at 6,000 mg/kg, singly or in combination.  358 
Excluding dairy fat spreads with ≥ 70% milk fat content.  359 
In dairy fat spreads limited to products with < 70% fat content or baking purposes only.  360 
For use at 50,000 mg/kg for emulsified oils used in the production of noodles or bakery 
products.  363 
Singly or in combination.  364 
On a casings basis.  365 
10,000 mg/kg in imitation chocolate with >5% water content.  366 
For use at 10,000 mg/kg in candy containing not less than 10% oil.  367 
For use at 10,000 mg/kg in whipped decorations.  368 
For use in granola -type breakfast cereals only.  369 
For use in noodles, skin or crusts for spring rolls, wontons, and shou mai only.  370 
For use at  10,000 mg/kg in boiled noodles only.  371 
For use in rolls only.  372 
For use in sausage only.  373 
For use in cooked frozen meat products only.  374 
For use in hydrolyzed protein and/or amino acid based infant formula only.  376 
For use in liquid infant formula only.  378 
For use in hydrolyzed protein and/or amino acid based liquid infant formula only.  379 
Except for use in powdered infant formula at 7,500 mg/kg.  380 
As consumed.  381 
For use in gelatin powder only.  383 
On a gelatin powder basis.  384 
As a humectant for wetting of fumaric acid (INS 297).  385 
Except for use at 20000 mg/kg in powdered sugar for fine bakery wares.  387 
Excluding bread prepared solely with wheat flour, water, yeast or leaven, and salt.  388 
Except for use at 500 mg/kg in products containing nut paste  389 
For use at 1000 mg/kg in non -UHT and non -sterilised buttermilk.  397 
Excluding fermented milks and drinks not heat -treated after fermentation.  403 
For use in non -flavoured vitamin and mineral fortified fluid milks only.  407 
For use only in products intended for further processing or special dietary uses, 
reduced or low sugar content, or where sweetening properties have been replaced 
wholly or partially by food additive sweeteners.  409 
Excluding lactose reduced milks.  410 
Except for use in lactose reduced milks at 500 mg/kg.  114 
For use in fish sausage only.  412 
For use in marinated products only.  414 
For use in pickled products only.  415 
Tocopherol concentrate, mixed (INS 307b) only.  416 
For use in capsule and tablet form.  417 
Except for use at 6,000 mg/kg, singly or in combination, on the basis of fish oils.  418 
For use only in ready -to-eat products that require refrigeration.  419 GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 Except for use at 700 mg/kg in smoked molluscs and salted molluscs.  420 
For use in pastes and condiment products containing plant -derived oils only.  421 
For use in curry roux only.  422 
For use in dashi and furikake only.  423 
For use as a glazing agent.  424 
425 Singly or in combination: Sucrose esters of fatty acids (INS 473), and Sucrose 
oligoester, Type I and Type II (INS 473a).  425 
Except for use in concentrated marinades applied to food at 20,000 mg/kg.  426 
Except for use in concentrated marinades applied to food at 10,000 mg/kg.  427 
As residue in biscuits and rusks.  428 
Except for use in canned coffee with milk at 2000 mg/kg.  429 
Only for use in emulsified liquors.  430 
Excluding use in whiskey.  431 
For use in doughs used in cereal based savory snacks only.  432 
For use in rice crackers and potato snacks only.  433 
Carry-over from use as an antioxidant in flavours, colours, juice ingredients and  
nutrient preparations.  434 
Only for use as emulsifier or stabilizer.  438 
For UHT milk from non -bovine species only.  439 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7 البيانات الايضاحية 
مع عدم الإخلال بما ورد في المواصفة القياسية الخليجية الواردة في البند 1.2 والبند 
 8.2 والبند  11.2 يجب أن يتوافر في بطاقة المنتج البيانات الإيضاحية التالية: 
 
1.7   اسم المادة أو رقمها الدولي. 
2.7   في حال إضافة أي من المواد الملونة  Sunset yellow  E110 و/أو  E102  tartrazin  
و/أو   E122  Azorubine (CARMOISINE)  و/أو  E129 Allura red   يجب ايضاح التالي: 
- تمييزها بعلامة  (*). 
- كتابة العبارة التالية" :قد يكون له تأثير سلبي على النشاط والتركيز لدى الأطفال "أسفل 
قائمة المكونات. 
3.7 الاغذية المحتوية على اكثر من  10 % بوليولات يجب كتابة عبارة  )ممكن أن يسبب زيادة GSO  FDS  05 201 9 
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 الاستهلاك في تأثيرات ملينة .( 
4.7  المستحلبات والمثبتات ومغلظات القوام 
مصدر الجيلاتين والليسثين والجلسريدات الأحادية والثنائية في حالة استخدامها. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
المراجع: 
 
1. Codex General Standard For Food Additives Codex Stan 192 -1995.  
2. Commission Regulation (EU) No 1129/2011 Of 11 November 2011 
Amending Annex Ii To Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 Of The European 
Parliament And Of The Council By Establishing A Union List Of Food 
Additives.  
3. Class Names And The International Numbering System F or Food Additives 
Cac/GL 36 -1989.