1The Draft Amendment of Standards for Specification, Scope, Application 
and Limitation of Food Additives  
DOH Food No. 1021300716 , 17 July, 2013 
Appendix  1: Standards for Scop e, Application and Limitation  of Food 
Additives  
 
09. Colors  
Code  Food Additive Items  Scope and Application Standards  Limitations  
09039 Caramel Colors  Plain caramel:  
All foods: as practically needed.  
Sulfite caramel : 
All foods: as practically needed.  
Ammonia caramel:  
1. Candied fruit, Canned or bottled fruit, Fruit 
in vinegar, oil, or brine,  Jams, jellies , 
marmelades: not more than 0.2 g/kg  
2. Fully preserved  fish roe , Vegetables  in 
vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce : not 
more than 0.5 g/kg  
3. Beverage whiteners , Edible ices , White 
vinegar : not more than 1.0 g/kg  
4. Soybean -based beverages : not mor e than 
1.5 g/kg  
5. Dairy -based drinks, flavoured and/or 
fermented , Dairy -based desserts : not more 
than 2.0 g/kg  
6. Water -based flavoured drinks , Fat spreads, 
dairy fat spreads and blended spreads , 
Cream analogues , Milk and cream powder 
analogues : not more than 5 .0 g/kg  
7. Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, 
fruit toppings and coconut milk , Fruit 
fillings for pastries : not more than 7.5 g/kg  
8. Black vinegar , Ready -to-eat savouries , 
Coffee, coffee substitutes : not more than 
10.0 g/kg 
9. Unripened cheese : not more t han 15 .0 g/kg Not allowe d 
in fresh raw 
meat, fish, 
shell fish, 
beans, 
vegetables, 
fruits .  210. Fermented soybean sauce , Chewing gum , 
Special dietary foods , Food supplements , 
Other soybean products  (excluding soybean 
sauce and soybean beverages), Miso: not 
more than 20 .0 g/kg 
11. Soups and broths : not more than 25 .0 g/kg 
12. Semi -preserved fish  and fish products , 
Processed fish and fish products : not more 
than 30 .0 g/kg 
13. Cakes and cookies (including steamed 
Chinese -styled ones) , Baked products , 
Processed vegetables , Balsamic vinegars , 
Non-fermented soybean sauce , Cheese and 
analogues  (excluding u nripened cheese ), 
Breakfast cereals  (Excluding rolled oats ), 
Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like 
products , Seasonings and condiments , 
Mustards , Confectionery , Cocoa and 
chocolate products , Peanut butter and other 
sauces: not more than 50 .0 g/kg 
14. Dark soy bean sauce : not more than 60 .0 
g/kg 
Sulfite ammonia caramel:  
1. Beverage whiteners , Edible ices : not more 
than 1.0 g/kg  
2. Table -top sweeteners : not more than 1.2 
g/kg 
3. Jams, jellies, marmelades : not more than 
1.5 g/kg  
4. Dairy -based drinks, flavoured and/or 
ferment ed, Dairy -based desserts : not more 
than 2.0 g/kg  
5. Cereal and starch based desserts , 
Pre-cooked or processed rice products , 
Breakfast cereals : not more than 2.5 g/kg  
6. Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended 
spreads , Cream analogues , Milk and cream 
powder a nalogues : not more than 5.0 g/kg   37. Fruit preparations , Fruit fillings for pastries , 
Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine , Candied fruit , 
Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit : not 
more than 7.5 g/kg  
8. Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments , 
Ready -to-eat savouries , Coffee, coffee 
substitutes : not more than 10 .0 g/kg 
9. Egg products , Other soybean products  
(excluding soybean sauce and soybean 
beverages), Special dietary foods , Chewing 
gum, Food supplements : not more than 20 .0 
g/kg 
10. Soups and broths : not more than 25 .0 g/kg 
11. Fish roe , Minced fish surimi products : not 
more than 30 .0 g/kg 
12. Cheese and analogues  (excluding u nripened 
cheese ), Processed vegetables , Pre-cooked 
pastas and noodles and like product , Dried 
pastas and noodles and like product , Cakes 
and cookies (includ ing steamed 
Chinese -styled ones) , Baked products , 
Cocoa and chocolate products , Water -based 
flavoured drinks , Vinegars , Confectionery , 
Mustards , Miso, Peanut butter and other 
sauces: not more than 50 .0 g/kg 
13. Soybean sauce : not more than 60 .0 g/kg