1 The Amendment of Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and 
Limitation of Food Additives  
DOH Food No. 1021351259 , 25 November , 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 more 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 tha n 15.0 g/kg Not allowed 
in fresh raw 
meat, fish, 
shell fish, 
beans, 
vegetables, 
fruits .  2 10. 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 a nd 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 , 
Cereal and starch based desserts , 
Pre-cooked or processed rice products , 
Breakfast cereals , Processed veg etables , 
Balsamic vinegars , Non-fermented soybean 
sauce , Cheese and analogues  (excluding 
unripened cheese ), Breakfast cereals  
(Excluding rolled oats ), Pre-cooked pastas 
and noodles and like products , Seasonings 
and condiments , Mustards , Confectionery , 
Coco a and chocolate products , Sugars and 
syrups , 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 
fermented , 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 mo re than 2.5 g/kg   3 6. 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 , 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), Tapioca  bubbles, 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 , Processed 
vegetables , Pre-cooked pastas a nd noodles 
and like product , Dried pastas and noodles 
and like product , Cakes and cookies 
(including steamed Chinese -styled ones) , 
Baked products , Cocoa and chocolate 
products , Water -based flavoured drinks , 
Vinegars , Confectionery , Sugars and 
syrups , Musta rds, Miso, Peanut butter and 
other sauces: not more than 50 .0 g/kg 
13. Soybean sauce : not more than 60 .0 g/kg