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LACTIC ACID (L-, D- and Dl-)

Lactic Acid (L-, D- and Dl-)

INS: 270

Function: Acidity Regulator

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	GMP		6
04.2.1	Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		6
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP		6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	6000 mg/kg		6
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		6
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	GMP		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	15000 mg/kg		6
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		6

LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

Lactic and Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol

INS: 472b

Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		6
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	10000 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	10000 mg/kg		6
02.1.1	Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee	GMP		6
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	GMP		6
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	80000 mg/kg		6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP	Note 16	6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP	Note 16	6
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		6
12.1	Salt	5000 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	5000 mg/kg	Note 51	6
12.8	Yeast and like products	5000 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	GMP		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		6
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		6

LACTITOL

Lactitol

INS: 966

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	GMP		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		6

LECITHIN

Lecithin

INS: 322

Function: Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level		Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP			6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP			6
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP			6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	5000 mg/kg			6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg			6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	30000 mg/kg			6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	20000 mg/kg		Note 52	6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		Note 16	6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		Note 16	6
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP			6
06.2	Flours and starches	2000 mg/kg			6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	2000 mg/kg		Note 54	6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP			6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP			6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41		6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16		6
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP			6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP			6
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP			6
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP			6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP			6
12.1	Salt	GMP			6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51		6
12.8	Yeast and like products	GMP			6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	3000 mg/kg			6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	50000 mg/kg			6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP			6
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP			6

LYSOZYME HYDROCHLORIDE

Lysozyme Hydrochloride

INS: 1105

Function: Preservative

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.6	Cheese	GMP		6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	500 mg/kg		6
14.2.3	Wines	500 mg/kg		6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	500 mg/kg		6