ARCHIVED - 9. List of Permitted Sweeteners (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)

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This List of Permitted Sweeteners sets out authorized food additives that are used to impart a sweet taste to a food. It is incorporated by reference in the  Marketing Authorization for Food Additives That May Be Used as Sweeteners.

Date issued: 2014-01-14

List of Permitted Sweeteners
Item No. Column 1
Additive
Column 2
Permitted in or Upon
Column 3
Maximum Level of Use and Other Conditions
A.01 Acesulfame potassium (1)
Table-top sweeteners
(1)
Good Manufacturing Practice
(2)
Carbonated beverages
(2)
0.025% in beverages as consumed
(3)
Unstandardized beverage concentrates; Unstandardized beverage mixes; Unstandardized beverages; Unstandardized dairy beverages
(3)
0.05% in beverages as consumed
(4)
Filling mixes; Fillings; Topping mixes; Toppings; Unstandardized dessert mixes; Unstandardized desserts; Yogurt
(4)
0.1% in products as consumed
(5)
Breath freshener products (except chewing gum)
(5)
0.35%
(6)
Unstandardized fruit spreads
(6)
0.1%
(7)
Unstandardized salad dressings
(7)
0.05%
(8)
Unstandardized confectionery
(8)
0.25%
(9)
Baking mixes; Unstandardized bakery products
(9)
0.1% in products as consumed
(10)
Canned (naming the fruit); Unstandardized canned fruit
(10)
0.007%
(11)
Chewing gum
(11)
0.5%
A.1 Aspartame (1)
Table-top sweeteners
(1)
Good Manufacturing Practice
(2)
Breakfast cereals
(2)
0.5%
(3)
Unstandardized beverage concentrates; Unstandardized beverage mixes; Unstandardized beverages
(3)
0.1% in beverages as consumed
(4)
Filling mixes; Fillings; Topping mixes; Toppings; Unstandardized dessert mixes; Unstandardized desserts; Yogurt
(4)
0.3% in products as consumed
(5)
Breath freshener products;
Chewing gum
(5)
1.0%
(6)
Unstandardized fruit spreads; Unstandardized purées; Unstandardized sauces; Unstandardized table syrups
(6)
0.2%
(7)
Nut spreads; Peanut spreads; Unstandardized salad dressings
(7)
0.05%
(8)
Unstandardized condiments
(8)
0.2%
(9)
Confectionery glazes for snack foods; Sweetened seasonings or coating mixes for snack foods
(9)
0.1%
(10)
Unstandardized confectionery; Unstandardized confectionery coatings
(10)
0.3%
A.2 Aspartame, encapsulated to prevent degradation during baking Baking mixes; Unstandardized bakery products 0.4% in product as consumed
E.1 Erythritol (1)
Table-top sweeteners
(1)
Good Manufacturing Practice
(2)
Dietetic beverages
(2)
3.5%
(3)
Fat-based cream fillings and toppings
(3)
60%
(4)
Dietetic cookies and wafers
(4)
7%
(5)
Soft candies
(5)
40%
(6)
Hard candies
(6)
99%  
(7)
Chewing gum
(7)
75%
(8)
Baking mixes; Unstandardized bakery products
(8)
10%
(9)
Cakes; Cookies
(9)
10%
(10)
Unstandardized fruit spreads
(10)
14%
(11)
Unstandardized dairy-based beverages
(11)
2.5%
(12)
Unstandardized frozen desserts
(12)
5%
(13)
Cream fillings; Custard fillings; Fruit fillings; Puddings
(13)
10%
(14)
Syrups ; Toppings
(14)
15%
(15)
Fruit-based smoothie beverages; Yogurt
(15)
7%
(16)
Unstandardized alcoholic beverages
(16)
3.5%
H.1 Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice
I.1 Isomalt Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice
L.1 Lactitol Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice
M.1 Maltitol Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice
M.2 Maltitol syrup Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice
M.3 Mannitol Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice
M.4 Monk fruit extract Table-top sweeteners 0.8% calculated as mogroside V
N.1 Neotame (1)
Table-top sweeteners
(1)
Good Manufacturing Practice
(2)
Breakfast cereals
(2)
0.016%
(3)
Unstandardized beverage concentrates; Unstandardized beverage mixes; Unstandardized beverages
(3)
0.003% in beverages as consumed
(4)
Filling mixes; Fillings; Topping mixes; Toppings; Unstandardized dessert mixes; Unstandardized desserts; Yogurt
(4)
0.01% in products as consumed
(5)
Breath freshener products; Chewing gum
(5)
0.032%
(6)
Unstandardized fruit spreads; Unstandardized purées; Unstandardized sauces; Unstandardized table syrups
(6)
0.007%
(7)
Nut spreads; Peanut spreads; Unstandardized salad dressings
(7)
0.002%
(8)
Unstandardized condiments
(8)
0.007%
(9)
Confectionery glazes for snack foods; Sweetened seasonings or coating mixes for snack foods
(9)
0.0032%
(10)
Unstandardized confectionery; Unstandardized confectionery coatings
(10)
0.01%
(11)
Baking mixes; Unstandardized bakery products
(11)
0.013% in products as consumed
S.1 Sorbitol (1)
A blend of prepared fish and prepared meat referred to in paragraph B.21.006(n)
(1)
6.0%
(2)
Unstandardized foods
(2)
Good Manufacturing Practice
S.1.1 Sorbitol syrup Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice
S.1.2 Steviol glycosides (1)
Table-top sweeteners
(1)
Good Manufacturing Practice
(2)
Breakfast cereals; Confectionery glazes for snack foods; Nut spreads; Peanut spreads; Sweetened seasonings or coating mixes for snack foods; Unstandardized chocolate confectionery; Unstandardized chocolate confectionery coatings; Unstandardized fruit spreads; Unstandardized purées; Unstandardized salad dressings; Unstandardized sauces; Unstandardized table syrups
(2)
0.035% (calculated as steviol equivalents)
(3)
Unstandardized beverage concentrates; Unstandardized beverages; Unstandardized beverages mixes
(3)
0.02% (calculated as steviol equivalents) in beverages as consumed
(4)
Baking mixes; Filling mixes; Fillings; Topping mixes; Toppings; Unstandardized bakery products; Unstandardized dessert mixes; Unstandardized desserts; Yogurt
(4)
0.035% (calculated as steviol equivalents) in products as consumed
(5)
Breath freshener products; Chewing gum
(5)
0.35% (calculated as steviol equivalents)
(6)
Unstandardized condiments
(6)
0.013% (calculated as steviol equivalents)
(7)
Unstandardized confectionery (except unstandardized chocolate confectionery); Unstandardized confectionery coatings (except unstandardized chocolate confectionery coatings)
(7)
0.07% (calculated as steviol equivalents)
(8)
Meal replacement bars
(8)
0.02% (calculated as steviol equivalents)
S.2 Sucralose (1)
Table-top sweeteners
(1)
Good Manufacturing Practice
(2)
Breakfast cereals
(2)
0.1%
(3)
Unstandardized beverage concentrates; Unstandardized beverage mixes; Unstandardized beverages; Unstandardized dairy beverages
(3)
0.025% in beverages as consumed
(4)
Filling mixes; Fillings; Topping mixes; Toppings; Unstandardized dessert mixes; Unstandardized desserts; Yogurt
(4)
0.025% in products as consumed
(5)
Breath freshener products;
Chewing gum
(5)
2.5%
(6)
Unstandardized fruit spreads
(6)
0.045%
(7)
Unstandardized condiments; Unstandardized salad dressings
(7)
0.04%
(8)
Confectionery glazes for snack foods; Sweetened seasonings or coating mixes for snack foods; Unstandardized confectionery; Unstandardized confectionery coatings
(8)
0.07%
(9)
Baking mixes; Unstandardized bakery products
(9)
0.065% in products as consumed
(10)
Unstandardized processed fruit and vegetable products, except unstandardized canned fruit
(10)
0.015%
(11)
Unstandardized alcoholic beverages
(11)
0.07%
(12)
Pudding mixes ; Puddings
(12)
0.04% in products as consumed
(13)
Unstandardized table syrups
(13)
0.15%
(14)
Canned (naming the fruit); Unstandardized canned fruit
(14)
0.025%
(15)
Pickles; Relishes
(15)
0.015%
T.1 Thaumatin (1)
Breath freshener products;
Chewing gum
(1)
500 p.p.m.
(2)
Salt substitutes
(2)
400 p.p.m.
(3)
(naming the flavour) Flavour referred to in section B.10.005; Unstandardized flavouring preparations
(3)
100 p.p.m.
X.1 Xylitol Unstandardized foods Good Manufacturing Practice

Document Reference Numbers: NOM/ADM-0022, NOM/ADM-0019; NOM/ADM-0006; NOM/ADM-0002

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