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E Number
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E170 |
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Name
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Calcium carbonate |
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Class
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Colours |
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Groups
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Group I, Group II: Food colours authorised at quantum satis |
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Additional details
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White-grey color |
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Origin
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Natural |
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Common sources
|
ground limestone |
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Common applications
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Pastry, biscuits, calcium containing drinks, breakfast cereals, canned fruits |
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Observations
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No adverse effects were observed |
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Evaluation
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Innocuous |
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Conditions of use in food categories
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Category Number
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Category Name
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Maximum Level (mg/l or mg/kg as appropriate)
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Details
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Restrictions/exceptions
|
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01.7.2
| Ripened cheese | quantum satis | | |
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01.7.6
| Cheese products (excluding products falling in category 16) | quantum satis | | only ripened products |
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05.1
| Cocoa and chocolate products as covered by Directive 2000/36/EC | 70 000 | E 170, E 500-504, E 524-528 and E 530: 7 % on dry matter, without fat, expressed as potassium carbonates | |
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09.2
| Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans | quantum satis | | only fish paste and crustacean paste |
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12.1.1
| Salt | quantum satis | | |
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13.1.3
| Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children as defined by Commission Directive 2006/125/EC (19) | quantum satis | | only processed cereal-based foods and baby foods, only for pH adjustment |
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13.1.5.1
| Dietary foods for infants for special medical purposes and special formulae for infants | quantum satis | | |
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14.1.2
| Fruit juices as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable juices | quantum satis | | only grape juice |
