Food additives data book - wordpres

Table IX – Food additives that may be used as Sweeteners – Item A.1 (25 May 1993): Aspartame
Permitted in or on Maximum level of use
(1) Table-top sweeteners Good Manufacturing Practice
(2) Breakfast cereals 0.5%
(3) Beverages; beverage concentrates, beverage mixes; (except for any of these 0.1% in beverages as consumed
products for which standards are set out in these Regulations)
(4) Desserts; dessert mixes; toppings; topping mixes; fillings; filling mixes; 0.3% in products as consumed
(except for any of these products for which standards are set out in these
Regulations)
(5) Chewing gum; breath freshener product 1.0%
(6) Fruit spreads; purées and sauces; table syrups; (except for any of these 0.2%
products for which standards are set out in these Regulations)
(7) Salad dressings; peanut and other nut spreads; (except for any of these 0.05%
products for which standards are set out in these Regulations)
(8) Condiments (except for any of these products for which standards are set 0.2%
out in these Regulations)
(9) Confectionery glazes for snack foods; sweetened seasonings or coating 0.1%
mixes for snack foods
(10) Confections and their coatings (except for any of these products for which 0.3%
standards are set out in these Regulations)
Table IX – Food additives that may be used as Sweeteners – Item A.2 (25 May 1993): Aspartame, encapsulated to prevent degradation during baking
Permitted in or on Maximum level of use
Bakery products and baking mixes (except for any of these products for which 0.4% in product as consumed
these standards are set out in these Regulations)
Canada first country to allow use in soft drinks in 1981
acceptable for use in table-top sweeteners, ready-to-eat cereals, beverages, beverage concentrates and mixes, desserts, toppings, fillings and their mixes,
chewing gum and breath fresheners.
Canadian ADI 40 mg/kg body weight which is greater than the 8.3 mg/kg that would be consumed on average if it replaced all sucrose in the diet or the
25 mg/kg if it replaced all carbohydrate in the diet
Aspartame 921