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Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972)

Regulations

Regulations - Soft Drinks

2. Permitted additives

 

No soft drink shall contain any foreign substance: Provided that the additives named in column I of the following table may, unless prohibited or further limited by any other law, be present in a soft drink or, in the case of a soft drink which is to be diluted with water, in such soft drink when diluted in accordance with the instructions on the label, in a proportion not exceeding that indicated in the corresponding line of column II:

 

I

Additive

II

Proportion (mg/kg or mg/P)

Acetic acid ................................................]

Ascorbic acid .............................................]

Carbon dioxide .........................................]

Citric acid..................................................]

Glycerine..................................................]

Harmless edible foam-producing substances]

Harmless flavouring substances ................]

Harmless stabilisers ..................................]

Lactic acid. . ..............................................]

Malic Acid. ................................................]

Nicotine acid.............................................]

 

 

 

 

 

 

As dictated by good manufacturing practice

Potassium chloride ..................................]

Potassium phosphate...............................]

Sodium chloride.......................................]

Sodium phosphate ....................................]

Sulphonated oil .......................................]

Tartaric acid..............................................]

Water ......................................................]

 

 

 

 

As dictated by good manufacturing practice

Permitted colourants ...............................]

Permitted preservatives ............................]

Permitted sweeteners .............................]

 

 

As laid down by regulation

Brominated vegetable oils (which contain not mo r e than 33 per cent bromine and the acidity of which, expressed as hydrobromic acid, does not exceed 1 000 mg/Ρ).............................]

Caffein*^ .................................................]

Glycerol esters of wood resins .................]

Glyceryl tribenzoate .................................. ]

Orthophosphoric acid o f BP quality ..........]

Propylene glycol dibenzoate ....................]

Quinine calculated as quinine sulphate.....]

Sucrose acetate isobutyrate .....................]

Stannous chloride ....................................]

 

 

 

 

15

150

100

40

600

120

50 to 100

500

22

 

Note - The above-mentioned acids may be used in the form of their sodium or potassium salts.

* In cola drinks only .

^ No limit in formulated caffeinated beverages only, subject to the provisions of Regulation 4(3)(a)-(c).

 

[Regulation 2 substituted by Notice No. R.317, GG35265, dated 17 April 2012]