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A plan to fix Herbal Drink Powder

This is a draft for you to check, not an action we took. Nothing has been changed, sent, or filed. The numbers below come from the rules we have read, and each one links to the exact wording it came from.

Bring benzoic acid down to 150 mg per kg or less, and this product is accepted in Germany (European Union) and Indonesia (BPOM).

It has today

300mg per kg

It needs to be at most

150mg per kg

MarketMost it allowsRuleIn force from
Germany (European Union)strictest150 mg per kg4 looser rules for it here as wellEU Annex II — 14.1.4 Flavoured drinksnot stated
Indonesia (BPOM)350 mg per kg11 looser rules for it here as wellBPOM Amendment 20262026-12-01

What the rules actually say

Germany (European Union) · EU Annex II — 14.1.4 Flavoured drinks

“E 210-213 | Benzoic acid — benzoates | 150 | (1) (2) | excluding dairy-based drinks”
Where this came from

EU Annex II — 14.1.4 Flavoured drinks

European Union

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Reference, if you need to quote it to us: clause_298cea42d1ad

Indonesia (BPOM) · BPOM Amendment 2026

“Batas Maksimal Natrium benzoat (INS 211) untuk Kategori Pangan 14.1.4.1 Minuman Berbasis Air Berperisa yang Berkarbonat adalah 350 mg/kg dihitung sebagai asam benzoat, berlaku mulai 1 Desember 2026.”
Where this came from

BPOM Amendment 2026

Indonesia (BPOM)

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Reference, if you need to quote it to us: clause_2bdcb3e03a32

What we did not check

These ingredients were not compared against any limit. That is not the same as passing.

  • ginger

    Recognised as ginger — a food, not an additive. The rules we hold set limits on additives, so nothing here is checked against it. That is normal.

Prepared from the rules we hold at the time this page was opened. Reference: a66282e6c6434f9bab19f4a012967bff