FSSAI Food Categorization Code
अन्न पदार्थ वर्गीकरण क्रमांक हा fssai अन्न सुरक्षा व मानके प्राधिकरण मार्फत अन्न पदार्थांना देण्यात आला आहे. याचा वापर आपल्या अन्न व्यवसायात आपण हाताळत असलेल्या पदार्थाच्या लेबल वर टाकावा लागतो. तसेच फूड लायसन्स काढताना सुद्धा हा क्रमांक उपयोगी ठरतो. यात दिलेले अन्न पदार्थांचे वर्ग हे वर्गीकरण करता दिलेले आहेत तसेच याच नावाने त्यांचे प्रमाणीकरण करण्यात आलेले आहे. अन्न पदार्थ संबंधी सर्व प्रकारचे कायदे करणे त्यांचे नियमन करणे व सर्व नागरिकांना आरोग्यदायी व सुरक्षित अन्न मिळावे यासाठी प्रयत्नशील असणे इत्यादी कार्ये अन्न सुरक्षा व मानके प्राधिकरण fssai ही स्वतंत्र संस्था करते.
Food Categorization Code Description
01 Dairy products and analogues, excluding products of food category 2.0
01.1 Milk and dairy-based drinks
01.1.1 Milk and buttermilk (plain)
01.1.1.1 Milk (plain)
01.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain)
01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks – flavoured milk and/or fermented
01.2
Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category
01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks), fermented milk products,yoghurt, flavoured
yoghurt, dahi, flavoured dahi,mishti dahi
01.2.1 Fermented milks (plain)
01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation
01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation
01.2.2 Renneted milk (plain)
01.3 Condensed milk and analogues (plain)
01.3.1
Condensed milk (plain), evaporated milk(s),sweetened condensed
milk(s)
01.3.2 Beverage whiteners
01.3.2.1 Non dairy based beverage whitener
01.4 Cream (plain) and the like cream and malai
01.4.1 Pasteurized cream (plain), cream and malai
01.4.2
Sterilized and UHT creams, whipping and whipped creams, and reduced
fat creams (plain)
01.4.3 Clotted cream (plain)
01.4.4 Cream analogues
01.5 Milk powder and cream powder and powder analogues (plain)
01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain)
01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues
01.6 Cheese and analogues
01.6.1 Unripened cheese
01.6.2
Ripened cheese,
(Cheddar,Danbo,Edam,Gouda,Havarti,Tilisiter,Camembert,Brie,St
Paulin,Samsoe,Emmentaler,Provolone,extra hard grating
/sliced/cut/shreded cheese
01.6.2.1 Ripened cheese, includes rind
01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese
01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g. For cheese sauces)
01.6.3 Whey cheese
01.6.4 Processed cheese
01.6.4.1 Plain processed cheese
01.6.4.2
Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables,
meat etc.
01.6.5 Cheese analogues
01.6.6 Whey protein cheese
01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. Pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)
01.8 Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses
01.8.1 Liquid whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses
01.8.2 Dried whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses whey powder
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02 Fats and oils, and fat emulsions
02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water
02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milk fat, ghee
02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats
02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats (edible fats)
02.2 Fat emulsions mainly or type water-in-oil
02.2.1 Butter (Butter and Milk Fat)
02.2.2 Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads
02.3
Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or
flavoured products based onfat emulsions
02.4
Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food
category 1.7
02.4.1 Cocoa based spreads, including fillings
03 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbe
04
Fruits and vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers,
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
04.1 Fruit
04.1.1 Fresh fruit
04.1.1.1 Untreated fresh fruit
04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit
04.1.1.3 Peeled or cut fresh fruit
04.1.2 Processed fruit
04.1.2.1 Frozen fruit
04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products
04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries
04.1.2.12 Cooked fruit
04.1.2.2 Dried fruits, nuts and seeds
04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine
04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit
04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmalades
04.1.2.6
Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category
4.1.2.5
04.1.2.7 Candied / glazed / crystallised fruit including murrabba
04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk
04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts
04.2
Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses
and legumes, and aloevera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
04.2.1
Fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers,
pulses and legumes, and aloevera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds
04.2.1.1
Untreated fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and
tubers, pulses and legumes including soybeans, and aloe vera),
seaweeds and nuts and seeds
04.2.1.2
Surface-treated fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and fungi, root
sand tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts
and seeds
04.2.1.3
Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables, (including mushrooms and
fungi, roots and tubers pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds
and nuts and seeds
04.2.2
Processed vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) sea weeds, nuts and seeds
04.2.2.1
Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers,
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds
04.2.2.2
Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers,
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds and nuts and seeds
04.2.2.3
Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses
and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or
soybean sauce
04.2.2.4
Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including
mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and
aloevera), and seaweeds
04.2.2.5
Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and
legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and
spreads (e.g. Peanut butter)
04.2.2.6
Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers,pulses
and legumes, and aloe vera) sea weeds, nuts and seeds pulps and
preparations (e.g vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables)
other than food category 4.2.2.5
04.2.2.7
fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers,
pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding
fermented soyabean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7,
12.9.1,12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3
04.2.2.8
cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and
tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds
05 Confectionery
05.1
Cocoa products and chocolate products including analogues and
chocolate substitutes
05.1.1 Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake
05.1.2 Cocoa mixes (syrups)
05.1.3 Cocoa and chocolate products
05.1.4 Chocolate substitute and their products
05.2
Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats etc. other than
food categories 5.1, 5.3, and 5.4
05.2.1 Hard Candy
05.2.2 Soft Candy
05.2.3 Nougats and marzipans
05.3 Chewing gum
05.4
Decorations (e.g. For fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruits), and
sweet sauces
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06
Cereals and cereal products, derived from cereal grains, from roots and
tubers, pulses, legumes and pith or soft core of palm tree, excluding
bakery wares of food category 7.0
06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice
06.2 Flours and starches (including soybean powder)
06.2.1 Flours
06.2.2 Starches
06.3 Ready -to -eat cereals, breakfast cereals, including rolled oats
06.4
Pastas and noodles and like products (e.g. Rice paper, rice vermicelli,
soybean pastas and noodles)
06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products
06.4.2 Dried pastas and noodles and like products
06.4.3 Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products
06.5 Cereals/pulses and starch based desserts
06.6 Batters
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed cereals/grains/legume products
06.8
Soybean products (excluding soybean-based seasonings and
condiments of food category 12.9)
06.8.1 Soybean-based beverages
06.8.2 Soybean-based beverage film
06.8.3 Soybean curd (tofu)
06.8.4 Semi-dehydrated soybean curd
06.8.4.1 Thick gravy-stewed semi-dehydrated soybean curd
06.8.4.2 Deep fried semi-dehydrated soybean curd
06.8.4.3
Semi-dehydrated soybean curd, other than food categories 6.8.4.1 and
6.8.4.2
06.8.5 Dehydrated soybean curd (kori tofu)
06.8.6 Fermented soybeans (e.g. Natto, tempeh)
06.8.7 Fermented soybean curd
06.8.8 Other soybean protein products
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07 Bakery products
07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares and mixes
07.1.1
Bread and rolls including yeast leavened breads, specialty breadsand
soda breads
07.1.1.1 Yeast-leavened breads and specialty breads
07.1.1.2 Soda breads
07.1.2 Crackers
07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products
07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs
07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns
07.1.6 Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares
07.2 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes
07.2.1 Cakes, cookies, biscuit, cracker and pies
07.2.2 Other fine bakery products
07.2.3 Mixes for fine bakery wares
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08 Meat and meat products including poultry
08.1 Fresh / frozen / chilled/ ground meat and poultry
08.1.1 Fresh / frozen / chilled meat, poultry, whole pieces or cuts
08.1.2 Fresh / frozen / chilled meat, poultry, comminuted
08.2 Processed meat and poultry products in whole pieces or cuts
08.2.1
Non-heat treated processed meat and poultry products in whole pieces
or cuts
08.2.1.1
Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat and poultry
products in whole pieces or cuts
08.2.1.2
Cured (including salted) and dried processed meat and poultry products
in whole pieces or cuts
08.2.1.3
Fermented non-heated treated processed meat and poultry products in
whole pieces or cuts
08.2.2
Heat-treated processed meat and poultry products in whole pieces or
cuts
08.2.3 Frozen processed meat and poultry products in whole pieces or cuts
08.3 Processed comminuted meat and poultry products
08.3.1 Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat and poultry products
08.3.1.1
Cured (including) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat and
poultry products
08.3.1.2
Cured (including salted and dried non-heat treated processed
comminuted meat and poultry products
08.3.1.3
Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat and poultry
products
08.3.2
Heat-treated processed comminuted meat and poultry products (canned
cooked ham, canned luncheon meat, canned choppedmeat)
08.3.3 Frozen processed comminuted meat and poultry products
08.4 Edible casings (e.g. Sausage casings)
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09
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and
echinoderms
09.1
Fresh fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and
echinoderms
09.1.1 Fresh fish
09.1.2 Fresh molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.2
Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and
echinoderms
09.2.1
Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including molluscs,
crustaceans, and echinoderms(frozen shrimps or prawns, frozen
lobsters,frozen squid ,frozen fin fish and frozen fish fillets)
09.2.2
Frozen battered fish, fish fillets and fish products, including molluscs,
crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.2.3
Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including molluscs,
crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.2.4
Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including molluscs,
crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products
09.2.4.2 Cooked molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.2.4.3
Fried fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and
Echinoderms
09.2.5
Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including
molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
09.3
Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans,
and echinoderms
09.3.1
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and
echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly
09.3.2
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and
echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine
09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar and other fish roe products
09.3.4
Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans
and echinoderms (e.g. fish paste), excluding products of food categories
9.3.1 – 9.3.3
09.4
Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products,
including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms
10 Eggs and egg products
10.1 Fresh eggs
10.2 Egg products
10.2.1 Liquid egg products
10.2.2 Frozen egg products
10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products
10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs
10.4 Egg-based desserts
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11 Sweeteners, including honey
11.1 Refined and raw sugars
11.1.1 White sugar, dextrose anhydrous, dextrose monohydrate, fructose
11.1.2 Powdered sugar, powdered dextrose
11.1.3
Soft white sugar, soft brown sugar, glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup,
raw cane sugar, khandsari sugar (sulphur sugar), bura sugar
11.1.3.1 Dried glucose syrup used to manufacture sugar confectionery
11.1.3.2 Glucose syrup for manufacture of sugar confectionery (golden syrup)
11.1.4 Lactose
11.1.5 Plantation or mill white sugar (plantation white sugar, cube sugar, misri)
11.2 Brown sugar excluding products of food category 11.1.3
11.3
Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted, including treacle
and molasses, excluding products of food category 11.1.3
11.4 Other sugars and syrups
11.5 Honey
11.6
Table-top sweeteners including those containing high intensity
sweeteners (saccharin sodium, aspartame, acesulfame
potassium,sucralose)
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12 Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads and protein products
12.1 Salt and salt substitutes
12.1.1 Salt (including edible common salt, iron fortified salt, iodized salt)
12.1.2 Salt substitutes
12.10 Protein products other than from soybeans
12.2
Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant
noodles)
12.2.1 Herbs, spices including masalas
12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments
12.3 Vinegars
12.4 Mustards
12.5 Soups and broths
12.5.1 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen
12.5.2 Mixes for soups and broths
12.6 Sauces and like products
12.6.1
Emulsified sauces and dips (e.g. mayonnaise, salad dressings, onion
dips)
12.6.2
Non emulsified sauces (e.g ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown
gravy)
12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies
12.6.4 Clear sauces
12.7
Salads and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa-and nutbasedspreads of
food categories 4.2.2.5 and 5.1.3
12.8 Yeast and like products
12.9 Soybean-based seasonings and condiments
12.9.1 Fermented soybean paste
12.9.2 Soybean sauce
12.9.2.1 Fermented soybean sauce
12.9.2.2 Non-fermented soybean sauce
12.9.2.3 Other soybean sauces
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13 Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses
13.1
Infant formulae, follow-on formulae, and formulae for special medical
purposes for infants
13.1.1 Infant formulae
13.1.2 Follow-up formulae
13.1.3 Formulae for special medical purposes for infants
13.2 Complementary foods for infants and young children
13.3
Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products
of food category 13.1)
13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
13.5
Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding
products of food categories13.1- 13.4 and 13.6
13.6 Food supplements
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14 Beverages, excluding dairy products
14.1 Non-alcoholic (“soft”) beverages
14.1.1 Waters
14.1.1.1 Natural mineral waters and source waters
14.1.1.2 Table waters and soda waters
14.1.2 Fruit and vegetable juices
14.1.2.1
Fruit juices (fruit juices for industrial use, thermally processed fruits
juices)
14.1.2.2
Vegetable juices(vegetable juices for industrial use, thermally processed
vegetable juices, thermally processed tomato juice)
14.1.2.3 Concentrates of fruit juices (concentrated fruit juices for industrial use)
14.1.2.4
Concentrates of vegetable juices (concentrated vegetable Juices for
industrial use)
14.1.3 Fruit and vegetable nectars
14.1.3.1 Fruit nectar
14.1.3.2 Vegetable nectar
14.1.3.3 Concentrates of fruit nectar
14.1.3.4 Concentrates of vegetable nectar
14.1.4
Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport”, “energy” or “electrolyte”
drinks and particulated drinks, includes carbonated fruit beverages,
carbonated beverages with fruit
14.1.4.1 Carbonated water-based flavoured drinks
14.1.4.2
Non-carbonated water-based flavoured drinks including punches and
ades, ginger cocktail (ginger beer and gingerale), thermally processed
fruit beverages/ fruit drinks/ready to serve fruit beverages
14.1.4.3
Concentrates (liquid or solid) for water based flavoured drinks (synthetic
syrups for dispensers, sharbat (synthetic syrup),squashes, crushes, fruit
syrups, cordials and barley water
14.1.5
Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and
grain beverages, excluding cocoa
14.2
Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic
counterparts
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages
14.2.2 Cider and Perry
14.2.3 Grape wines
14.2.3.1 Still grape wine
14.2.3.2 Sparkling and semi-sparkling grape wines
14.2.3.3 Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine
14.2.4 Wines (other than grape)
14.2.5 Mead
14.2.6 Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol
14.2.7 Aromatized alcoholic beverages
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15 Ready-to-eat savouries
15.1
Snacks and savouries – potato, cereal, flour or starch based (fromroots
and tubers, pulses and legumes)
15.2 Processed nuts including coated nuts and nut mixtures
15.3 Snacks – fish based
16 Prepared Foods
99 Substances added to food
99.1 Food Additives
99.2 Enzymes and their preparations
99.3 Flavouring and their preparations
99.4 Processing Aids
99.5 Nutrients and their preparations
99.6 Microorganisms and Micobial Preparations
99.7 Functional Ingredients
99.8 Water used for processing (to be decided)
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