Additives permitted in canned food under Vietnam's Circular 24/2019
The list below is not the contents of any one can or jar: these are the additives that Annex 2A of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT allows in canned fruit, vegetables and seafood[1].
What's actually on the label
- Đào lát ngâm đường Kronos hộp 410gE330[6]✓ Every code is permitted in Vietnam (Circular 24/2019)
- Dưa chuột ngâm Fragata hũ 345gE260[7]✓ Every code is permitted in Vietnam (Circular 24/2019)
List under Appendix 2A, Circular 24/2019
Risk level on the Yenzo Scale, not the Circular's.
Moderate risk
Low risk
Very low risk
About this list
Canned fruit, canned, bottled or bagged vegetables and canned seafood each have their own group, with “pasteurised” or “canned” written into the name[2]; a single can or jar holds only a small part. Stannous chloride (E512) is listed as a colour retention agent and antioxidant, with its maximum “expressed as tin”[3]. Calcium disodium EDTA (E385) has its level “expressed as anhydrous calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate” in the canned vegetable group[4]. Check the ingredient line to see which codes are in the can you buy. An antioxidant, in the Codex wording, helps food last longer by resisting deterioration through oxidation[5].
The list comes from the “found in” section of each additive's page: the food groups of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT, Appendix 2A (maximum levels of additives in food). Being listed means the additive is permitted there, not that every product contains it.
Related additive categories
Sources
- Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT), Điều 5 khoản 2
- Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 2A, nhóm 04.1.2.4, 04.2.2.4 và 09.4
- Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 1 và Phụ lục 2A, INS 512
- Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 1 và Phụ lục 2A, INS 385
- CAC/GL 36-1989 Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives, Section 2: antioxidant
- Đào lát ngâm đường Kronos hộp 410g
- Dưa chuột ngâm Fragata hũ 345g
Updated: 24 October 2026