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Additives permitted in margarine and fat spreads under Vietnam's Circular 24/2019

Annex 2A of Circular 24/2019/TT-BYT allows certain additives in margarine and fat spreads[1]; a given tub holds only the codes printed on its label.

What's actually on the label

  • Bơ Thực Vật Tường An Margarine Vị Bơ Sữa 80GE322E471E321E160a[7]✓ Every code is permitted in Vietnam (Circular 24/2019)
  • Bơ Thực Vật Cao Cấp Meizan Hộp 200gE476E322E330E321E202E211E160a[8]✓ 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.

About this list

Margarine, blended spreads and emulsified fats fall under the groups “fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads” and “fat emulsions”[2]. BHA (E320) has its maximum “for oils or fats”[3], and calcium disodium EDTA (E385) is counted in its anhydrous form[4]. Polyglycerol esters (E476) are emulsifiers, and the circular excludes dairy fat spreads with a fat content of 70% or more[5]. The emulsifier is what Codex says forms or maintains a uniform emulsion between phases[6].

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

  1. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT), Điều 5 khoản 2
  2. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 2A, nhóm 02.2.2 và 02.3
  3. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 1 và Phụ lục 2A, INS 320
  4. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 1 và Phụ lục 2A, INS 385
  5. Thông tư 24/2019/TT-BYT (văn bản hợp nhất 09/VBHN-BYT): Phụ lục 1 và Phụ lục 2A, INS 476
  6. CAC/GL 36-1989 Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives, Section 2: emulsifier
  7. Bơ Thực Vật Tường An Margarine Vị Bơ Sữa 80G
  8. Bơ Thực Vật Cao Cấp Meizan Hộp 200g

Updated: 24 October 2026

Information only, not medical advice. The risk level is the additive's class in Yenzo's open scoring method, based on the cited source.

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