International Numbering System (INS) number of a food additive
ID ins_number
DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft
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Number of a food additive in the International Numbering System of the Codex Alimentarius (guideline CXG 36-1989). It has three or four digits, sometimes followed by a lowercase letter and a roman numeral in parentheses for a subclass, such as 160a(ii). EU E numbers (e_number) are INS numbers of the additives approved in the European Union, written with the letter E.
- Categories
- Agriculture, livestock and food, Chemistry
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Wikidata
- P4849
- Quality
- 90/100 · missing: detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^\d{3,4}[a-z]?(?:\([ivx]{1,4}\))?$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 330 | Citric acid; Wikidata example |
| 100(ii) | Turmeric; Wikidata example |
| 160a(ii) | Beta-carotenes, vegetable |
| E330 invalid | EU E number form; see e_number |
Child datatypes
| ID | Name | Categories | Countries | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e_number | E number (food additive) draft | agriculture, chemistry, industry | EU | Code of a food additive approved in the European Union: the letter E and the additive's INS number (ins_number), three or four digits,... |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Номер пищевой добавки в Международной системе нумерации (INS) | Номер пищевой добавки в Международной системе нумерации Кодекса Алиментариус (CXG 36-1989). |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Numbering_System_for_Food_Additives
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P4849
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ins_number - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/agriculture/ins_number.yamlon GitHub