GB 2760-2024 National food safety standard for uses of food additives 
| Chinese Name | 海藻酸钙（又名褐藻酸钙） |
|---|---|
| English Name | calcium alginate |
| CNS | 20.046 |
| INS | 404 |
| Function | thickener, stabilizer and gelling agent |
| Quality specification | |
| JECFA specification information |
| Food Category No. | Food Name | Maximum usage level(g/kg) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06.03.02 | Wheat flour product (excluding 06.03.02.01 Fresh wet flour product (such as noodle, dumpling wrapper, wonton wrapper and shaomai wrapper), 06.03.02.02 Fresh dry flour product) | 5.0 | 06.03.02.01生湿面制品（如面条、饺子皮、馄饨皮、烧麦皮）、06.03.02.02生干面制品除外 |
| 06.03.02.03 | Fermented flour product | 5.0 | |
| 06.03.02.04 | — | 5.0 | |
| 06.03.02.05 | Fried flour product | 5.0 | |
| 06.03.02.06 | Other wheat flour product (such as gluten, etc.) | 5.0 | |
| 07.01 | Bread | 5.0 |