# The Breakfast Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026, Regulation 5: Amendment to the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(2) (Definitions of “fruit juice” and similar products)—
(a) in paragraph (c) after “Schedule 5;” omit “and”;
(b) in paragraph (d) for “.” substitute “;”; and
(c) after paragraph (d) insert—
“(e) “reduced-sugar fruit juice” means a product that complies with the specification in Schedule 7A;
(f) “reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate” means a product that complies with the specification in Schedule 7B; and
(g) “concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice” means a product that complies with the specification in Schedule 7C.”.
(3) In regulation 3(1) (General interpretation) in the definition for “regulated product” insert after (g)—
“(h) a reduced-sugar fruit juice;
(i) a reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate;
(j) a concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice.”.
(4) In regulation 4(1) (Use of the name fruit juice) after “paragraph (2)” insert “and a person may include the statement “fruit juices contain only naturally occurring sugars” on the label in the same field of vision as the name of the product”.
(5) In regulation 5(1) (Use of the name fruit juice from concentrate) after “regulation 10” insert “and a person may include the statement “fruit juices contain only naturally occurring sugars on the label in the same field of vision as the name of the product”.
(6) After regulation 9 (Use of the name fruit nectar) insert—
“Use of the name reduced-sugar fruit juice
9A. (1) A person trading in a reduced-sugar fruit juice must use the name “reduced-sugar [x] juice” as the name of the product with the relevant name of the fruit from which the juice comes substituting “[x]” in accordance with regulation 10.
(2) A person must not use the name “reduced-sugar fruit juice” or “reduced-sugar juice” together with the name of a fruit, in trade, as the name of a product if the product is not a reduced-sugar fruit juice.
Use of the name reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate
9B. (1) A person trading in a reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate must use the name “reduced-sugar [x] juice from concentrate” as the name of the product with the relevant name of the fruit from which the juice comes substituting “[x]” in accordance with regulation 10.
(2) A person must not use the name “reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate” or “reduced-sugar juice from concentrate” together with the name of a fruit, in trade, as the name of a product if the product is not a reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate.
Use of the name concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice
9C. (1) A person trading in a concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice must use the name “concentrated reduced-sugar [x] juice” as the name of the product with the relevant name of the fruit from which the juice comes substituting “[x]” in accordance with regulation 10.
(2) A person must not use the name “concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice” or “concentrated reduced-sugar juice” together with the name of a fruit, in trade, as the name of a product if the product is not a concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice.”.
(7) In paragraph (1) of regulation 12 (Labelling of a fruit juice partially made from concentrate)—
(a) after “not trade in a fruit juice” insert “or reduced sugar fruit juice”;
(b) for “and fruit juice from concentrate” substitute “either reduced sugar fruit juice from concentrate or fruit juice from concentrate (or both)”.
(8) In paragraph (2) of regulation 17 (Improvement notice – application of Article 9 of the Order) amend paragraph (1A) by inserting the following after (g)—
“(ga) regulation 9A(1), as read with regulation 9A(2);
(gb) regulation 9B(1), as read with regulation 9B(2);
(gc) regulation 9C(1), as read with regulation 9C(2);”.
(9) In Schedule 1 (Ambulatory references)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “Council Directive 98/83/EC” substitute “Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council”;
(b) in paragraph (h) for “.” substitute “;”;
(c) after (h) insert—
“(i) Regulation 1169/2011(EC).”.
(10) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (Specification for fruit juices from concentrate) for “Council Directive 98/83/EC” substitute “Directive (EU) 2020/2184”.
(11) In Schedule 7 (Specification for fruit nectar)—
(a) in Part 1 (General specification for fruit nectar) for paragraph 4 substitute—
“4. The amount of sugars or honey, or sugars and honey, added to the product in accordance with paragraph 1 must not exceed—
(a) 20% of the total weight of the finished product made from a fruit listed in paragraph 1 of Part 2;
(b) 15% of the total weight of the finished product made from a fruit listed in paragraph 2 of Part 2; or
(c) 10% of the total weight of the finished product made from a fruit listed in paragraph 3 of Part 2.”.
(b) in paragraph 1 of Part 2 (Minimum juice and puree content of fruit nectars) for “Quinces” substitute “Quinces (Cydonia oblonga L.)”.
(12) After Schedule 7 (Specification for fruit nectar) insert Schedules 7A, 7B and 7C that are set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
(13) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 (Authorised additional ingredients) after “2008” insert “except for sweeteners unless being used in a fruit nectar”.
(14) In paragraph 10 of Schedule 9 (Authorised additional substances)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (c), omit “or”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (c) insert “(ca) sunflower seeds, or”.
(15) In Schedule 11 (Alternative designations for fruit juice)—
(a) in column 3 of entry 1, after “fruit juice” insert “with no added sugar”;
(b) after entry 2, insert—
“
2A
“æblemost fra koncentrat”
Synonym of apple juice from concentrate
”
(c) in column 3 of entry 3, after “juices” insert “with no added sugar”; and
(d) after entry 7 insert—
“
8.
“coconut water” in any official language of the EU
Synonym of coconut juice: the product which is directly extracted from the coconut without expressing the coconut meat.
”
(16) In Schedule 13 (Minimum Brix levels for a fruit juice from concentrate) in the table after the row containing information about the fruit “Blackcurrant” insert a new row—
“
Coconut (*)
Cocos nucifera L.
4.5
”

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