{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/schedule-5/part-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/schedule-5/part-III.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3124",
  "legislation_title": "The Colours in Food Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/III",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Food\nMaximum level\nNon-alcoholic flavoured drinks\n100 mg/l\nCandied fruits and vegetables, Mostarda di frutta\n200 mg/kg\nPreserves of red fruits\n200 mg/kg\nConfectionery\n300 mg/kg\nDecorations and coatings\n500 mg/kg\nFine bakery wares (e.g. viennoiserie, biscuits, cakes and wafers)\n200 mg/kg\nEdible ices\n150 mg/kg\nFlavoured processed cheese\n100 mg/kg\nDesserts including flavoured milk products\n150 mg/kg\nSauces, seasonings (for example, curry powder, tandoori), pickles, relishes, chutney and piccalilli\n500 mg/kg\nMustard\n300 mg/kg\nFish paste and crustacean paste\n100 mg/kg\nPre-cooked crustaceans\n250 mg/kg\nSalmon substitutes\n500 mg/kg\nSurimi\n500 mg/kg\nFish roe\n300 mg/kg\nSmoked fish\n100 mg/kg\n“Snacks”: dry, savoury potato, cereal or starch-based snack products:\nExtruded or expanded savoury snack products\n200 mg/kg\nOther savoury snack products and savoury coated nuts\n100 mg/kg\nEdible cheese rind and edible casings\nquantum satis\nComplete formulae for weight control intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal\n50 mg/kg\nComplete formulae and nutritional supplements for use under medical supervision\n50 mg/kg\nLiquid food supplements/dietary integrators\n100 mg/l\nSolid food supplements/dietary integrators\n300 mg/kg\nSoups\n50 mg/kg\nMeat and fish analogues based on vegetable proteins\n100 mg/kg\nSpirituous beverages (including products less than 15% alcohol by volume), except any mentioned in Schedule 2 or 3\n200 mg/l\nAromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails as mentioned in Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, except any mentioned in Schedule 2 or 3\n200 mg/l\nFruit wines (still or sparkling) Cider (except cidre bouché) and perry Aromatized fruit wines, cider and perry\n200 mg/l",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3124/schedule/5/part/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:56:55.708248+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}