Division 2 ‘Chicory extract’, ‘soluble chicory’ or ‘instant chicory’

This means the concentrated product obtained by extraction from roasted chicory using only water as the medium of extraction and excluding any process of hydrolysis involving the addition of an acid or a base.

‘Chicory’ means the roots of Cichorium Intybus L., not used for the production of witloof chicory, usually used for the preparation of beverages, suitably cleaned to be dried and roasted.

The chicory-based dry matter content must be:

1. (a)

   not less than 95 % by weight in the case of dried chicory extract;

2. (b)

   from 70 % to 85 % by weight in the case of chicory extract paste;

3. (c)

   from 25 % to 55 % by weight in the case of liquid chicory extract.

Chicory extract in solid or paste form may contain not more than 1 % by weight of substances not derived from chicory.

Liquid chicory extract may contain edible sugars, whether roasted or not, to a proportion not exceeding 35 % by weight.