{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-111/annex/division-A/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-111/annex/division-A/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2001/111",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2001/111/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-111",
  "path": "annex/division/A/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Sugar solution",
  "text": "The aqueous solution of sucrose with the following characteristics:\n(a) dry matter\nnot less than 62 % by weight\n(b) invert sugar content (ratio of fructose to dextrose: 1,0 ± 0,2)\nnot more than 3 % by weight of dry matter\n(c) conductivity ash\nnot more than 0,1 % by weight of dry matter, determined in accordance with point (b) of Part B\n(d) colour in solution\nnot more than 45 ICUMSA units.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The description ‘white’ is reserved for: (a) sugar solution where the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B; (b) invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup of which: the conductivity ash content does not exceed 0,1 %, the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method specified in point (c) of Part B."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/111/annex/division/A/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:57.768207+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."
}