Division 2 Authorised ingredientsF1
United Kingdom
Only the following ingredients may be added to the products referred to in Part I:
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Vitamins and minerals as authorised in Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods f1 ;
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Food additives authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008;
and in addition:
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For fruit juice, fruit juices from concentrate and concentrated fruit juices: restored flavour, pulp and cells;
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For grape juice: restored salts of tartaric acids;
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For fruit nectars: restored flavour, pulp and cells; sugars and/or honey up to 20 % of the total weight of the finished products; and/or sweeteners;
A claim stating that sugars have not been added to fruit nectar, and any claim likely to have the same meaning for the consumer, may only be made where the product does not contain any added mono- or disaccharides or any other food used for its sweetening properties, including sweeteners as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. If sugars are naturally present in fruit nectar, the following indication should also appear on the label: ‘ contains naturally occurring sugars ’ ;
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For products referred to in point (a), the first indent of point (b), point (c), the second indent of point (e) and point (h) of Annex III: sugars and/or honey;
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For products defined in points 1 to 5 of Part I, in order to regulate acidic taste: lemon and/or lime juice and/or concentrated lemon and/or lime juice, up to 3 g per litre of juice, expressed as anhydrous citric acid;
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For tomato juice and tomato juice from concentrate: salt, spices and aromatic herbs.