{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1986-1764/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1986-1764/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1986/1764",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 of 27 May 1986 laying down minimum quality requirements for products processed from tomatoes under the production aid scheme",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1986-1764",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Only the following ingredients may be added to tomato juice and tomato concentrate:\n(a) common salt (sodium chloride);\n(b) natural spices, aromatic herbs and their extracts, and natural aromas.\nFurthermore, in the case of kunserva , sugar shall be added, representing between 8 % and 25 % by weight of the finished product.\n2. As an additive in the manufacture of tomato juice and tomato concentrate citric acid (E 330) may be used.\nIn the manufacture of tomato juice with a dry weight content of less than 7 %, ascorbic acid (E 300) may be used. However, the ascorbic acid content shall not exceed 0,03 % by weight of the finished product.\nIn the manufacture of tomato concentrate in powder form, silicon dioxide (551) may be used. However, the silicon dioxide content shall not exceed 1 % by weight of the finished product.\n3. The quantity of added common salt shall:\n(a) not exceed 15 % by weight of the dry weight content for tomato concentrate having a dry weight content exceeding 20 %;\n(b) not exceed 3 % by weight of the net weight for other tomato concentrates and for tomato juice;\n(c) be between 2 % and 5 % by weight for kunserva .\nWhen determining the quantity of added common salt, the natural content of chlorides shall be considered as equal to 2 % of the dry weight content.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1132/2004 of 18 June 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 and Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003, as regards the traditional product kunserva."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1986/1764/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:04:59.708846+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."
}