{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1170/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1170/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1170",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1170/2009 of 30 November 2009 amending Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of Council and Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of vitamin and minerals and their forms that can be added to foods, including food supplements (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1170",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX II\nVitamin formulations and mineral substances which may be added to foods\n1.\nVitamin formulations\nVITAMIN A\nretinol\nretinyl acetate\nretinyl palmitate\nbeta-carotene\nVITAMIN D\ncholecalciferol\nergocalciferol\nVITAMIN E\nD-alpha-tocopherol\nDL-alpha-tocopherol\nD-alpha-tocopheryl acetate\nDL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate\nD-alpha-tocopheryl acid succinate\nVITAMIN K\nphylloquinone (phytomenadione)\nmenaquinone\nVITAMIN B1\nthiamin hydrochloride\nthiamin mononitrate\nVITAMIN B2\nriboflavin\nriboflavin 5′-phosphate, sodium\nNIACIN\nnicotinic acid\nnicotinamide\nPANTOTHENIC ACID\nD-pantothenate, calcium\nD-pantothenate, sodium\ndexpanthenol\nVITAMIN B6\npyridoxine hydrochloride\npyridoxine 5′-phosphate\npyridoxine dipalmitate\nFOLIC ACID\npteroylmonoglutamic acid\ncalcium-L-methylfolate\nVITAMIN B12\ncyanocobalamin\nhydroxocobalamin\nBIOTIN\nD-biotin\nVITAMIN C\nL-ascorbic acid\nsodium-L-ascorbate\ncalcium-L-ascorbate\npotassium-L-ascorbate\nL-ascorbyl 6-palmitate\n2.\nMineral substances\ncalcium carbonate\ncalcium chloride\ncalcium citrate malate\ncalcium salts of citric acid\ncalcium gluconate\ncalcium glycerophosphate\ncalcium lactate\ncalcium salts of orthophosphoric acid\ncalcium hydroxide\ncalcium malate\ncalcium oxide\ncalcium sulphate\nmagnesium acetate\nmagnesium carbonate\nmagnesium chloride\nmagnesium salts of citric acid\nmagnesium gluconate\nmagnesium glycerophosphate\nmagnesium salts of orthophosphoric acid\nmagnesium lactate\nmagnesium hydroxide\nmagnesium oxide\nmagnesium potassium citrate\nmagnesium sulphate\nferrous bisglycinate\nferrous carbonate\nferrous citrate\nferric ammonium citrate\nferrous gluconate\nferrous fumarate\nferric sodium diphosphate\nferrous lactate\nferrous sulphate\nferric diphosphate (ferric pyrophosphate)\nferric saccharate\nelemental iron (carbonyl + electrolytic + hydrogen reduced)\ncupric carbonate\ncupric citrate\ncupric gluconate\ncupric sulphate\ncopper lysine complex\nsodium iodide\nsodium iodate\npotassium iodide\npotassium iodate\nzinc acetate\nzinc bisglycinate\nzinc chloride\nzinc citrate\nzinc gluconate\nzinc lactate\nzinc oxide\nzinc carbonate\nzinc sulphate\nmanganese carbonate\nmanganese chloride\nmanganese citrate\nmanganese gluconate\nmanganese glycerophosphate\nmanganese sulphate\nsodium bicarbonate\nsodium carbonate\nsodium citrate\nsodium gluconate\nsodium lactate\nsodium hydroxide\nsodium salts of orthophosphoric acid\nselenium enriched yeast\nsodium selenate\nsodium hydrogen selenite\nsodium selenite\nsodium fluoride\npotassium fluoride\npotassium bicarbonate\npotassium carbonate\npotassium chloride\npotassium citrate\npotassium gluconate\npotassium glycerophosphate\npotassium lactate\npotassium hydroxide\npotassium salts of orthophosphoric acid\nchromium (III) chloride and its hexahydrate\nchromium (III) sulphate and its hexahydrate\nammonium molybdate (molybdenum (VI))\nsodium molybdate (molybdenum (VI))\nboric acid\nsodium borate",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Menaquinone occurring principally as menaquinone-7 and, to a minor extent, menaquinone-6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Selenium-enriched yeasts produced by culture in the presence of sodium selenite as selenium source and containing, in the dried form as marketed, not more than 2,5 mg Se/g. The predominant organic selenium species present in the yeast is selenomethionine (between 60 and 85 % of the total extracted selenium in the product). The content of other organic selenium compounds including selenocysteine shall not exceed 10 % of total extracted selenium. Levels of inorganic selenium normally shall not exceed 1 % of total extracted selenium.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1170/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:05.254490+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."
}