# Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: The quantitative indication shall not be required:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a)in respect of an ingredient or category of ingredients:
(i)the drained net weight of which is indicated in accordance with point 5 of Annex IX;
(ii)the quantities of which must already appear on the labelling under EU-derived domestic legislation or assimilated direct legislation;
(iii)which is used in small quantities for the purposes of flavouring; or
(iv)which, while appearing in the name of the food, is not such as to govern the choice of the consumer ... because the variation in quantity is not essential to characterise the food or does not distinguish it from similar foods;
(b)where specific EU-derived domestic legislation or assimilated direct legislation stipulates precisely the quantity of an ingredient or of a category of ingredients without providing for the indication thereof on the labelling; or
(c)in the cases referred to in points 4 and 5 of Part A of Annex VII.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1169/annex/VIII/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1169/annex-VIII/division-1
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