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Regulation 34 Foods containing sweeteners, added sugar and sweeteners, aspartame or polyols

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(1)

A food containing a sweetener or sweeteners authorised pursuant to the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995f1 shall be marked of labelled with the indication “with sweetener(s)”.

(2)

A food containing both an added sugar or sugars and a sweetener or sweeteners authorised pursuant to those Regulations shall be marked or labelled with the indication “with sugar(s) and sweetener(s)”.

(3)

A food containing aspartame shall be marked or labelled with the indication “contains a source of phenylalanine”.

(4)

A food containing more than 10% added polyols shall be marked or labelled with the indication “excessive consumption may produce laxative effects”.

(5)

The indications required by paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall accompany the name of the food.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/3123, as amended by S.I. 1996/1477.