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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-labelling-regulations-1996/schedule-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1499",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Labelling Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-labelling-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "CATEGORIES OF ADDITIVES WHICH MUST BE IDENTIFIED IN A LIST OF INGREDIENTS BY THEIR CATEGORY NAME",
  "text": "Acid1\nAcidity regulator\nAnti-caking agent\nAnti-foaming agent\nAntioxidant\nBulking agent\nColour\nEmulsifier\nEmulsifying Salts\nFirming agent\nFlavour enhancer\nFlour treatment agent\nGelling agent\nGlazing agent\nHumectant\nModified starch2\nPreservative\nPropellant gas\nRaising agent\nStabiliser\nSweetener\nThickener",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/1398",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Labelling (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/3235",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Enzymes Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2009/3377",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Enzymes (Wales) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/435",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Enzymes (Scotland) Regulations 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1499/schedule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:42:11.542130+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."
}