# The Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995, Part B: Sulphur dioxide and sulphites


EC No.
Name
Notes
(1) Maximum levels are expressed as SO2 in mg/kg or mg/l as appropriate and relate to the total quantity, available from all sources.
(2) An SO2 content of not more than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/l is not considered to be present.
E 220
Sulphur dioxide
E 221
Sodium sulphite
E 222
Sodium hydrogen sulphite
E 223
Sodium metabisulphite
E 224
Potassium metabisulphite
E 226
Calcium sulphite
E 227
Calcium hydrogen sulphite
E 228
Potassium hydrogen sulphite
Food
Maximum level (mg/kg or mg/l as appropriate) Expressed as SO2
Burger meatwith a minimum vegetable and/or cereal content of 4%
450
Breakfast sausages
450
Longaniza frescaandButifarra fresca
450
Dried salted fish of the `Gadidae' species
200
Crustaceans and cephalopods – fresh, frozen and deep-frozen crustaceans,
150
penaeidae solenceridae, aristeidaefamily:
up to 80 units
150
between 80 and 120 units
200
over 120 units
300
cooked
50
Dry biscuit
50
Starches (excluding starches for weaning foods, follow-on formulae and infant formulae)
50
Sago
30
Pearl barley
30
Dehydrated granulated potatoes
400
Cereal-and potato-based snacks
50
Peeled potatoes
50
Processed potatoes (including frozen and deep-frozen potatoes)
100
Potato dough
100
White vegetables, dried
400
White vegetables, processed (including frozen and deep-frozen white vegetables)
50
Dried ginger
150
Dried tomatoes
200
Horseradish pulp
800
Onion, garlic and shallot pulp
300
Vegetables and fruits in vinegar, oil or brine (except olives and golden peppers in brine)
100
Golden peppers in brine
500
Processed mushrooms (including frozen mushrooms)
50
Dried mushrooms
100
Dried fruits
apricots, peaches, grapes, prunes and figs
2000
bananas
1000
apples and pears
600
other (including nuts in shell)
500
Dried coconut
50
Candied, crystallised or glacé fruit, vegetables, angelica and citrus peel
100
Jam, jelly and marmalade as defined in Directive 79/693/EEC (except extra jam and extra jelly) and other similar fruit spreads including low-calorie products
50
Jams, jelliesandmarmaladesmade with sulphited fruit
100
Fruit-based pie fillings
100
Citrus-juice-based seasonings
200
Concentrated grape juice for home wine-making
2000
Mostarda di frutta
100
Jellying fruit extract, liquid pectin for sale to the final consumer
800
Bottled whiteheart cherries, rehydrated dried fruit and lychees
100
Bottled, sliced lemon
250
Sugars as defined in Directive 73/437/EEC except glucose syrup, whether or not dehydrated
15
Glucose syrup, whether or not dehydrated
20
Treacle and molasses
70
Other sugars
40
Toppings (syrups for pancakes, flavoured syrups for milkshakes and ice cream; similar products)
40
Orange, grapefruit, apple and pineapple juice for bulk dispensing in catering establishments
50
Lime and lemon juice
350
Concentrates based on fruit juice and containing not less than 2.5% barley (barley water)
350
Other concentrates based on fruit juice or comminuted fruit;capilé groselha
250
Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks containing fruit juice
20 (carry-over from concentrates only)
Non-alcoholic flavoured drinks containing at least 235 g/l glucose syrup
50
Grape juice, unfermented, for sacramental use
70
Glucose-syrup-based confectionery
50 (carry-over from the glucose syrup only)
Beer including low-alcohol and alcohol-free beer
20
Beer with a second fermentation in the cask
50
Wines
in accordance with Regulations (EEC) No. 822/87, (EEC) No. 4252/88, (EEC) No. 2332/92 and (EEC) No. 1873/84 and their implementing regulations;
(pro memoria) in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No. 1873/84 authorising the offer or disposal for direct human consumption of certain imported wines which may have undergone oenological processes not provided for in Regulation (EEC) No. 337/79.
Alcohol-free wine
200
Made wine
260
Cider, perry, fruit wine, sparkling fruit wine (including alcohol-free products)
200
Mead
200
Fermentation vinegar
170
Mustard, excluding Dijon mustard
250
Dijon mustard
500
Gelatin
50
Vegetableand cereal-protein-based meat, fish and crustacean analogues
200

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3187/schedule/2/part/B (the official version)
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