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Part 3 MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN WEANING FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN GOOD HEALTH

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

EC No.NameFoodMaximum level

E 170

E 260

E 261

E 262

E 263

E 270

E 296

E 325

E 326

E 327

E 330

E 331

E 332

E 333

E 507

E 524

E 525

E 526

Calcium carbonates

Acetic acid

Potassium acetate

Sodium acetates

Calcium acetate

Lactic acidf1

Malic acid

Sodium lactate

Potassium lactate

Calcium lactate

Citric acid

Sodium citrates

Potassium citrates

Calcium citrates

Hydrochloric acid

Sodium hydroxide

Potassium hydroxide

Calcium hydroxide

Weaning foodsquantum satis (only for pH adjustment)

E 500

E 501

E 503

Sodium carbonates

Potassium carbonates

Ammonium carbonates

Weaning foodsquantum satis (only as raising agents)

E 300

E 301

E 302

L-ascorbic acid

Sodium L-ascorbate

Calcium L-ascorbate

Fruit and vegetable-based drinks, juices and baby foods

Fat-containing cereal-based foods including biscuits and rusks

0.3 g/kg

0.2 g/kg

individually or in combination, expressed as ascorbic acid

E 304

E 306

E 307

E 308

E 309

L-ascorbyl palmitate

Tocopherol-rich extract

Alpha-tocopherol

Gamma-tocopherol

Delta-tocopherol

Fat-containing cereals, biscuits, rusks and baby foods0.1 g/kg individually or in combination
E 338Phosphoric acidWeaning foods1 g/kg as P2O5 (only for pH adjustment)

E 339

E 340

E 341

Sodium phosphates

Potassium phosphates

Calcium phosphates

Cereals1 g/kg individually or in combination, expressed as P2O5
E 322Lecithins

Biscuits and rusks

Cereal-based foods

Baby foods

10 g/kg

E 471

E 472a

E 472b

E 472c

Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Acetic acid esters of monoand diglycerides of fatty acids

Lactic acid esters of monoand diglycerides of fatty acids

Citric acid esters of monoand diglycerides of fatty acids

Biscuits and rusks

Cereal-based foods

Baby foods

5 g/kg individually or in combination

E 400

E 401

E 402

E 404

Alginic acid

Sodium alginate

Potassium alginate

Calcium alginate

Desserts Puddings0.5 g/kg individually or in combination

E 410

E 412

E 414

E 415

E 440

Locust bean gum

Guar gum

Acacia gum (gum arabic)

Xanthan gum

Pectins

Weaning foods

Gluten-free cereal-based foods

10 g/kg individually or in combination

20 g/kg individually or in combination

E 551Silicon dioxideDry cereals2 g/kg

E 334

E 335

E 336

E 354

E 450a

E 575

Tartaric acidf2

Sodium tartrate

Potassium tartrate

Calcium tartrate

Disodium diphosphate

Glucono-delta-lactone

Biscuits and rusks5 g/kg as a residue

E 1404

E 1410

E 1412

E 1413

E 1414

E 1420

E 1422

E 1450

Oxidised starch

Monostarch phosphate

Distarch phosphate

Phosphated distarch phosphate

Acetylated distarch phosphate

Acetylated starch

Acetylated distarch adipate

Starch sodium octenyl succinate

Weaning foods50 g/kg

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

L(+)-form only.

f2

L(+)-form only.