{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-1995/schedule-8/part-3", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-1995/schedule-8/part-3.json", "legislation": "uksi/1995/3187", "legislation_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives Regulations 1995", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/miscellaneous-food-additives-regulations-1995", "path": "schedule/8/part/3", "kind": "part", "number": "3", "heading": "MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIVES PERMITTED IN WEANING FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN IN GOOD HEALTH", "text": "EC No.\nName\nFood\nMaximum level\nE 170\nE 260\nE 261\nE 262\nE 263\nE 270\nE 296\nE 325\nE 326\nE 327\nE 330\nE 331\nE 332\nE 333\nE 507\nE 524\nE 525\nE 526\nCalcium carbonates\nAcetic acid\nPotassium acetate\nSodium acetates\nCalcium acetate\nLactic acid\nMalic acid\nSodium lactate\nPotassium lactate\nCalcium lactate\nCitric acid\nSodium citrates\nPotassium citrates\nCalcium citrates\nHydrochloric acid\nSodium hydroxide\nPotassium hydroxide\nCalcium hydroxide\nWeaning foods\nquantum satis (only for pH adjustment)\nE 500\nE 501\nE 503\nSodium carbonates\nPotassium carbonates\nAmmonium carbonates\nWeaning foods\nquantum satis (only as raising agents)\nE 300\nE 301\nE 302\nL-ascorbic acid\nSodium L-ascorbate\nCalcium L-ascorbate\nFruit and vegetable-based drinks, juices and baby foods\nFat-containing cereal-based foods including biscuits and rusks\n0.3 g/kg\n0.2 g/kg\nindividually or in combination, expressed as ascorbic acid\nE 304\nE 306\nE 307\nE 308\nE 309\nL-ascorbyl palmitate\nTocopherol-rich extract\nAlpha-tocopherol\nGamma-tocopherol\nDelta-tocopherol\nFat-containing cereals, biscuits, rusks and baby foods\n0.1 g/kg individually or in combination\nE 338\nPhosphoric acid\nWeaning foods\n1 g/kg as P2O5 (only for pH adjustment)\nE 339\nE 340\nE 341\nSodium phosphates\nPotassium phosphates\nCalcium phosphates\nCereals\n1 g/kg individually or in combination, expressed as P2O5\nE 322\nLecithins\nBiscuits and rusks\nCereal-based foods\nBaby foods\n10 g/kg\nE 471\nE 472a\nE 472b\nE 472c\nMono- and diglycerides of fatty acids\nAcetic acid esters of monoand diglycerides of fatty acids\nLactic acid esters of monoand diglycerides of fatty acids\nCitric acid esters of monoand diglycerides of fatty acids\nBiscuits and rusks\nCereal-based foods\nBaby foods\n5 g/kg individually or in combination\nE 400\nE 401\nE 402\nE 404\nAlginic acid\nSodium alginate\nPotassium alginate\nCalcium alginate\nDesserts Puddings\n0.5 g/kg individually or in combination\nE 410\nE 412\nE 414\nE 415\nE 440\nLocust bean gum\nGuar gum\nAcacia gum (gum arabic)\nXanthan gum\nPectins\nWeaning foods\nGluten-free cereal-based foods\n10 g/kg individually or in combination\n20 g/kg individually or in combination\nE 551\nSilicon dioxide\nDry cereals\n2 g/kg\nE 334\nE 335\nE 336\nE 354\nE 450a\nE 575\nTartaric acid\nSodium tartrate\nPotassium tartrate\nCalcium tartrate\nDisodium diphosphate\nGlucono-delta-lactone\nBiscuits and rusks\n5 g/kg as a residue\nE 1404\nE 1410\nE 1412\nE 1413\nE 1414\nE 1420\nE 1422\nE 1450\nOxidised starch\nMonostarch phosphate\nDistarch phosphate\nPhosphated distarch phosphate\nAcetylated distarch phosphate\nAcetylated starch\nAcetylated distarch adipate\nStarch sodium octenyl succinate\nWeaning foods\n50 g/kg", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "footnote", "label": "f1", "text": "L(+)-form only." }, { "type": "footnote", "label": "f2", "text": "L(+)-form only." } ], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "substituted for Sch. 8 Note 1", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "entries inserted", "affecting": "uksi/1999/1136", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) Regulations 1999" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2005/1099", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2005/1099", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2005/1099", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2007/1778", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2007/1778", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007" }, { "type": "entry inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2007/1778", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007" }, { "type": "words omitted", "affecting": "uksi/2008/42", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008" }, { "type": "entry inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2008/42", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "wsi/2005/1311", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "wsi/2005/1311", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "wsi/2005/1311", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives (Amendment) (No.2) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "wsi/2008/138", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words omitted", "affecting": "wsi/2008/138", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "wsi/2008/138", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words inserted", "affecting": "wsi/2008/138", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (revoked)" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "ssi/2005/214", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2005/214", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (revoked)" }, { "type": "substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2005/214", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2007/412", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2007/412", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2007/412", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "ssi/2007/412", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007" }, { "type": "words inserted", "affecting": "ssi/2007/412", "affecting_title": "The Miscellaneous Food Additives and the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007" } ], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3187/schedule/8/part/3", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:56:15.550986+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." }