{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2112",
  "legislation_title": "The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sweeteners-in-food-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:—\n(a) in Part I (permitted sweeteners) after the item relating to“Isomalt” there shall be inserted—\nIn column 1\nIn column 2\n(Name of Sweetener)\n(Serial Number)\n“Lactitol…|\n” ;\n(b) in Part II (specific purity criteria for permitted sweeteners) after the item relating to“Isomalt” there shall be inserted—\n“\nLactitol\nSynonyms…\nLactit, Lactositol, Lactobiosit.\nChemical name…\n4-0-(β:-D-galactopyranosyl)-D-glucitol.\nEmpirical formula…\nC12H24O11.\nMolecular weight…\n344.32.\nSpecific rotation, [α] 20°C D\n+ 13° to + 15° (using a 10% weight to volume aqueous solution).\nWater…\nLactitol monohydrate not more than 5.5% (Karl Fischer). Lactitol dihydrate not more than 10.5% (Karl Fischer).\nDescription…\nColourless, aqueous syrup with a sweet taste. When dried, the resulting products, lactitol monohydrate and lactitol dihydrate, are white, odourless and crystalline.\nContent…\nNot less than 97.5% 4-0-(β-D- galactopyranosyl)-D-glucitol on a dry weight basis.\nOther polyols…\nNot more than 2.5% on a dry weight basis.\nReducing sugars…\nNot more than 0.2% on a dry weight basis, expressed as lactose.\nChlorides…\nNot more than 100 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as Cl.\nSulphate…\nNot more than 100 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as SO4.\nArsenic…\nNot more than 1 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as As.\nNickel…\nNot more than 1 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as Ni.\nLead…\nNot more than 1 mg/kg on a dry weight basis, expressed as Pb.\nAsh…\nNot more than 0.1% after ignition at 800 ± 25°C calculated on a dry weight basis.\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2112/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:53:40.677357+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."
}