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The Sweeteners in Food (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2005
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- 2005 No. 1156 (W. 73)
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Amendments to the Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995
7. In Schedule 1 (permitted sweeteners and the foods in or on which they may be used) —
(a)in the entries in Column 3 relating to “E951 Aspartame” after the words ““snacks”: certain flavours of ready to eat, prepacked, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts” insert the following entry —
“Essoblaten”
and in the corresponding place in Column 4 insert the following entry —
“1000mg/kg”;
(b)in the entries relating to “E952 Cyclamic Acid and its Na and Ca salts”—
(i)in the entry under the heading “non-alcoholic drinks” relating to “Water-based flavoured drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar”, for the entry “400 mg/l” in Column 4 substitute the following entry —
“250 mg/l”,
(ii)in the entry under the heading relating to “Milk and milk-derivative based or fruit juice-based energy-reduced or with no added sugar”, for the entry “400 mg/l” in Column 4 substitute the following entry —
“250 mg/l”,
(iii)the entries listed in Columns 3 and 4 under the heading “Confectionery” are omitted, and
(iv)the entry in Columns 3 and 4 under the heading “Miscellaneous” relating to “Edible ices, energy-reduced or with no added sugar” is omitted;
(c)after the entries relating to “E954 Saccharin and its Na, K and Ca salts”, the following entries are inserted —
| “E955 | Sucralose | Non-alcoholic drinks | |
| — Water-based flavoured drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 300 mg/l | ||
| — Milk and milk-derivative-based or fruit-juice-based drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 300 mg/l | ||
| Desserts and similar products | |||
| — Water-based flavoured desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Milk and milk-derivative-based preparations, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Fruit and vegetable-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Egg-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Cereal-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15% and containing at least 20% bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Fat-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| Confectionery | |||
| — Confectionery with no added sugar | 1000 mg/kg | ||
| — Cocoa or dried-fruit based confectionery, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 800 mg/kg | ||
| — Starch-based confectionery, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 1000 mg/kg | ||
| — Cornets and wafers, for ice cream, with no added sugar | 800 mg/kg | ||
| — Breath freshening micro-sweets with no added sugar | 2400 mg/kg | ||
| — Strongly flavoured freshening throat pastilles with no added sugar | 1000 mg/kg | ||
| — Chewing gum with no added sugar | 3000 mg/kg | ||
| — Energy-reduced tablet form confectionery | 200 mg/kg | ||
| Miscellaneous | |||
| — “Snacks”: certain flavours of ready to eat, pre-packed, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts | 200 mg/kg | ||
| — Essoblaten | 800 mg/kg | ||
| — Cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Cider and Perry | 50 mg/l | ||
| — Drinks consisting of a mixture of non-alcoholic drink and beer, cider, perry, spirits or wine | 250 mg/l | ||
| — Spirit drinks containing less than 15% alcohol by volume | 250 mg/l | ||
| — Alcohol-free beer or with an alcohol content not exceeding 1.2% vol | 250 mg/l | ||
| — Biere de table/Tafelbier/Table beer (original wort content less than 6% except for “Obergariges Einfachbier” | 250 mg/l | ||
| — Beers with a minimum acidity of 30 milli-equivalents expressed as NaOH | 250 mg/l | ||
| — Brown beer of the “oud bruin” type | 250 mg/l | ||
| — Energy-reduced beer | 10 mg/l | ||
| — Edible ices, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 320 mg/kg | ||
| — Canned or bottled fruit, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Energy-reduced fruit and vegetable preparations | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Sweet-sour preserves of fruit and vegetables | 180mg/kg | ||
| — Feinkostsalat | 140 mg/kg | ||
| — Sweet-sour preserves and semi-preserves of fish and marinades of fish, crustaceans and molluscs | 120 mg/kg | ||
| — Energy-reduced soups | 45 mg/l | ||
| — Sauces | 450 mg/kg | ||
| — Mustard | 140 mg/kg | ||
| — Fine bakery products for special nutritional uses | 700 mg/kg | ||
| — Foods intended for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction as referred to in Directive 1996/8/EC | 320 mg/kg | ||
| — Dietary foods for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC | 400 mg/kg | ||
| — Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a liquid form | 240 mg/l | ||
| — Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a solid form | 800 mg/kg | ||
| — Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC based on vitamins and/or mineral elements and supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form | 2400 mg/kg” |
(d)after the entries relating to E959 Neohesperidine DC, the following entries are inserted —
| “E962 | Salt of aspartame-acesulfame | Non-alcoholic drinks | |
| — Water-based flavoured drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Milk and milk-derivative-based or fruit-juice based drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| Desserts and similar products | |||
| — Water-based flavoured desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Milk and milk-derivative-based preparations, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Fruit and vegetable-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Egg-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Cereal-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15% and containing at least 20% bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 1000 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Fat-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| Confectionery | |||
| — Confectionery with no added sugar500 mg/kg(a) | |||
| — Cocoa or dried-fruit-based confectionery, 500 mg/kg(a) energy-reduced or with no added sugar | |||
| — Starch-based confectionery, energy-reduced or with 1000 no added sugarmg/kg(a) | |||
| — Breath freshening micro-sweeets with no added sugar | 2500 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Chewing gum with no added sugar | 2000 mg/kg(a) | ||
| Miscellaneous | |||
| “Snacks”: certain flavours of ready to eat, prepacked, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts | 500 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Essoblaten | 1000 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Cocoa, milk, dried-fruit or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 1000 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Cider and perry | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Drinks consisting of a mixture of a non-alcoholic drink and beer, cider, perry, spirits or wine | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Spirit drinks containing less than 15% alcohol by volume | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Alcohol-free beer or with an alcohol content not exceeding 1.2% vol | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — “Biere de table/Tafelbier/Table beer” (original wort content less than 6%) except for “Obergariges Einfachbier” | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Beers with a minimum acidity of 30 milli-equivalents expressed as NaOH | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Brown beers of the “oud bruin” type | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Energy-reduced beer | 25 mg/l(b) | ||
| — Edible ices, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 800 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Canned or bottled fruit, energy-reduced or with no added sugar | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades | 1000 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Energy-reduced fruit and vegetable preparations | 350 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Sweet-sour preserves of fruit and vegetables | 200 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Feinkostsalat | 350 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Sweet-sour preserves and semi-preserves of fish and marinades of fish, crustaceans and molluscs | 200 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Energy-reduced soups | 110 mg/l(b) | ||
| — Sauces | 350 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Mustard | 350 mg/kg(b) | ||
| — Fine bakery products for special nutritional uses | 1000 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Foods intended for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction as referred to in Directive 1996/8/EC | 450 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Dietary foods for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC | 450 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a liquid form | 350 mg/l(a) | ||
| — Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a solid form | 500 mg/kg(a) | ||
| — Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC based on vitamins and/or mineral elements and supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form | 2000 mg/kg(a)” |
(e)the entries relating to Sucralose listed at the end of the Table in Columns 2 to 4 are omitted;
(f)for the words “Complete formulae for weight control intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal”, wherever they occur, substitute the following words —
“Foods intended for use in energy-restricted diets for weight reduction as referred to in Directive 96/8/EC”(1);
(g)for the words “Complete formulae and nutritional supplements for use under medical supervision”, wherever they occur, substitute the following words —
“Dietary foods for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC”(2);
(h)for the words “Liquid food supplements/dietary integrators”, wherever they occur, substitute the following words —
“Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a liquid form”(3);
(i)for the words “Solid food supplements/dietary integrators”, wherever they occur, there are substituted the following words —
“Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC supplied in a solid form”;
(j)for the words “Food supplements/diet integrators based on vitamins and/or mineral elements, syrup-type or chewable”, wherever they occur, substitute the following words —
“Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC based on vitamins and/or mineral elements and supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form”; and
(k)after notes 1 and 2 add the following notes —
“3. The maximum usable doses in Column 4 relating to salt of aspartame-acesulfame are derived from the maximum usable doses for its constituent parts, aspartame (E951) and acesulfame-K (E950). The maximum usable doses for both aspartame (E951) and acesulfame-K (E950) are not to be exceeded by use of the salt of aspartame-acesulfame, either alone or in combination with E950 or E951.
4. The maximum usable doses in Column 4 relating to E962 salt of aspartame-acesulfame are expressed either as(a) acesulfame-K equivalents or(b) aspartame equivalents.”.
(1)
OJ No. L55, 6.3.1966, p.22.
(2)
OJ No. L91, 7.4.1999, p.29.
(3)
OJ No. L183, 12.7.2002, p.51.
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