ANNEX U.K.SUBSTANCES THAT MAY BE ADDED FOR SPECIFIC NUTRITIONAL PURPOSES IN FOODS FOR PARTICULAR NUTRITIONAL USES

For the purpose of this table:

• ‘FSMP’ means foods for particular nutritional uses intended for special medical purposes,

• ‘All FPNU’ means dietary foods for particular nutritional uses including FSMPs but excluding infant formulae, follow-on formulae, processed cereal-based foods and baby foods intended for infants and young children.

Substance	Condition of use
	All FPNU	FSMP
Category 1.Vitamins
VITAMIN A
— retinol	x
— retinyl acetate	x
— retinyl palmitate	x
— beta-carotene	x
VITAMIN D
— cholecalciferol	x
— ergocalciferol	x
VITAMIN E
— D-alpha-tocopherol	x
— DL-alpha-tocopherol	x
— D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate	x
— DL-alpha-tocopheryl acetate	x
— D-alpha-tocopheryl acid succinate	x
VITAMIN K
— phylloquinone (phytomenadione)	x
VITAMIN B1
— thiamin hydrochloride	x
— thiamin mononitrate	x
VITAMIN B2
— riboflavin	x
— riboflavin 5'-phosphate, sodium	x
NIACIN
— nicotinic acid	x
— nicotinamide	x
PANTOTHENIC ACID
— D-pantothenate, calcium	x
— D-pantothenate, sodium	x
— dexpanthenol	x
VITAMIN B6
— pyridoxine hydrochloride	x
— pyridoxine 5'-phosphate	x
— pyridoxine dipalmitate	x
[F1 FOLATE]
— pteroylmonoglutamic acid	x
[F2 —calcium-L-methylfolate	x	]
VITAMIN B12
— cyanocobalamin	x
— hydroxocobalamin	x
BIOTIN
— D-biotin	x
VITAMIN C
— L-ascorbic acid	x
— sodium-L-ascorbate	x
— calcium-L-ascorbate	x
— potassium-L-ascorbate	x
— L-ascorbyl 6-palmitate	x
Category 2. Minerals
CALCIUM
— carbonate	x
— chloride	x
— salts of citric acid	x
— gluconate	x
— glycerophosphate	x
— lactate	x
— salts of orthophosphoric acid	x
— hydroxide	x
— oxide	x
[F3 — sulphate	x	]
MAGNESIUM
— acetate	x
— carbonate	x
— chloride	x
— salts of citric acid	x
— gluconate	x
— glycerophosphate	x
— salts of orthophosphoric acid	x
— lactate	x
— hydroxide	x
— oxide	x
— sulphate	x
[F2 — magnesium L-aspartate		x]
IRON
— ferrous carbonate	x
— ferrous citrate	x
— ferric ammonium citrate	x
— ferrous gluconate	x
— ferrous fumarate	x
— ferric sodium diphosphate	x
— ferrous lactate	x
— ferrous sulphate	x
— ferric diphosphate (ferric pyrophosphate)	x
— ferric saccharate	x
— elemental iron (carbonyl + electrolytic + hydrogen reduced)	x
[F2 — ferrous bisglycinate	x	]
COPPER
— cupric carbonate	x
— cupric citrate	x
— cupric gluconate	x
— cupric sulphate	x
— copper lysine complex	x
IODINE
— potassium iodide	x
— potassium iodate	x
— sodium iodide	x
— sodium iodate	x
ZINC
— acetate	x
— chloride	x
— citrate	x
— gluconate	x
— lactate	x
— oxide	x
— carbonate	x
— sulphate	x
MANGANESE
— carbonate	x
— chloride	x
— citrate	x
— gluconate	x
— glycerophosphate	x
— sulphate	x
SODIUM
— bicarbonate	x
— carbonate	x
— chloride	x
— citrate	x
— gluconate	x
— lactate	x
— hydroxide	x
— salts of orthophosphoric acid	x
POTASSIUM
— bicarbonate	x
— carbonate	x
— chloride	x
— citrate	x
— gluconate	x
— glycerophosphate	x
— lactate	x
— hydroxide	x
— salts of orthophosphoric acid	x
SELENIUM
— sodium selenate	x
— sodium hydrogen selentine	x
— sodium selenite	x
CHROMIUM (III) and their hexahydrates
— chloride	x
— sulphate	x
MOLYBDENUM (VI)
— ammonium molybdate	x
— sodium molybdate	x
FLUORINE
— potassium fluoride	x
— sodium fluoride	x
Category 3. Amino acids
— L-alanine	x
— L-arginine	x
— L-aspartic acid		x
— L-citrulline		x
— L-cysteine	x
— Cystine	x
— L-histidine	x
— L-glutamic acid	x
— L-glutamine	x
[X1 — glycine		x
— L-isoleucine	x	]
— L-leucine	x
— L-lysine	x
— L-lysine acetate	x
— L-methionine	x
— L-ornithine	x
— L-phenylalanine	x
— L-proline		x
— L-threonine	x
— L-tryptophan	x
— L-tyrosine	x
— L-valine	x
[F3 >— L-serine		x
— L-arginine-L-aspartate		x
— L-lysine-L-aspartate		x
— L-lysine-L-glutamate		x
— N-acetyl-L-cysteine		x
— N-acetyl-L-methionine		x in products intended for persons over 1 year of age]
For animo acids, as far as applicable, also the sodium, potassium calcium and magnesium salts as well as their hydrochlorides may be used
Category 4. Carnitine and taurine
— L-carnitine	x
— L-carnitine hydrochloride	x
— taurine	x
[F3 — L-carnitine-L-tartrate	x	]
Category 5. Nucleotides
— adenosine 5'-phosphoric acid (AMP)	x
— sodium salts of AMP	x
— cytidine 5'-monophosphoric acid (CMP)	x
— sodium salts of CMP	x
— guanosine 5'-phosphoric acid (GMP)	x
— sodium salts of GMP	x
— insosine 5'-phosphoric acid (IMP)	x
— sodim salts of IMP	x
— uridine 5'-phosphoric acid (UMP)	x
— sodium salts of UMP	x
Category 6. Choline and inositol
— choline	x
— choline chloride	x
— choline bitartrate	x
— choline citrate	x
— inositol	x

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Directive 2001/15/EC of 15 February 2001 on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses (Official Journal of the European Communities L 52 of 22 February 2001).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2006/34/EC of 21 March 2006 amending the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC as regards the inclusion of certain substances (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Inserted by Commission Directive 2006/34/EC of 21 March 2006 amending the Annex to Directive 2001/15/EC as regards the inclusion of certain substances (Text with EEA relevance).

F3 Inserted by Commission Directive 2004/5/EC of 20 January 2004 amending Directive 2001/15/EC to include certain substances in the Annex (Text with EEA relevance).