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Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Text with EEA relevance)

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[F1PART D U.K. FOOD CATEGORIES

Number Name
0. All categories of foods
01. Dairy products and analogues
01.1 Unflavoured pasteurised and sterilised (including UHT) milk
01.2 Unflavoured fermented milk products, including natural unflavoured buttermilk (excluding sterilised buttermilk) non-heat-treated after fermentation
01.3 Unflavoured fermented milk products, heat-treated after fermentation
01.4 Flavoured fermented milk products including heat-treated products
01.5 Dehydrated milk as defined by Directive 2001/114/EC
01.6 Cream and cream powder
01.6.1 Unflavoured pasteurised cream (excluding reduced fat creams)
01.6.2 Unflavoured live fermented cream products and substitute products with a fat content of less than 20 %
01.6.3 Other creams
01.7 Cheese and cheese products
01.7.1 Unripened cheese excluding products falling in category 16
01.7.2 Ripened cheese
01.7.3 Edible cheese rind
01.7.4 Whey cheese
01.7.5 Processed cheese
01.7.6 Cheese products (excluding products falling in category 16)
01.8 Dairy analogues, including beverage whiteners
02. Fats and oils and fat and oil emulsions
02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water (excluding anhydrous milkfat)
02.2 Fat and oil emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil
02.2.1 Butter and concentrated butter and butter oil and anhydrous milkfat
02.2.2 Other fat and oil emulsions including spreads as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and liquid emulsions
02.3 Vegetable oil pan spray
03. Edible ices
04. Fruit and vegetables
04.1 Unprocessed fruit and vegetables
04.1.1 Entire fresh fruit and vegetables
04.1.2 Peeled, cut and shredded fruit and vegetables
04.1.3 Frozen fruit and vegetables
04.2 Processed fruit and vegetables
04.2.1 Dried fruit and vegetables
04.2.2 Fruit and vegetables in vinegar, oil, or brine
04.2.3 Canned or bottled fruit and vegetables
04.2.4 Fruit and vegetable preparations, excluding products covered by 5.4
04.2.4.1 Fruit and vegetable preparations excluding compote
04.2.4.2 Compote, excluding products covered by category 16
04.2.5 Jam, jellies and marmalades and similar products
04.2.5.1 Extra jam and extra jelly as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC
04.2.5.2 Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC
04.2.5.3 Other similar fruit or vegetable spreads
04.2.5.4 Nut butters and nut spreads
04.2.6 Processed potato products
05. Confectionery
05.1 Cocoa and chocolate products as covered by Directive 2000/36/EC
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets
05.3 Chewing gum
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.4
06. Cereals and cereal products
06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain
06.2 Flours and other milled products and starches
06.2.1 Flours
06.2.2 Starches
06.3 Breakfast cereals
06.4 Pasta
06.4.1 Fresh pasta
06.4.2 Dry pasta
06.4.3 Fresh pre-cooked pasta
06.4.4 Potato gnocchi
06.4.5 Fillings of stuffed pasta (ravioli and similar)
06.5 Noodles
06.6 Batters
06.7 Pre-cooked or processed cereals
07. Bakery wares
07.1 Bread and rolls
07.1.1 Bread prepared solely with the following ingredients: wheat flour, water, yeast or leaven, salt
07.1.2 Pain courant français; Friss búzakenyér, fehér és félbarna kenyerek
07.2 Fine bakery wares
08. Meat
08.1 Unprocessed meat
08.1.1 Unprocessed meat other than meat preparations as defined by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
08.1.2 Meat preparations as defined by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
08.2 Processed meat
08.2.1 Non-heat-treated processed meat
08.2.2 Heat-treated processed meat
08.2.3 Casings and coatings and decorations for meat
08.2.4 Traditionally cured meat products with specific provisions concerning nitrites and nitrates
08.2.4.1 Traditional immersion cured products (Meat products cured by immersion in a curing solution containing nitrites and/or nitrates, salt and other components)
08.2.4.2 Traditional dry cured products. (Dry curing process involves dry application of curing mixture containing nitrites and/or nitrates, salt and other components to the surface of the meat followed by a period of stabilisation/maturation).
08.2.4.3 Other traditionally cured products. (Immersion and dry cured processes used in combination or where nitrite and/or nitrate is included in a compound product or where the curing solution is injected into the product prior to cooking)
09. Fish and fisheries products
09.1 Unprocessed fish and fisheries products
09.1.1 Unprocessed fish
09.1.2 Unprocessed molluscs and crustaceans
09.2 Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans
09.3 Fish roe
10. Eggs and egg products
10.1 Unprocessed eggs
10.2 Processed eggs and egg products
11. Sugars, syrups, honey and table-top sweeteners
11.1 Sugars and syrups as defined by Directive 2001/111/EC
11.2 Other sugars and syrups
11.3 Honey as defined in Directive 2001/110/EC
11.4 Table-top sweeteners
11.4.1 Table-top sweeteners in liquid form
11.4.2 Table-top sweeteners in powder form
11.4.3 Table-top sweeteners in tablets
12. Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads and protein products
12.1 Salt and salt substitutes
12.1.1 Salt
12.1.2 Salt substitutes
12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings
12.2.1 Herbs and spices
12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments
12.3 Vinegars
12.4 Mustard
12.5 Soups and broths
12.6 Sauces
12.7 Salads and savoury based sandwich spreads
12.8 Yeast and yeast products
12.9 Protein products, excluding products covered in category 1.8
13. Foods intended for particular nutritional uses as defined by Directive 2009/39/EC
13.1 Foods for infants and young children
13.1.1 Infant formulae as defined by Commission Directive 2006/141/EC a
13.1.2 Follow-on formulae as defined by Directive 2006/141/EC
13.1.3 Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children as defined by Commission Directive 2006/125/EC b
13.1.4 Other foods for young children
13.1.5 Dietary foods for infants and young children for special medical purposes as defined by Commission Directive 1999/21/EC c and special formulae for infants
13.1.5.1 Dietary foods for infants for special medical purposes and special formulae for infants
13.1.5.2 Dietary foods for babies and young children for special medical purposes as defined in Directive 1999/21/EC
13.2 Dietary foods for special medical purposes defined in Directive 1999/21/EC (excluding products from food category 13.1.5)
13.3 Dietary foods for weight control diets intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal (the whole or part of the total daily diet)
13.4 Foods suitable for people intolerant to gluten as defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009 d
14. Beverages
14.1 Non-alcoholic beverages
14.1.1 Water, including natural mineral water as defined in Directive 2009/54/EC and spring water and all other bottled or packed waters
14.1.2 Fruit juices as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable juices
14.1.3 Fruit nectars as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable nectars and similar products
14.1.4 Flavoured drinks
14.1.5 Coffee, tea, herbal and fruit infusions, chicory; tea, herbal and fruit infusions and chicory extracts; tea, plant, fruit and cereal preparations for infusions, as well as mixes and instant mixes of these products
14.1.5.1 Coffee, coffee extracts
14.1.5.2 Other
14.2 Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcohol counterparts
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages
14.2.2 Wine and other products defined by Regulation (EEC) No 1234/2007, and alcohol-free counterparts
14.2.3 Cider and perry
14.2.4 Fruit wine and made wine
14.2.5 Mead
14.2.6 Spirit drinks as defined in Regulation (EC) No 110/2008
14.2.7 Aromatised wine-based products as defined by Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91
14.2.7.1 Aromatised wines
14.2.7.2 Aromatised wine-based drinks
14.2.7.3 Aromatised wine-product cocktails
14.2.8 Other alcoholic drinks including mixtures of alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic drinks and spirits with less than 15 % of alcohol
15. Ready-to-eat savouries and snacks
15.1 Potato-, cereal-, flour- or starch-based snacks
15.2 Processed nuts
16. Desserts excluding products covered in categories 1, 3 and 4
17. Food supplements as defined in Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council e excluding food supplements for infants and young children
17.1 Food supplements supplied in a solid form including capsules and tablets and similar forms, excluding chewable forms
17.2 Food supplements supplied in a liquid form
17.3 Food supplements supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form
18. Processed foods not covered by categories 1 to 17, excluding foods for infants and young children

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