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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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Number | Name |
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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 |
[F201.9 | Edible caseinates] |
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 |
[F308. | Meat |
08.1 | Fresh meat, excluding meat preparations as defined by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 |
08.2 | Meat preparations as defined by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 |
08.3 | Meat products |
08.3.1 | Non-heat-treated meat products |
08.3.2 | Heat-treated meat products |
08.3.3 | Casings and coatings and decorations for meat |
08.3.4 | Traditionally cured meat products with specific provisions concerning nitrites and nitrates |
08.3.4.1 | Traditional immersion cured products (Meat products cured by immersion in a curing solution containing nitrites and/or nitrates, salt and other components) |
08.3.4.2 | 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) |
08.3.4.3 | 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 |
[F412.3 | Vinegars and diluted acetic acid (diluted with water to 4-30 % by volume)] |
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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