Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Regulation 2(2)(b)

SCHEDULE 3 ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS PERMITTED IN PARTICULAR DESIGNATED PRODUCTS

1.  Vitamins and minerals may be added to any designated product.

2.  In grape juice, salts of tartaric acids may be restored.

3.  In fruit juice, concentrated fruit juice, fruit juice from concentrate, and dehydrated or powdered fruit juice, other than any prepared from grapes or pears, sugars may be added

(a) for the purpose of regulating acidic taste, in an amount (expressed as dry matter) not exceeding 15g per litre of the juice;

(b) for the purpose of sweetening, in an amount (expressed as dry matter) not exceeding 150g per litre of the juice,

the total amount of such added sugars for either purpose not to exceed 150g per litre of the juice.

4.  In any designated product, for the purpose of regulating acidic taste –

(a) lemon juice, or

(b) concentrated lemon juice, or

(c) both lemon juice and concentrated lemon juice,

• (expressed as anhydrous citric acid) may be added, the total amount of such added juice not to exceed 3g per litre of the product.

5.  In any designated product, carbon dioxide may be added.

6.  In any designated product, any substance permitted pursuant to Council Directive 89/107/EEC on the approximation of laws of member States concerning food additives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption(1) may be added.

(1)

O.J. No. L40, 11.2.1989, p. 27