SCHEDULE 3GENERIC NAMES IN LIST OF INGREDIENTS
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Generic name | Ingredients | Conditions of use of generic name |
Cheese | Any type of cheese or mixture of cheese | The labelling of the food of which the cheese is an ingredient must not refer to a specific type of cheese |
Cocoa butter | Press, expeller or refined cocoa butter | |
Crumbs or rusks,as is appropriate | Any type of crumbed, baked cereal product | |
Crystallised fruit | Any crystallised fruit | The proportion of crystallised fruit in the food of which it is an ingredient must not exceed 10 per cent |
Dextrose | Anhydrous dextrose or dextrose monohydrate | |
Fat | Any refined fat | The generic name must be accompanied by either—
In the case of an hydrogenated fat, the generic name must also be accompanied by the description “hydrogenated”. |
Fish | Any species of fish | The labelling of the food of which the fish is an ingredient must not refer to a specific species of fish |
Flour | Any mixture of flour derived from two or more cereal species | The generic name shall be followed by a list of the cereals from which the flour is derived in descending order of weight |
Glucose syrup | Glucose syrup or anhydrous glucose syrup | |
Gum base | Any type of gum preparation used in the preparation of chewing gum | |
Herb, herbs or mixed herbs | Any herb or parts of a herb or combination of two or more herbs or parts of herbs | The proportion of herb or herbs in the food of which it or they are an ingredient must not exceed 2 per cent by weight of the food |
Milk proteins | Any caseins, caseinates or whey proteins, or any mixture of these | |
Oil | Any refined oil, other than olive oil | The generic name must be accompanied by either—
In the case of an hydrogenated oil, the generic name must also be accompanied by the description “hydrogenated”. |
Spice, spices or mixed spices | Any spice or any combination of two or more spices | The proportion of spice or spices in the food of which it or they are an ingredient must not exceed 2 per cent by weight of the food |
Starch | Any unmodified starch or any starch which has been modified either by physical means or by enzymes | |
Sugar | Any type of sucrose | |
Vegetables | Any mixture of vegetables | The proportion of vegetables in the food of which they are an ingredient must not exceed 10 per cent by weight of the food |
Wine | Any type of wine defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 822/87 |