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The Food (Provisions relating to Labelling) (England) Regulations 2003

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Amendment of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996

6.  After regulation 34 (foods containing sweeteners, added sugar and sweeteners, aspartame or polyols) there shall be inserted the following regulation —

Drinks with high caffeine content

34A.(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, in the case of a drink which —

(a)is intended for consumption without modification and contains caffeine, from whatever source, in a proportion in excess of 150 milligrams per litre, or

(b)is in concentrated or dried form and after reconstitution contains caffeine, from whatever source, in a proportion in excess of 150 milligrams per litre,

that drink shall be marked or labelled with the words “High caffeine content” in the same field of vision as the name of the drink, and those words shall be followed by a reference in brackets to the caffeine content expressed in milligrams per 100 millilitres.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not apply to any drink based on coffee, tea or coffee or tea extract where the name of the food includes the term “coffee” or “tea”..

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