Specified Food Category Maximum Use Levels
Unflavoured pasteurised and sterilised
(including UHT) milk-based products
1.2 g/L
Unflavoured fermented milk-based products 1.2 g/L beverages,
19.2 g/kg for products other than beverages
Flavoured fermented milk-based products
including heat-treated products
1.2 g/L beverages,
19.2 g/kg for products other than beverages
Dairy analogues, including beverage
Whiteners
1.2 g/L beverages,
12 g/kg for products other than beverages,
400 g/kg for whitener
Cereal bars 12 g/kg
Table-top sweeteners 200 g/kg
Infant formula as defined in assimilated Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 1.2 g/L (alone or in combination with up to 0.6 g/L LNnT *, at a ratio of 2:1 in the final product ready for use), marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer
Follow-on formula as defined in assimilated Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 1.2 g/L (alone or in combination with up to 0.6 g/L LNnT *, at a ratio of 2:1 in the final product ready for use), marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer
Processed cereal-based food and baby
food for infants and young children as
defined in assimilated Regulation (EU) No 609/2013
1.2 g/L for liquid food ready for use, marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer,
12 g/kg for products other than beverages
Milk-based drinks and similar products
intended for young children
1.2 g/L for milk-based drinks and similar products (added alone or in combination with up to 0.6 g/L LNnT *, at a ratio of 2:1 in the final product ready for use), marketed as such or reconstituted as instructed by the manufacturer
Foods for special medical purposes as
defined in assimilated Regulation (EU) No 609/2013
In accordance with the particular nutritional requirements of the persons for whom the products are intended
Total diet replacement for weight control as defined in assimilated Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 4.8 g/L for drinks,
40 g/kg for bars
Bread and pasta products bearing statements on the absence or reduced presence of gluten in accordance with the requirements of assimilated Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 60 g/kg
Flavoured drinks 1.2 g/L
Coffee, tea (excluding black 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 9.6 g/L - the maximum level refers to the products ready to use
Food supplements**, excluding food supplements for infants 1.2 g/day for young children,
3.0 g/day for general population