CHAPTER IVMANDATORY FOOD INFORMATION

SECTION 2Detailed provisions on mandatory particulars

Article 20Omission of constituents of food from the list of ingredients

Without prejudice to Article 21, the following constituents of a food shall not be required to be included in the list of ingredients:

  1. (a)

    the constituents of an ingredient which have been temporarily separated during the manufacturing process and later reintroduced but not in excess of their original proportions;

  2. (b)

    food additives and food enzymes:

    1. (i)

      whose presence in a given food is solely due to the fact that they were contained in one or more ingredients of that food, in accordance with the carry-over principle referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, provided that they serve no technological function in the finished product; or

    2. (ii)

      which are used as processing aids;

  3. (c)

    carriers and substances which are not food additives but are used in the same way and with the same purpose as carriers, and which are used in the quantities strictly necessary;

  4. (d)

    substances which are not food additives but are used in the same way and with the same purpose as processing aids and are still present in the finished product, even if in an altered form;

  5. (e)

    water:

    1. (i)

      where the water is used during the manufacturing process solely for the reconstitution of an ingredient used in concentrated or dehydrated form; or

    2. (ii)

      in the case of a liquid medium which is not normally consumed.