SCHEDULE 1SPECIFIED SUGAR PRODUCTS AND THEIR RESERVED DESCRIPTIONS
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Reserved Descriptions | Specified Sugar Products |
1.Semi-white sugar | Purified and crystallised sucrose of sound and fair marketable quality with the following characteristics:
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2.Sugar or white sugar | Purified and crystallised sucrose of sound and fair marketable quality with the following characteristics:
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3.Extra-white sugar | The product having the characteristics referred to in paragraph 2(a), (b) and (c) of this Schedule and in respect of which the total number of points determined according to the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 4 of Schedule 2 does not exceed eight, and not more than:
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4.Sugar solution | The aqueous solution of sucrose with the following characteristics:
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5.Invert sugar solution | The aqueous solution of sucrose partially inverted by hydrolysis, in which the proportion of invert sugar does not predominate, with the following characteristics:
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6.Invert sugar syrup | The aqueous solution, whether or not crystallised, of sucrose that has been partly inverted via hydrolysis, in which the invert sugar content (fructose/dextrose quotient = 1.0 ± 0.1), must exceed 50% by weight of dry matter, but which must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in paragraph 5(a) and (c) of this Schedule. |
7.Glucose syrup | The purified and concentrated aqueous solution of nutritive saccharides obtained from starch and/or insulin, with the following characteristics:
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8.Dried glucose syrup | Partially dried glucose syrup with at least 93% by weight of dry matter, but which must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in paragraph 7(b) and (c) of this Schedule. |
9.Dextrose or dextrose monohydrate | Purified and crystallised D-glucose containing one molecule of water of crystallisation, with the following characteristics:
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10.Dextrose or dextrose anhydrous | Purified and crystallised D-glucose not containing water of crystallisation, with at least 98% by weight of dry matter, but which must otherwise meet the requirements laid down in paragraph 9(a) and (c) of this Schedule. |
11.Fructose | Purified crystallised D-fructose with the following characteristics:
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Notes:
1.
The reserved description “sugar” or “white sugar” may be used as an alternative to the reserved description “extra-white sugar” in the case of the product described at paragraph 3 above.
2.
In the case of invert sugar syrup incorporating crystals in the solution the qualifying term “crystallised” shall be added to the description of the product.
3.
Where a specified sugar product described at paragraph 7 or 8 above contains fructose in a proportion of greater than 5% on a dry matter basis the reserved description shall be “glucose-fructose syrup” or “fructose-glucose syrup” and “dried glucose-fructose syrup” or “dried fructose-glucose syrup” as the case may be so as to reflect whether the glucose component or the fructose component is in greater proportion.
4.
The products described at paragraphs 1 to 11 above may, in addition to the reserved description, also bear commonly used qualifying terms provided that the result is not liable to mislead the consumer.
5.
The description “white” may be used in relation to any product described at paragraph 4 above where the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined in accordance with the method of the International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis (“ICUMSA”) as set out in paragraph 3 of Chapter A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No. 1265/69 M1.
6.
The description “white” may be used in relation to any of the products described at paragraphs 5 and 6 above where the conductivity ash content does not exceed 0.1% and the colour in solution does not exceed 25 ICUMSA units determined as set out in paragraph 1 of Chapter A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No. 1265/69.
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Specified sugar products may contain—
(a)
a permitted extraction solvent, as defined in regulation 11 of the Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (Wales) Regulations 2013;
(b)
any food additive authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives.
SCHEDULE 2METHODS OF ANALYSIS
1.
The method for determining the loss on drying of semi-white sugar, sugar or white sugar and extra-white sugar is Method 1.
2.
The method of determining the colour type of sugar or white sugar and extra-white sugar is the method of the Brunswick Institute for Agricultural and Sugar Industry Technology set out in paragraph 2 of Chapter A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No. 1265/69. For the purpose of determining the number of points, one point corresponds to 0.5 units.
3.
The method of determining the ash content of extra-white sugar, sugar solution, invert sugar solution, invert sugar syrup and fructose is the method of ICUMSA as set out in paragraph 1 of Chapter A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No. 1265/69. For the purpose of determining the number of points, one point corresponds to 0.0018% of ash.
4.
The method of determining the colour in solution of extra-white sugar and sugar solution is the method of ICUMSA set out in paragraph 3 of Chapter A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No. 1265/69. For the purpose of determining the number of points for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1, one point corresponds to 7.5 units.
5.
The method for determining the dry matter content of glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup, dextrose or dextrose monohydrate and dextrose or dextrose anhydrous is Method 2.
6.
The method for determining the dry matter content of sugar solution, invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup is Method 3.
7.
The method for determining the invert sugar content of semi-white sugar is Method 4.
8.
The method for determining the invert sugar content of sugar or white sugar and extra-white sugar is Method 5.
9.
The method for determining the invert sugar content of sugar solution, invert sugar solution and invert sugar syrup is Method 7.
10.
The method for determining the sulphated ash content of glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup, dextrose or dextrose monohydrate and dextrose or dextrose anhydrous is Method 9.
11.
The method for determining the polarisation of semi-white sugar, sugar or white sugar and extra-white sugar is Method 10.
12.
For the purposes of this Schedule —
(a)
references to Methods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 are references to the Methods specified by the same numbers in Annex II to Commission Directive 79/796/EEC M2 laying down Community methods of analysis for testing certain sugars intended for human consumption, as read with the introduction to that Annex;
(b)
“ICUMSA” means the International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis.