Table 4.

MPLs of neohesperidine dihydrochalcone (E 959) in foods according to Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008

Food category number	Food categories	E‐number	Restrictions/exceptions	MPL (mg/L or mg/kg as appropriate)
01.4	Flavoured fermented milk products including heat‐treated products	E 959	Only energy‐reduced products or with no added sugar	50
02.2.2	Other fat and oil emulsions including spreads as defined by Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and liquid emulsions	E 959	Only as a flavour enhancer, only in the fat groups B & C in Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007	5
3	Edible ices	E 959	Only energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	50
04.2.2	Fruit and vegetables in vinegar, oil, or brine	E 959	Only sweet‐sour preserves of fruit and vegetables	100
04.2.3	Canned or bottled fruit and vegetables	E 959	Only fruit energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	50
04.2.4.1	Fruit and vegetable preparations excluding compote	E 959	Only energy‐reduced	50
04.2.5.1	Extra jam and extra jelly as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC	E 959	Only energy‐reduced jams jellies and marmalades	50
04.2.5.2	Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC	E 959	Only energy‐reduced jams, jellies and marmalades	50
		E 959	Only fruit jellies as flavour enhancer	5
04.2.5.3	Other similar fruit or vegetable spreads	E 959	Only energy‐reduced fruit or vegetable spreads and dried‐fruit based sandwich spreads, energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	50
5.1	Cocoa and Chocolate products as covered by Directive 2000/36/EC	E 959	Only energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	100
5.2	Other confectionery including breath freshening microsweets	E 959	Only cocoa or dried fruit‐based, energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	100
		E 959	Only cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat‐based sandwich spreads, energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	50
		E 959	Only starch‐based confectionery energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	150
		E 959	Only confectionery with no added sugar	100
		E 959	only breath‐freshening micro‐sweets, with no added sugar	400
5.3	Chewing gum	E 959	Only with added sugar or polyols, as flavour enhancer (a)	150
		E 959	Only with no added sugars	400
5.4	Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit‐based fillings covered by category 4.2.4	E 959	Only starch‐based confectionery energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	150
	Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit‐based fillings covered by category 4.2.4	E 959	Only confectionery with no added sugar	100
	Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit‐based fillings covered by category 4.2.4	E 959	Only cocoa or dried fruit‐based, energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	100
	Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit‐based fillings covered by category 4.2.4	E 959	Only sauces	50
6.3	Breakfast cereals	E 959	Only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15%, and containing at least 20% bran, energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	50
7.2	Fine bakery wares	E 959	Only cornets and wafers, for ice‐cream, with no added sugar	50
08.3.1	Non‐heat‐treated meat products	E 959	As a flavour enhancer only	5
08.3.2	Heat‐treated meat products	E 959	As a flavour enhancer only, except for foie gras, foie gras entier, blocs de foie gras, Libamaj, libamaj ageszben, libamaj tombben	5
9.2	Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans	E 959	Only sweet‐sour preserves and semi‐preserves of fish and marinades of fish, crustaceans and mollusks	30
11.4.1	Table‐top Sweeteners in liquid form	E 959		Quantum satis
11.4.2	Table‐top Sweeteners in powder form	E 959		Quantum satis
11.4.3	Table‐top Sweeteners in tablets	E 959		Quantum satis
12.4	Mustard	E 959		50
12.5	Soups and broths	E 959	Only energy‐reduced soups	50
12.6	Sauces	E 959		50
12.7	Salads and savoury based sandwich spreads	E 959	Only Feinkostsalat	50
12.9	Protein products, excluding products covered in category 1.8	E 959	Only vegetable protein products, only as flavour enhancer	5
13.2	Dietary foods for special medical purposes defined in Directive 1999/21/EC (excluding products from food category 13.1.5)	E 959		100
13.3	Dietary foods for weight control diets intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal (the whole or part of the total daily diet)	E 959		100
14.1.3	Fruit nectars as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable nectars and similar products	E 959	Only energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	30
14.1.4	Flavoured drinks	E 959	Only energy reduced or with no added sugar, except milk and milk derivative based flavoured drinks	30
		E 959	Only milk and milk derivative based flavoured drinks, energy reduced or with no added sugar	50
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	E 959	Only alcohol‐free beer or with an alcohol content not exceeding 1,2% vol; ‘Bière de table/Tafelbier/Table beer’ (original wort content less than 6%) except for ‘Obergäriges Einfachbier’; Beers with a minimum acidity of 30 milli‐equivalents expressed as NaOH; Brown beers of the ‘oud bruin’ type	10
		E 959	Only energy‐reduced beer	10
14.2.3	Cider and perry	E 959		20
14.2.8	Other alcoholic drinks including mixtures of alcoholic drinks with non‐alcoholic drinks and spirits with less than 15% of alcohol	E 959		30
15.1	Potato‐, cereal‐, flour‐ or starch‐based snacks	E 959		50
15.2	Processed nuts	E 959		50
16	Desserts excluding products covered in category 1, 3 and 4	E 959	Only energy‐reduced or with no added sugar	50
17.1	Food supplements supplied in a solid form, excluding food supplements for infants and young children	E 959		100
		E 959	Only food supplements in chewable form	400
17.2	Food supplements supplied in a liquid form, excluding food supplements for infants and young children	E 959		50
		E 959	Only food supplements in syrup form	400

MPL: maximum permitted level.

^(a)If E 950, E 951, E 955, E 957, E 959 and E 961 are used in combination in chewing gum, the maximum level for each is reduced proportionally.