Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/335 of 27 February 2017 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of steviol glycosides (E 960) as a sweetener in certain energy-reduced confectionery products (Text with EEA relevance. )

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2017/335
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Food subcategory 05.2 ‘Other confectionery including breath freshening microsweets’ of Part E of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended as follows:

(a)

the entry for E 960 Steviol glycosides referring to ‘only confectionery with no added sugar’ is replaced by the following:

‘E 960

Steviol glycosides

350

(60)

only confectionery with no added sugars

only energy-reduced hard confectionery (candies and lollies)

only energy-reduced soft confectionery (chewy candies, fruit gums and foam sugar products/marshmallows)

only energy-reduced liquorice

only energy-reduced nougat

only energy-reduced marzipan’

(b)

the entry for E 960 Steviol glycosides referring to ‘only strongly flavoured freshening throat pastilles with no added sugar’ is replaced by the following:

‘E 960

Steviol glycosides

670

(60)

only strongly flavoured freshening throat pastilles, energy-reduced or with no added sugars’

(c)

the entry for E 960 Steviol glycosides referring to ‘only breath-freshening micro-sweets, with no added sugar’ is replaced by the following:

‘E 960

Steviol glycosides

2 000

(60)

only breath-freshening micro-sweets, energy-reduced or with no added sugars’