Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2084 of 17 October 2025 amending Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of quillaia extract (E 999) and Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the specifications for quillaia extract (E 999)

Regulation (EU) 2025/2084 · Regulation · 8 articles

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Article 1

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

Article 2

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

Article 3

The Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 4

The food additive quillaia extract (E 999) that has been lawfully placed on the market before 9 May 2026 may be added to food in accordance with Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 until the exhaustion of stocks. Foods, to which quillaia extract (E 999) that has been lawfully placed on the market before 9 May 2026 is added, may be placed on the market until their date of minimum durability or ‘use-by date’.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . Article 3 shall apply from 9 May 2026.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Part E of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 is amended as follows: (a) in category 14.1.4 (Flavoured drinks), the entry for E 999 Quillaia extract is replaced by the following: ‘E 999 Quillaia extract 170 (45) (45): Expressed as saponins’; (b) in category 14.2.3 (Cider and perry), the entry for E 999 Quillaia extract is replaced by the following: ‘E 999 Quillaia extract 170 (45) excluding cidre bouché, cydr jakościowy, perry jakościowe, cydr lodowy, perry lodowe (45): Expressed as saponins’; (c) in category 17.1 (Food supplements supplied in a solid form, excluding food supplements for infants and young children), the following entry is inserted after the second entry for E 969: ‘E 999 Quillaia extract 3350 (45) (45): Expressed as saponins’; (d) in category 17.2 (Food supplements supplied in a liquid form, excluding food supplements for infants and young children), the following entry is inserted after the second entry for E 969: ‘E 999 Quillaia extract 3350 (45) (45): Expressed as saponins’.

ANNEX IISupplementary provisions

ANNEX II In Part 4 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, the following entry is inserted after the entry for food additive ‘E 901 Beeswax’: ‘E 999 Quillaia extract All flavourings used in the following categories: 05.2: Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets 4 mg/kg in the final food (expressed as saponins) 05.3: Chewing gum 2 mg/kg in the final food (expressed as saponins) 12.5: Soups and broths 2 mg/l in the final food (expressed as saponins) 14.1.5: Coffee, 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 1,2 mg/l in the final food (expressed as saponins) 15.1: Potato-, cereal-, flour- or starch-based snacks 0,2 mg/kg in the final food (expressed as saponins)’

ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions

ANNEX III In the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012, the entry for ‘E 999 Quillaia extract’ is replaced by the following: ‘ E 999 QUILLAIA EXTRACT Synonyms Soapbark extract; Quillay bark extract; Panama bark extract; Quillai extract; Murillo bark extract; China bark extract Definition Quillaia extract is obtained by aqueous extraction of Quillaia saponaria Molina , or other Quillaia species, trees of the family Rosaceae . The extraction process is followed by clarification, filtration, ultrafiltration, concentration and pasteurisation. It contains a number of triterpenoid saponins consisting of glycosides of quillaic acid, polyphenols, carbohydrates, in particular polysaccharides and reducing sugars and, to a minor extent, proteins. CAS number 68990-67-0 Einecs Chemical name Chemical formula Molecular weight Assay Saponin content not less than 20 % on dried basis Description Quillaia extract in the powder form is light brown with a pink tinge. It is also available as an aqueous solution. Identification pH Between 3,7 and 5,5 (4 % solution) Purity Water content Not more than 6,0 % (Karl Fischer method) (powder form only) Arsenic Not more than 5 mg/kg saponins Lead Not more than 3 mg/kg saponins Mercury Not more than 0,5 mg/kg saponins Cadmium Not more than 0,5 mg/kg saponins Calcium oxalate Not more than 6 g/kg saponins Microbiological criteria Total aerobic count Not more than 100 colonies per gram Salmonella spp. Absent in 25 g Staphylococcus aureus Absent in 1 g Escherichia coli Absent in 1 g Yeast Not more than 10 colonies per gram Moulds Not more than 10 colonies per gram’

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