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http://www.processalimentaire.com/Ingredients/Stevia-la-Commission-donne-son-accord-18503
Pierre Christen | 12 July 2011
The steviol glycosides extracted from Stevia get closer to the ultimate stage which will see their authorization at the European level. The European Commission via the committee " Standing the Food Chain and Animal Health " voted unanimously on July 04th of this year in favour of the text authorizing them as food additive, according to the principle of an amendment to the Annexe II of the regulation n°1333 / 2008.
The project of regulation will be passed on to the Parliament as soon as the translations will be finished. For the moment, the date of the ballot to the European Parliament is not been definite yet. According to our information, the text could be voted and, in case of positive exit, published in November, 2011. " This vote will supply to the European consumers an acalorique sweetener of natural origin, and not only in France where it has been approved for almost two years ", is delights Carl Horn, CEO of The Real Stevia Company ( Granular ) and president of International Stevia Council.
The project of regulation integrates the specifications, that we can reveal you exclusively. As expected, it foresees the license of extracts of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni including at least 95 % of glycosides of steviol (stevioside, rebaudiosides A, B, C, D, E and F, steviolbioside, rubusoside and dulcoside, in dry extract). In the form of clear white or yellow powder, it will bring a power sweetening from 200 to 300 times superior in saccharose. The code E 960 is attributed to Steviol Glycosides.
To fix the level of use, the Committee took into account both opinions of Efsa, which indicate possible overtakings of the DJA. From the significant contribution of soft drinks to the contribution of steviol glycosides, the level of use authorized in the flavored drinks was reduced to 80 mg / l. What should allow only a limited energy reduction.
In January, International Stevia Council explains that the EFSA used, in its calculations of exposure, models supposing that all the foodstuffs, and not the only ones produced in reduced energy value were going to be sweetened only with the extracts of Stevia, and it in the authorized maximal doses, and in categories of products which were not asked by the petitioners.
Here are the categories of food as well as the maximum doses which will be proposed to the vote of the euro-representatives :
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Category of food
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Maximum Level (mg / l or mg / kg)
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Limitations / Exceptions
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Flavored fermented dairy products
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100
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if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Ice cream
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200
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if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Fruits and vegetables in vinegar, oil or brine
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100
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if bitter-sweet conservation
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Fruits and transformed vegetables (except compotes)
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200
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if reduced in calories
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Extra-jam or jellies (directive 2001 / 113 / EEC)
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200
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if reduced in calories
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Jam, jellies, marmalades and puree of chestnut sweetened (directive 2001 / 113 / EEC)
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200
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if reduced in calories
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Spread products on base of fruits and vegetables
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200
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only spread products on base of dried fruits for sandwiches, if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Products with cocoa or chocolate (directive 2000 / 36 / CE)
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270
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if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Other candy
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270
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on a base of cocoa or dried fruits, if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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330
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to spread for sandwiches on a base of cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat, reduced in calories or without added sugars
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350
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if candy without added sugars
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2000
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if freshening micro-sweets for breath, without added sugars
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670
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if strongly flavored throat pastilles and freshening, without sugars added
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Chewing-gum
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3300
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if without sugars added
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Decorations, envelopes, feeds, so as base of fruits
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330
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if candy without added sugars
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270
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on a base of cocoa or dried fruits, if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Cereal breakfast
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330
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if content in fibers of more than 15 % and containing at least 20 % of bran, if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Products of fine bakery
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330
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only essoblaten - wafers
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Products of the sea transformed (including mollusks and shellfishes)
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200
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if preserved by means of sweet and sour sauce and semi-preserved
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Liquid table sweetener
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QS
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Powder table sweetener
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QS
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Tablets table sweetener
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QS
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Soups and broth
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40
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if reduced in calories
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Sauces
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120
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except soy sauce
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175
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if soy sauce
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Dietary food for medical purposes (directive 1999 / 21 / CE)
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330
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Dietary food for weight regime
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270
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Nectars of fruits
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100
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if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Flavored drinks
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80
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if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Beers and drinks with malts
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70
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if beer without alcohol or less than 1,2 %
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Other alcoholic drinks (less than 15 % of alcohol)
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150
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Snack bars on base of potato, cereal, flour or starch
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20
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Transformed nuts
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20
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Desserts (except dairy products, ices and fruits and vegetables)
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100
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if reduced in calories or without added sugars
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Food complements (solids)
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670
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Food complements (liquids)
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200
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Food complements (syrup or dough to be chewed)
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