
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sweeteners in Food Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 15th March 2002.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2 
The Sweeteners in Food Regulations 1995 (“the principal Regulations”) shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 below.
3 
In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)–
(a) in the definition of “Directive 95/31/EC” for “and by Directive 2000/51 in so far as it relates to maltitol syrup” there shall be substituted “, Directive 2000/51 and Directive 2001/52/EC;”; and
(b) for the definition of “permitted sweetener” there shall be substituted the following definition–“
 “permitted sweetener” means any sweetener specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 which satisfies the specific purity criteria for that sweetener set out–
(a) in the case of any sweetener other than sucralose, in the Annex to Directive 95/31/EC;
(b) in the case of sucralose, at pages 119 to 124 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Compendium of Food Additives Specifications Addendum 2 (1993) FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 52 Addendum 2;”
4 
In Schedule 1 (permitted sweeteners and the foods in or on which they may be used) there shall be inserted at the end, in columns 2 to 4, the provisions specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.
MARY MULLIGAN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th February 2002
SCHEDULE
Regulation 4

Sucralose Non-alcoholic drinks 
 Water-based flavoured drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 300 mg/1
 Milk - and milk-derivative-based or fruit-juice-based drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 300 mg/1
 Desserts and similar products 
 Water-based flavoured desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Milk-and-derivative-based preparations, energy reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Fruit-and vegetable-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Egg-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Cereal-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15% and containing at least 20% bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Fat-based desserts, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Confectionery 
 Confectionery with no added sugar 1000 mg/kg
 Breath-freshening micro-sweets, with no added sugar 2400 mg/kg
 Tablet-form confectionery, energy-reduced 200 mg/kg
 Cocoa - or dried-fruit-based confectionery, energy reduced or with no added sugar 800 mg/kg
 Starch-based confectionery, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 1000 mg/kg
 Chewing gum with no added sugar 3000 mg/kg
 Strongly flavoured freshening throat pastilles with no added sugar 1000 mg/kg
 Miscellaneous 
 “Snacks”: certain flavours of ready to eat, prepacked, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts 400 mg/kg
 Cornets and wafers, for ice-cream, with no added sugar 800 mg/kg
 Essoblaten 800 mg/kg
 Cocoa -, milk -, dried-fruit – or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Drinks consisting of a mixture of non-alcoholic drink and beer, cider, perry, spirits or wine 250 mg/1
 Cider and perry 250 mg/l
 Alcohol-free beer or with an alcohol content not exceeding 1.2% vol 250 mg/l
 “Bière de table/Tafelbier/Table beer” (original wort content less than 6%) except for “Obergäriges Einfachbier” 250 mg/l
 Beers with a minimum acidity of 30 milli equivalents expressed as Na OH. 250 mg/l
 Brown beers of the “oud bruin” type 250 mg/1
 Energy-reduced beer 10 mg/l
 Spirit drinks containing less than 15% alcohol by volume 250 mg/l
 Edible ices, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 320 mg/kg
 Canned or bottled fruit, energy-reduced or with no added sugar 400 mg/kg
 Energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades 400 mg/kg
 Energy-reduced fruit and vegetable preparations 400 mg/kg
 Feinkostsalat 140 mg/kg
 Sweet-sour preserves of fruit and vegetables 180 mg/kg
 Sweet-sour preserves and semi-preserves of fish and marinades of fish, crustaceans and molluscs 120 mg/kg
 Sauces 450 mg/kg
 Energy-reduced soups 45 mg/l
 Mustard 140 mg/kg
 Fine bakery products: energy-reduced or with no added sugar 700 mg/kg
 Complete formulae for weight control intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal 320 mg/kg
 Complete formulae and nutritional supplements for use under medical supervision 400 mg/kg
 Liquid food supplements/dietary integrators 240 mg/kg
 Solid food supplements/dietary integrators 800 mg/kg
 Food supplements/diet integrators based on vitamins and/or mineral elements, syrup-type chewable 2400 mg/kg