
Article 1 
Isomaltulose as specified in the Annex, may be placed on the market in the Community as a novel food or novel food ingredient for use in foodstuffs.
Article 2 
The designation ‘isomaltulose’ shall be displayed on the labelling of the product as such or in the list of ingredients of foodstuffs containing it.
In a prominently displayed footnote related to the designation isomaltulose by means of an asterisk (*) the words ‘isomaltulose is a source of glucose and fructose’ shall be displayed. The words shall have a typeface of at least the same size as the list of ingredients itself.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, Maximilianstraβe 10, D-68165 Mannheim.
Done at Brussels, 25 July 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
A reducing disaccharide that consists of one glucose and one fructose moiety linked by an alpha-1,6-glycosidic bond. It is obtained from sucrose by an enzymatic process. The commercial product is the monohydrate.

6-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-fructofuranose, monohydrate

13718-94-0

C12H22O11 · H2O

360,3 (monohydrate)

Not less than 98 % on the dry basis

Virtually odourless, white or almost white crystals with a sweet taste

Not more than 6,5 % (60 °C, 5 hours)

Not more than 0,1 mg/kg
Determine using an atomic absorption technique appropriate to the specified level. The selection of sample size and method of sample preparation may be based on the principles of the method described in FNP 5, ‘Instrumental methods’.
