4.1.1 Entire fresh fruit and vegetables

EU food category, from Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, Part D.

Under Annex II, an additive may be used only in the foods and under the conditions listed for them. This page shows what is listed for this category. It does not infer anything from broader categories: where Annex II extends a broader category's provisions to its subcategories, it says so in that category's own listing. See the broader category 4.1.

Listed for this category

AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Beeswax (yellow and white) E901quantum satis

only for the surface treatment of fruit: citrus fruit, melons, apples, pears, peaches, pineapples, bananas, mangoes, avocados and pomegranates and as glazing agent on nuts. From 25 December 2012.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1147/2012
Candelilla wax E902quantum satis

only surface treatment of citrus fruit, melons, apples, pears, peaches and pineapples and glazing agent on nuts.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Carnauba wax E903200 mg/kg

only for the surface treatment of citrus fruit, melons, apples, pears, peaches, pineapples, pomegranates, mangoes, avocados, papayas and cassavas and, as glazing agent, on nuts’.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1147/2012
Glycerol ester of wood rosin E44550 mg/kg

only surface treatment of citrus fruit.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose E46410 mg/kg

only for citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates in order to: — repeat all or some of the mandatory information particulars required by the Union legislation and/or national law, and/or — provide on a voluntary basis brand name, production method, PLU-code, QR-code and/or barcode. Period of application: From 24 June 2013.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 0510/2013
Iron oxide, black INS 172(i)6 mg/kg

Authorised under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides. only as a contrast enhancer for marking citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates in order to: – repeat all or some of the mandatory information particulars required by the Union legislation and/or national law, and/or – provide on a voluntary basis brand name, production method, PLU-code, QR-code and/or barcode. Period of application: From 24 June 2013.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 0510/2013, under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides
Iron oxide, red INS 172(ii)6 mg/kg

Authorised under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides. only as a contrast enhancer for marking citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates in order to: – repeat all or some of the mandatory information particulars required by the Union legislation and/or national law, and/or – provide on a voluntary basis brand name, production method, PLU-code, QR-code and/or barcode. Period of application: From 24 June 2013.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 0510/2013, under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides
Iron oxide, yellow INS 172(iii)6 mg/kg

Authorised under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides. only as a contrast enhancer for marking citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates in order to: – repeat all or some of the mandatory information particulars required by the Union legislation and/or national law, and/or – provide on a voluntary basis brand name, production method, PLU-code, QR-code and/or barcode. Period of application: From 24 June 2013.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 0510/2013, under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides
Iron oxides and hydroxides E1726 mg/kg

Authorised under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides. only as a contrast enhancer for marking citrus fruit, melons and pomegranates in order to: – repeat all or some of the mandatory information particulars required by the Union legislation and/or national law, and/or – provide on a voluntary basis brand name, production method, PLU-code, QR-code and/or barcode. Period of application: From 24 June 2013.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 0510/2013, under E 172, Iron oxides and hydroxides
Mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids E471quantum satis

only for the surface treatment of citrus fruit, melons, pineapples, bananas, papayas, mangoes, avocados, pomegranates, passion fruit, kiwis and cassavas’.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 2019/0801
Oxidised polyethylene wax E914quantum satis

only surface treatment of citrus fruit, melons, papaya, mango, avocado and pineapple.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Petroleum wax E905quantum satis

only for the surface treatment of fruit: melons, papayas, mangoes, avocados and pineapples Period of application pineapples: From 25 December 2012.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1147/2012
Shellac, bleached E904quantum satis

only for the surface treatment of fruit: citrus fruit, melons, apples, pears, peaches, pineapples, pomegranates, mangoes, avocados and papayas and as glazing agent on nuts Period of application as regards pomegranates, mangoes, avocados and papayas: From 25 December 2012.

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1147/2012

Permitted as members of an additive group

Annex II authorises some additives collectively. Each group below shares one set of conditions for this category.

Sorbic acid - potassium sorbate (SA) — 2 additivesML = 20 mg/kg. only surface treatment of unpeeled fresh citrus fruit.
Sucrose esters of fatty acids-sucroglycerides — 2 additivesquantum satis. only fresh fruits, surface treatment. Note 1: The additives may be added individually or in combination.
Sulphur dioxide - sulphites — 8 additivesML = 10 mg/kg. only table grapes, fresh lychees (measured on edible parts) and blueberries ( Vaccinium corymbosum). Note 3: Maximum levels are expressed as SO 2 and relate to the total quantity, available from all sources, an SO 2 content of not more than 10 mg/kg or 10 mg/l is not considered to be present.