9.1.2 Unprocessed molluscs and crustaceans

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 9.1.

Listed for this category

Additive	Maximum level	Conditions	Citation
4-Hexylresorcinol E586	2 mg/kg	only fresh, frozen or deep-frozen crustaceans. Note 90: As a residue in the meat.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 2015/0647
Ascorbic acid E300	quantum satis	—	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Calcium ascorbate E302	quantum satis	—	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Calcium citrate E333	quantum satis	Authorised under E 333, Calcium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 333, Calcium citrates
Calcium disodium EDTA E385	75 mg/kg	only frozen and deep-frozen crustaceans.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Citric acid E330	quantum satis	—	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Dicalcium citrate E333(ii)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 333, Calcium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 333, Calcium citrates
Disodium citrate E331(ii)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 331, Sodium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 331, Sodium citrates
Monocalcium citrate E333(i)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 333, Calcium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 333, Calcium citrates
Potassium bicarbonate E501	quantum satis	Authorised under E 501, Potassium carbonate. only frozen and deep-frozen cephalopods’. Note 95: may not be used in combination with Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates (E 338-452)’.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EC) No 141/2022, under E 501, Potassium carbonate
Potassium carbonate E501	quantum satis	Authorised under E 501, Potassium carbonate. only frozen and deep-frozen cephalopods’. Note 95: may not be used in combination with Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates (E 338-452)’.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EC) No 141/2022, under E 501, Potassium carbonate
Potassium citrates E332	quantum satis	Authorised under E 332, Potassium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 332, Potassium citrates
Potassium dihydrogen citrate INS 332(i)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 332, Potassium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 332, Potassium citrates
Sodium ascorbate E301	quantum satis	—	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011
Sodium bicarbonate E500	quantum satis	Authorised under E 500, Sodium carbonates. only frozen and deep-frozen cephalopods. Note 95: may not be used in combination with Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates (E 338-452)’.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EC) No 141/2022, under E 500, Sodium carbonates
Sodium carbonate E500	quantum satis	Authorised under E 500, Sodium carbonates. only frozen and deep-frozen cephalopods. Note 95: may not be used in combination with Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates (E 338-452)’.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EC) No 141/2022, under E 500, Sodium carbonates
Sodium citrate INS 331(iii)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 331, Sodium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 331, Sodium citrates
Sodium citrates E331	quantum satis	Authorised under E 331, Sodium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 331, Sodium citrates
Sodium dihydrogen citrate INS 331(i)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 331, Sodium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 331, Sodium citrates
Sodium sesquicarbonate INS 500(iii)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 500, Sodium carbonates. only frozen and deep-frozen cephalopods. Note 95: may not be used in combination with Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates (E 338-452)’.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EC) No 141/2022, under E 500, Sodium carbonates
Tripotassium citrate INS 332(ii)	quantum satis	Authorised under E 332, Potassium citrates.	Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, as amended by (EU) No 1129/2011, under E 332, Potassium citrates

Permitted as members of an additive group

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

Group IV, Polyols — 10 additivesquantum satis. only frozen and deep-frozen unprocessed crustaceans, molluscs and cephalopods; for purposes other than sweetening.

Erythritol E968
Isomalt (Hydrogenated isomaltulose) E953
Lactitol E966
Maltitol
Maltitol syrup E965
Mannitol E421
Mannitol manufactured by fermentation E421(ii)
Sorbitol E420
Sorbitol syrup
Xylitol E967

Phosphoric acid - phosphates - di - tri- and polyphosphates — 26 additivesML = 5000 mg/kg. only frozen and deep-frozen molluscs and crustaceans. Note 1: The additives may be added individually or in combination.

Sulphur dioxide - sulphites — 8 additivesML = 150 mg/kg. only fresh, frozen and deep-frozen crustaceans and cephalopods; crustaceans of the Penaeidae, Solenoceridae and Aristaeidae family up to 80 units per kg. 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.