10.2 Processed eggs and egg products

GB food category, from assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, Part D, as at 28 June 2024.

In Great Britain an additive may be used only in the foods and under the conditions listed for them. Since 1 April 2025 those conditions are Annex II as it stood on 28 June 2024, read with the FSA and FSS register of authorisations. 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 10.

Listed for this category

AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Aluminum sulfate E52025 mg/kg or mg/l

Liquid egg white for egg foams only Period of application: from 1 February 2014. Note (38): Expressed as aluminium.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Carnauba wax E9033,600 mg/kg or mg/l

only on the surface of unpeeled coloured boiled eggs Period of application: From 13 August 2012.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Extracts of rosemary E392200 mg/kg or mg/l

Note (46): As the sum of carnosol and carnosic acid.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Nisin preparation E2346.25 mg/kg or mg/l

only pasteurised liquid egg (white, yolk or whole egg).

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids E4751,000 mg/kg or mg/l—Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Shellac, bleached E904quantum satis

only on the surface of unpeeled boiled eggs Period of application: From 13 August 2012.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Talc E553b5,400 mg/kg or mg/l

only on the surface of unpeeled coloured boiled eggs Period of application: From 13 August 2012.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Triethyl citrate E1505quantum satis

only dried egg white.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)

Permitted as members of an additive group

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

E 200 – 202: Sorbic acid – potassium sorbate (SA) — 2 additivesML = 1000. only dehydrated and concentrated frozen and deep-frozen egg products. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (2): The maximum level is applicable to the sum and the levels are expressed as the free acid.
E 200–213: Sorbic acid — sorbates; Benzoic acid — benzoates (SA + BA) — 6 additivesML = 5000. only liquid egg (white, yolk or whole egg). Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (2): The maximum level is applicable to the sum and the levels are expressed as the free acid.
E 338–341, E 343 and E 450 — 452: Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates — 26 additivesML = 10000. only liquid egg (white, yolk or whole egg). Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (4): The maximum level is expressed as P 2 O 5. E 450 (ix) is not included.
Group I — 167 additivesquantum satis.