12.4 Mustard

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 12.

Listed for this category

AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Acesulfame potassium E950350 mg/kg or mg/l—Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Advantame E9694 mg/kg or mg/l—Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Aspartame E951350 mg/kg or mg/l—Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Aspartame-acesulfame salt E962350 mg/kg or mg/l

Note (11): Limits are expressed as (a) acesulfame K equivalent or (b) aspartame equivalent. Note (49): The maximum usable levels are derived from the maximum usable levels for its constituent parts, aspartame (E 951) and acesulfame-K (E 950). Note (50): The levels for both E 951 and E 950 are not to be exceeded by use of the salt of aspartame-acesulfame, either alone or in combination with E 950 or E 951.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Calcium saccharin E954320 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 954, Saccharins. Note (52): Maximum usable levels are expressed in free imide.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024), under E 954, Saccharins
Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides E960c120 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026), under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides
Extracts of rosemary E392100 mg/kg or mg/l

Note (41): Expressed on fat basis. Note (46): As the sum of carnosol and carnosic acid.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
FD&C Yellow No. 6 E11050 mg/kg or mg/l

Note (61): The total quantity of E 104, E 110, E 124 and the colours in Group III shall not exceed the maximum listed for Group III.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Neohesperidine DC E95950 mg/kg or mg/l—Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Neotame E96112 mg/kg or mg/l—Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Ponceau 4R (Cochineal red A) E12435 mg/kg or mg/l

Note (61): The total quantity of E 104, E 110, E 124 and the colours in Group III shall not exceed the maximum listed for Group III.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Potassium saccharin E954320 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 954, Saccharins. Note (52): Maximum usable levels are expressed in free imide.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024), under E 954, Saccharins
Quinoline yellow E10410 mg/kg or mg/l

Note (61): The total quantity of E 104, E 110, E 124 and the colours in Group III shall not exceed the maximum listed for Group III.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024)
Rebaudioside AM produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified stevioside stevia leaf extracts E960c(iv)120 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026), under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides
Rebaudioside D produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified rebaudioside A stevia leaf extracts E960c(iii)120 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026), under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides
Rebaudioside M from fermentation produced by Yarrowia lipolytica E960b(i)120 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 960b, Steviol glycosides from fermentation. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026), under E 960b, Steviol glycosides from fermentation
Rebaudioside M produced via enzymatic conversion of highly purified rebaudioside A stevia leaf extracts E960c(ii)120 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026), under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides
Rebaudioside M produced via enzyme modification of steviol glycosides from stevia E960c(i)120 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026), under E 960c, Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides
Saccharin E954320 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 954, Saccharins. Note (52): Maximum usable levels are expressed in free imide.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024), under E 954, Saccharins
Sodium saccharin E954320 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 954, Saccharins. Note (52): Maximum usable levels are expressed in free imide.

Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II (as at 28 June 2024), under E 954, Saccharins
Steviol glycosides from fermentation E960b120 mg/kg or mg/l

Authorised under E 960b, Steviol glycosides from fermentation. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026), under E 960b, Steviol glycosides from fermentation
Steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (Steviol glycosides from Stevia) E960120 mg/kg or mg/l

Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (60): Expressed as steviol equivalents.

FSA/FSS Register of Food Additive Authorisations, E 960a–c conditions of use (19 February 2026)
Sucralose E955140 mg/kg or mg/l—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 200–213: Sorbic acid — sorbates; Benzoic acid — benzoates (SA + BA) — 6 additivesML = 1000. 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 220–228: Sulphur dioxide — sulphites — 8 additives(1) ML 250: excluding Dijon mustard; (2) ML 500: only Dijon mustard. Note (3): Maximum levels are expressed as SO 2 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.
Group I — 167 additivesquantum satis.
Group II: Food colours authorised at quantum satis — 25 additivesquantum satis.
Group III: Food colours with combined maximum limit — 14 additivesML = 300.
Group IV: Polyols — 10 additivesquantum satis.