4.2.5.4 Nut butters and nut spreads

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 4.2.5.

Listed for this category

AdditiveMaximum levelConditionsCitation
Extracts of rosemary E392200 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)

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 310–320: Propyl gallate, TBHQ and BHA — 3 additivesML = 200. only processed nuts. Note (1): The additives may be added individually or in combination. Note (41): Expressed on fat basis.
E 338–341, E 343 and E 450 — 452: Phosphoric acid — phosphates — di-, tri- and polyphosphates — 26 additivesML = 5000. only spreadable fats excluding butter. 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.