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Food Flavouring - Introduction
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Introduction

Community Legislation

Flavouring Substances

Smoke Flavourings

Use of Additives

Listed Legislation

Scientific Advice

Food Labelling

Food Additives

Flavourings are substances used to give taste and/or smell to food. Community Legislation defines different types of flavourings, such as:-

  • natural, natural-identical or artificial flavouring substances,
  • flavouring preparations of plant or animal origin,
  • process flavourings which evolve flavour after heating and smoke flavourings

SCADPlus : Legislation on authorised flavourings

SCADPlus : Legislation on source substances used in the prepartion of flavourings

SCADPlus : Legislation on defined chemical flavouring substances
 
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