E955

Sucralose

E Number E955
Name Sucralose
Class Sweeteners
Groups
Additional details Sweetener
Origin Synthetic
Common applications Soft drinks, juices, yogurts, dairy products, chewing gums, pastry, bakery, gelatin, refreshments, cookies, bakery, dietetic products labelled as “sugar free”, “0% sugar”, “light”, “zero”, “low calories”
Observations At high doses impair immune system activity, liver and kidney function
Evaluation To avoid

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Conditions of use in food categories

Category Number Category Name Maximum Level (mg/l or mg/kg as appropriate) Details Restrictions/exceptions
01.4 Flavoured fermented milk products including heat-treated products400only energy-reduced products or with no added sugar
03 Edible ices320only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
04.2.2 Fruit and vegetables in vinegar, oil, or brine180only sweet-sour preserves of fruit and vegetables
04.2.3 Canned or bottled fruit and vegetables400only fruit energy-reduced or with no added sugar
04.2.4.1 Fruit and vegetable preparations excluding compote400only energy-reduced
04.2.5.1 Extra jam and extra jelly as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC400Maximum usable levels are expressed in free imideonly energy-reduced jams jellies and marmalades
04.2.5.2 Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC400only energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades
04.2.5.3 Other similar fruit or vegetable spreads400only dried-fruit-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.1 Cocoa and chocolate products as covered by Directive 2000/36/EC800only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets800only cocoa or dried fruit-based, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets200only energy-reduced tablet form confectionery
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets400only cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets1 000only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets1 000only confectionery with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets2 400only breath-freshening micro-sweets, with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets1 000only strongly flavoured freshening throat pastilles with no added sugar
05.3 Chewing gum3 000only with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.41 000only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.41 000only confectionery with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.4800only cocoa or dried fruit-based, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.4450only sauces
06.3 Breakfast cereals400only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
07.2 Fine bakery wares800only cornets and wafers, for ice-cream, with no added sugar
07.2 Fine bakery wares800only essoblaten — wafer paper
07.2 Fine bakery wares700only fine bakery products for special nutritional uses
09.2 Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans120only sweet-sour preserves and semi-preserves of fish and marinades of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
11.4.1 Table-top sweeteners in liquid formquantum satis 
11.4.2 Table-top sweeteners in powder formquantum satis 
11.4.3 Table-top sweeteners in tabletsquantum satis 
12.4 Mustard140 
12.5 Soups and broths45only energy-reduced soups
12.6 Sauces450 
12.7 Salads and savoury based sandwich spreads140only Feinkostsalat
13.2 Dietary foods for special medical purposes defined in Directive 1999/21/EC (excluding products from food category 13.1.5)400 
13.3 Dietary foods for weight control diets intended to replace total daily food intake or an individual meal (the whole or part of the total daily diet)320 
14.1.3 Fruit nectars as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable nectars and similar products300only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
14.1.4 Flavoured drinks300only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages250only alcohol-free beer or with an alcohol content not exceeding 1,2 % vol; “Bière de table/Tafelbier/Table beer” (original wort content less than 6 %) except for “Obergäriges Einfachbier”; Beers with a minimum acidity of 30 milli-equivalents expressed as NaOH; Brown beers of the “oud bruin” type
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages10only energy-reduced beer
14.2.3 Cider and perry50 
14.2.8 Other alcoholic drinks including mixtures of alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic drinks and spirits with less than 15 % of alcohol250 
15.1 Potato-, cereal-, flour- or starch-based snacks200 
15.2 Processed nuts200 
16 Desserts excluding products covered in categories 1, 3 and 4400only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
17.1 Food supplements supplied in a solid form including capsules and tablets and similar forms, excluding chewable forms800 
17.2 Food supplements supplied in a liquid form240 
17.3 Food supplements supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form2 400