06.3

Breakfast cereals

Number 06.3
Name Breakfast cereals
Details
Parent Category Cereals and cereal products

Authorized additives

E Number Maximum Level (mg/l or mg/kg as appropriate) Details Restrictions/exceptions
1 200only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
quantum satisonly extruded puffed and or fruit-flavoured breakfast cereals
200The additives may be added individually or in combination Maximum limit expressed on fatonly pre-cooked cereals
25only extruded puffed and or fruit-flavoured breakfast cereals
100Maximum usable levels are expressed in free imideonly breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
10 000only granola-type breakfast cereal
200E 120, E 162 and E 163 may be added individually or in combinationonly fruit-flavoured breakfast cereals
5 000The additives may be added individually or in combination 
1 000Limits are expressed as aspartame equivalent The maximum usable levels are derived from the maximum usable levels for its constituent parts, aspartame (E 951) and acesulfame-K (E 950) 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 951only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
5 000The additives may be added individually or in combination The maximum level is expressed as P2O5 
32only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
1 000only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
50only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
400only breakfast cereals with a fibre content of more than 15 %, and containing at least 20 % bran, energy-reduced or with no added sugar