E160d

Lycopene

E Number E160d
Name Lycopene
Class Colours
Groups
Additional details Red color
Origin Natural
Common sources tomato, yeasts, water melon
Common applications Sauces, fish and shellfish products, desserts, spices, nutritional supplements, meat derivatives
Observations No adverse reactions were observed.
Evaluation Innocuous

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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 products30 
01.7.3 Edible cheese rind30 
01.7.5 Processed cheese5only flavoured processed cheese
03 Edible ices40 
04.2.5.2 Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC10Maximum individually or in combination with E 104, E 110, E 120, E 124, E 142, E 160d and E 161bexcept chestnut purée
04.2.5.3 Other similar fruit or vegetable spreads10Maximum individually or in combination with E 104, E 110, E 120, E 124, E 142, E 160d and E 161bexcept crème de pruneaux
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets30 
05.3 Chewing gum300 
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.430except red coating of hard-sugar coated chocolate confectionery
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.4200only red coating of hard-sugar coated chocolate confectionery
06.6 Batters30only batters for coating
07.2 Fine bakery wares25 
08.2.3 Casings and coatings and decorations for meat500only decorations and coatings except edible external coating of pasturmas
08.2.3 Casings and coatings and decorations for meat30only edible casings
09.2 Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans10only salmon substitute
09.2 Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans30only fish and crustacean paste, pre-cooked crustaceans, surimi, smoked fish
09.3 Fish roe30except Sturgeons’ eggs (Caviar)
12.2.2 Seasonings and condiments50 
12.5 Soups and broths20 
12.6 Sauces50excluding tomato-based sauces
12.9 Protein products, excluding products covered in category 1.830only meat and fish analogues based on vegetable proteins
13.2 Dietary foods for special medical purposes defined in Directive 1999/21/EC (excluding products from food category 13.1.5)30 
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)30 
14.1.4 Flavoured drinks12excluding dilutable drinks
14.2.4 Fruit wine and made wine10 
14.2.7.1 Aromatised wines10 
14.2.7.2 Aromatised wine-based drinks10 
14.2.7.3 Aromatised wine-product cocktails10 
14.2.8 Other alcoholic drinks including mixtures of alcoholic drinks with non-alcoholic drinks and spirits with less than 15 % of alcohol30 
15.1 Potato-, cereal-, flour- or starch-based snacks30 
15.2 Processed nuts30 
16 Desserts excluding products covered in categories 1, 3 and 430 
17.1 Food supplements supplied in a solid form including capsules and tablets and similar forms, excluding chewable forms30 
17.2 Food supplements supplied in a liquid form30 
17.3 Food supplements supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form30