E959

Neohesperidine DC

E Number E959
Name Neohesperidine DC
Class Sweeteners
Groups
Additional details Flavor enhancer, sweetener
Origin Synthetic
Common applications Sauces, mayonnaise, alcoholic drinks, dairy products, yogurts, citric juices, ice creams
Observations At high doses, may cause nauseas and headache
Evaluation Precaution

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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 products50only energy-reduced products or with no added sugar
02.2.2 Other fat and oil emulsions including spreads as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and liquid emulsions5only as flavour enhancer, only in the fat groups B & C in Annex XV to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
03 Edible ices50only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
04.2.2 Fruit and vegetables in vinegar, oil, or brine100only sweet-sour preserves of fruit and vegetables
04.2.3 Canned or bottled fruit and vegetables50only fruit energy-reduced or with no added sugar
04.2.4.1 Fruit and vegetable preparations excluding compote50only energy-reduced
04.2.5.1 Extra jam and extra jelly as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC50only energy-reduced jams jellies and marmalades
04.2.5.2 Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC50only energy-reduced jams, jellies and marmalades
04.2.5.2 Jam, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree as defined by Directive 2001/113/EC5only fruit jellies as flavour enhancer
04.2.5.3 Other similar fruit or vegetable spreads50only dried-fruit-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.1 Cocoa and chocolate products as covered by Directive 2000/36/EC100only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets100only cocoa or dried fruit-based, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets50only cocoa, milk, dried fruit or fat-based sandwich spreads, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets150only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets100only confectionery with no added sugar
05.2 Other confectionery including breath refreshening microsweets400only breath-freshening micro-sweets, with no added sugar
05.3 Chewing gum150If E 950, E 951, E 957, E 959 and E 961 are used in combination in chewing gum, the maximum level for each is reduced proportionallyonly with added sugar or polyols, as flavour enhancer
05.3 Chewing gum400only with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.4150only starch-based confectionery energy-reduced or with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.4100only confectionery with no added sugar
05.4 Decorations, coatings and fillings, except fruit based fillings covered by category 4.2.4100only 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 4.2.450only sauces
06.3 Breakfast cereals50only 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 wares50only cornets and wafers, for ice-cream, with no added sugar
07.2 Fine bakery wares150only fine bakery products for special nutritional uses
08.2.1 Non-heat-treated processed meat5as flavour enhancer only
08.2.2 Heat-treated processed meat5as flavour enhancer only, except for foie gras, foie gras entier, blocs de foie gras, Libamáj, libamáj egészben, libamáj tömbben
09.2 Processed fish and fishery products including mollusks and crustaceans30only 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 Mustard50 
12.5 Soups and broths50only energy-reduced soups
12.6 Sauces50 
12.7 Salads and savoury based sandwich spreads50only Feinkostsalat
12.9 Protein products, excluding products covered in category 1.85only vegetable protein products, only as flavour enhancer
13.2 Dietary foods for special medical purposes defined in Directive 1999/21/EC (excluding products from food category 13.1.5)100 
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)100 
14.1.3 Fruit nectars as defined by Directive 2001/112/EC and vegetable nectars and similar products30only energy-reduced or with no added sugar
14.1.4 Flavoured drinks30only energy-reduced or with no added sugar, except milk and milk derivative based flavoured drinks
14.1.4 Flavoured drinks50only milk and milk derivative based flavoured drinks, energy-reduced or with no added sugar
14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages10only 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 perry20 
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 snacks50 
15.2 Processed nuts50 
16 Desserts excluding products covered in categories 1, 3 and 450only 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 forms100 
17.2 Food supplements supplied in a liquid form50 
17.3 Food supplements supplied in a syrup-type or chewable form400